People or organizations that claim to be "centrist" and above all the ideological dogma are the most annoying- and the most delusional.BillyOcean said:
On this forum I'll name the condition, Auto-Schtick.
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On this forum I'll name the condition, Auto-Schtick.
ExactlyCharmingSophisticate said:
Media that claims to be free of bias is either lying or stupid
Mostly they are lying
They are also stupid because even though they lie, they are not even aware of the full extent of their slant
Fox claims fair and balanced and everyone laughs
CNN/ABC/CBS/NBC/NYTimes/WashPost, etc claim fair and balanced and everyone just takes their word for it
It is a rhetorical ploy
Totally got a check plus in it.casa_mugrienta said:You mean like you and GromsDad?manbearpig said:
Or you're saying when you respond to one of my posts I'm not supposed to respond back?
P.S. - I bet you failed historiography. :hah:
I got an A.casa_mugrienta said:What grade did you make in your historiography class?manbearpig said:Not sure why this is so hard to figure outAutoprax said:
Because I know the key to getting As is to show your "A"ness.
Autoprax said:
All of this.
Also, bias doesn't automatically equal fake news.
It's just the dummies gulping opinion as facts that's a problem.
Most of those news sources present facts, the only difference is that they come up with different conclusions depending on the bias.
It's up to the reader to figure it out, which in Grommy's case is too much to ask.
Press is way more essential to freedom and democracy than guns.
Of course you feel that wayGromsDad said:
Except for the fact that they have placed many left-leaning media sources far to the left and lower on the chart in the opinion/analysis/fake news category, where the belong. As they do Infowars and other drivel on the other side of the sprectrum. I do agree that some of the sources should be further away from the center, like NPR. Aside from their 6 minute hourly news blasts, they don't belong in the same grouping as the AP, Reuters, USA Today, etc. A lot NPRs content is opinion/analysis based and it seems that they selectively screen their guests and callers to represent their interests.
You have serious trouble seeing beyond your own partisan biases. Critical thinking must be hard for you :bawling:
Who has nothing better to do than to read multiple newspapers per day?
Reality is we are going through a period of massive change
It’s natural that people pick sides
News is run by people so they’re not immune
During the American Revolution there was no expectation of nor pretension to objectivity
Reality is we are going through a period of massive change
It’s natural that people pick sides
News is run by people so they’re not immune
During the American Revolution there was no expectation of nor pretension to objectivity
Depends on how you define fakeFecalFace said:
Some dork presenting his opinions each day as if it is fact is fake to me
News is all about the prejudices of the presenter
Case in point, the Annapolis shooting is being presented over and over as if trump had something to do with it
There's only one definition of fake.BillyOcean said:
It means not factual.
A reporter talking about the Annapolis shooting in a skewed manner doesn't mean that the shooting didn't happen.
Is it bias? Yes.
Is it fake? No.
It's pretty easy, if you are not GromsDad.
This is actually an interesting and great point. I'm not going to try to weigh on over the other as far as importance to democracy to avoid a silly debate.FecalFace said:
But many won't budge an inch when it comes to 2A but clearly don't have the same brazen passion for 1A.
Do you guys even understand what bias is?
Knowing what it is helps you think better.
Albeit, we are always vulnerable to fallible systems.
(That is for Billy, because he always jumps to the conclusion that I think my cognitive system is infallible.)
Knowing what it is helps you think better.
Albeit, we are always vulnerable to fallible systems.
(That is for Billy, because he always jumps to the conclusion that I think my cognitive system is infallible.)
"but every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. we have called by different names brethren of the same principle. we are all republicans, we are all federalists. if there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it."CharmingSophisticate said:
thomas jefferson, march 4, 1801
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/jefinau1.asp
you're a lazy, cowardly, joke and i will celebrate when you and hal as a pair cease to exist