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Do any CAF watch Newsmax and/or One America News Network regularly?
The response to left wing bias should straightforward, honest reporting, not right wing bias.Oh, like the 99 other media outlets are in the bag for the other side and have been for years?
This is an effect of market forces on the news industry. Straight news is boring and doesn’t garner ratings. Also, we all have slightly differing opinions on what the reality is even even witnessing the same event. That’s a big lesson that CAF has taught me.The response to left wing bias should straightforward, honest reporting, not right wing bias
That’s kind of the problem. People don’t want “the news.” They want entertainment that reinforces what they already think.Straight news is boring and doesn’t garner ratings.
Then one has to determine what is “straightforward, honest reporting”. Bias is almost inevitable, if for no other reason than that “reporting” is a short statement of an event, etc.The response to left wing bias should straightforward, honest reporting, not right wing bias.
It’s fair to point out some level of bias is inherent in any human reporting of an event, but it’s a question of degree. There’s a difference between a someone attempting to be fair minded and represent the other side fairly and someone openly carrying water for one side.Bias is almost inevitable, if for no other reason than that “reporting” is a short statement of an event, etc.
I am not sure the comment was anywhere near that polite. Although I have not had a television for some 33 years, I have come across comments on CNN that were not just garbage; they were outright lies.The issue is that for years the refrain from the right has been “CNN is garbage, it’s biased towards the Democrats”
Agreed. But then, there are few people who are paying any attention and are truly neutral. The Greeks had a phrase - and I have no idea how to type in Greek, but it said “like is to like a friend”. The vernacular when I was a kid was “birds of a feather flock together.”You can’t simultaneously argue that neutrality is the mark of quality reporting and watch One America or Newsmax.
Sure, but we’re not talking about the neutrality of the viewer. The viewer will obviously have opinions; one just hopes he or she isn’t only seeking out media that confirms what he or she already thinks. The broadcaster, being human, will also have biases, but has a greater obligation to try to be at least fair if not truly neutral. Or, option B is just make it plain that you’re a partisan editorialist and go nuts.Agreed. But then, there are few people who are paying any attention and are truly neutral.
Which is fine, but if you’re going to be a conservative journalist, you should acknowledge that what you’re offering is editorializing, not straight reporting. You also can’t complain about left-wing bias in other journalists.Guy didn’t walk around with a facade of being fair and balanced and to be honest I like that better than guys who try to act like centrists. If you are conservative just be that way. It’s okay.
My I ask, just out of curiosity, is that for religious reasons?Although I have not had a television for some 33 years