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under any circumstance? No newspaper can claim to be independent. The WaPo's slogan is "Democracy Dies in Darkness". This, in and of itself consists of multipl
by umbra07 2y ago
under any circumstance?
No newspaper can claim to be independent. The WaPo's slogan is "Democracy Dies in Darkness". This, in and of itself consists of multiple political statements (ex: Democracy is important, information is crucial to the health of a democracy).
- WalterBright 2y ago> under any circumstance? No article is ever free of bias. But endorsing candidates means they don't even try. An independent news outfit would publish editorials in pairs - one on each side. Wouldn't you find that more interesting? I would. Like the old "Firing Line" TV show.
- maxerickson 2y agoThere's not 2 easy, equal sides to every issue. I'm not sure how to politely say more.
- WalterBright 2y ago> There's not 2 easy, equal sides to every issue. True, but there's value in making an effort. And in this particular case, there are only 2 candidates that matter. > I'm not sure how to politely say more. Feel free to be as rude as you like.
- maxerickson 2y agoSaying that there are only 2 candidates that matter is political advocacy!
- WalterBright 2y agoStating a fact is not advocacy. I'd love to see other candidates get more attention, but that isn't going to happen.
- maxerickson 2y agoThe idea that one candidate on the ballot is more significant than another is in fact an opinion. It may be very, very well grounded, but it is an opinion, not a fact. Which is kind of the point. You are sort of arguing that the things you personally are comfortable with are good and that newspapers should do them, and the things you do not like are bad, and they shouldn't do them. But you are making value judgments, not spitting truths.
- WalterBright 2y agoDebating what the meaning of "is" is, is when I check out.
- maxerickson 2y agoBut that is where you started, asserting that some editorial publications are political advocacy and some are not.
- umbra07 2y agoWaPo doesn't claim to be independent anyways. They've been endorsing candidates since 76.
- WalterBright 2y agoIt's never too late to grow a spine.
- Sabinus 2y agoRight before an election when your billionaire owner has secret meetings with a presidential candidate is too late to pretend to do this on principle.
- tzs 2y agoThey don't necessarily publish them in pairs but they do in fact publish pro-Trump and anti-Harris pieces. They have conservative columnists and even a libertarian columnist who they regularly publish.