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Steve Silverwood wrote:
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I no issue with "liberally-biased" media.
I would much prefer a [news-reporting] media that isn't biased in any
way. Just give me the facts and let me do my own analysis, thank you
very much.
But the facts can often make no sense at all without context, and
what context the news organization provides is where most of the
bias comes in.
One thing that's sneaked into the mix is that the US media is so damn
lazy and goes to the Republican affiliated Washington DC think tanks for
commentary to provide this context. Where on an overseas station, like
Radio Aus. or Radio Netherlands, you'll hear a university professor,
on American media you get the background from some guy from some outfit
with "Enterprise" in the name, who is funded by a corporate grant and
directed ideologically by the Republican party apparatus. Even if there
is a more objective commentator, they often get paired in a "Cock Fight"
with one of these mercenary propagandists. (A situation most professors
aren't going to repeat).
Mark Zenier
Washington State resident