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On 2012-07-02 18:44, Slide wrote: Yes. |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12588 Posts
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A free press is simply the reporting of news without governmental censorship.
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Jeff J. Special user Connecticut 787 Posts
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On 2012-07-02 18:45, mastermindreader wrote: Yes, and that news can be twisted to suit the owners of the network reporting it. |
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Woland Special user 680 Posts
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It is interesting that none of you think a single news outlet is unbiased. And the only one mentioned is British. So what you are saying is that we don't have an open and free press in this country. That it is all propaganda. And if what we are all hearing is propaganda, than no one really knows the truth about any issue. I think the statement that the BBC is unbiased was a joke, by the way. At least it got a good laugh from me. But with all due respect, I think you're missing the point. Having an open and free press means that everyone who can afford to do so, can print up their point of view on the news, and if people want to, they can buy it and read it. It is in the "free marketplace of ideas" that a free people can decide for themselves -- so many things. Part of making good decisions about the news we receive, is understanding where the purveyors of that news are coming from. In that sense, I like the British tradition of journalism more than the American, because British newspapers have never pretended to be unbiased. The false claim of unbiased impartiality, the false claim that journalism is a "profession" rather than a swashbuckling trade, the false claim that any one source of news can provide a comprehensive picture of the world - these are childish illusions. A one-party totalitarian State once had two major news outlets: Pravda (the Truth) and Izvestia (the News). But even the Citizens of the Soviet Union were wise enough to quip, that there was no truth in The News, and no news in The Truth. |
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tommy Eternal Order Devil’s Island 16482 Posts
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God.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12588 Posts
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On 2012-07-02 18:49, Old Scratch Johnson wrote: Yes it can. That's why a variety of sources is important. I have to laugh, though, at those who will say, on the one hand, that ALL news and polls, etc. are biased, while on the other hand espousing views that are clearly molded by those self same "biased" sources. |
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tommy Eternal Order Devil’s Island 16482 Posts
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Yes you can get more biased news that way.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21055 Posts
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On 2012-07-02 18:45, mastermindreader wrote: A tee press as you imply is free from government. Not free from bias.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12588 Posts
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On 2012-07-02 20:21, Dannydoyle wrote: Yes, I agree. Freedom from government censorship is all that freedom of the press guarantees. |
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts
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Al Jazeera.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1199 Posts
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On 2012-07-02 18:30, Slide wrote: I think that the bias reflects openness and freedom. People have biases. If there were some generally accepted definition of "unbiased" that news outlets HAD to adhere to, that forced adherence would necessarily limit freedom. IMO, the wisest course is to read/listen to sources on both sides. The truth is almost always somewhere in between.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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tommy Eternal Order Devil’s Island 16482 Posts
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Yes. See taking a view from nowhere.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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Pete Biro 1933 - 2018 18558 Posts
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Fox at least distinguishes between the news reports and its opinion shows.
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balducci Loyal user Canada 230 Posts
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On 2012-07-02 20:43, Pete Biro wrote: Not accurately, though.
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12588 Posts
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On 2012-07-02 20:43, Pete Biro wrote: LOL!! Like when their "news reports" on the tea party rally in D.C. used footage from the "Million Man March" to show how big the crowd was? But you're right, that wasn't biased reporting. It was just outright lying. Or how about when FOX news "reported" on the Glenn Beck rally as if it was a major political event, when in fact they were the only network covering it seriously? A lot can be learned about the bias of any network simply by looking at which stories they wish to cover and how much coverage they give to particular events. |
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Kevin Connolly Inner circle New Jersey 1329 Posts
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Or When MSNBC covers minor left protest with 10-20 people and doesn't cover right protest with thousands.
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12588 Posts
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The difference is that FOX promoted and organized the "rallies" themselves, called them "major events," advertised them daily and then "covered" them. Reporting news is different from manufacturing it, a distinction that FOX failed to make.
Remember how they caught the FOX producer on camera leading the crowd in chants? Fair and Balanced. LOL |
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rockwall Special user 762 Posts
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How was a Glenn Beck rally any less 'news' than a Jon Stewart - Colbert rally?
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Jeff J. Special user Connecticut 787 Posts
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On 2012-07-02 20:43, Pete Biro wrote: Fox is the most biased network out there. |
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21055 Posts
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Oh lord the Fox debate.
Let me just add 29.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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