[Vision2020] NYTimes: The Big Hate

[Paul Rumelhart]

I'm not a big fan of Fox News either, but then I don't watch much TV at 
all.  I still stand by my advice, though: whenever you see the news 
presented, assume there is some bias.

Paul

Joe Campbell wrote:
> Paul,
>
> And what does this have to do with anything I've said? You're 
> obviously reading something into my post that I did not say.
>
> Fox news is a disgusting example of bias, different in degree from any 
> other news organization, IMO. That you would follow Tom's post with 
> some claim that "Everyone does it" strikes me as irresponsible since 
> it just muddys the water. Not every organization is biased in the way 
> Fox is. Someone needed to point that out and I did so. That is all 
> there is to it. I made no comments about conservative news 
> organizations in general, just the one bad apple.
>
> Joe Campbell
>
> On Jun 14, 2009, at 1:21 AM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Joe Campbell wrote:
>>> This is precisely why I'm disagreeing with Paul. Folks like you have 
>>> got him convinced that the NY Times is as bad as Fox News. What a joke!
>>
>> Nowhere did I say that the NY Times is as bad as Fox News.  All I 
>> said was that all news has bias.  That includes both the NY Times and 
>> Fox News, but it says nothing about the amount of bias relative to 
>> each other.
>>
>> You've drawn a line in the sand.  There is a "right" that watches 
>> only Fox News, and there is a "left" that reads only the NY Times.  
>> The truth is, that line doesn't really exist as a line.  If you 
>> really look at it, the right and left ideologies cover so much 
>> territory that you can't help but agree with a few concepts "across 
>> the line".
>> If we're ever going to come back together again as a country, we have 
>> to throw that crap out the window.  All of us have to do this.  
>> Instead of looking for where we might agree, we're highlighting the 
>> differences.
>>
>> Paul
>>
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