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Everyone has bias, just like you could constructively argue that government-based PR is propaganda until proven otherwise. The Communists wouldn't even have co
by mpyne 13y ago
Everyone has bias, just like you could constructively argue that government-based PR is propaganda until proven otherwise.
The Communists wouldn't even have considered it a bad thing to be accused of engaging in "propaganda"; it was simply an alternate means of warfare in the class struggle.
But the parent comment's point is that Fox News's market position essentially requires bias; it is biased news that their market is seeking, in reaction to other media coverage biased the other way (true or false, that's the perception of the core market segment).
Similarly many progressives and liberals watch programs that starts with a bias more favorable to their views.
Even presenting fact can hardly be done without bias. You might see the same fact as "NSA SCOOPS UP HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF TEXT MESSAGES AROUND THE WORLD EVERY DAY" or "NSA stores 3% of SMS traffic captured on foreign networks" on different channels with different biases, and they might both be right.