Let me clarify what I was trying to say. I also tend to go to different sources for information, however, I also believe (based on absolutely no scientific information) that most people in this country do not do that. They blindly take what the NYT or Fox News or the guys in the barber shop or where ever they get their news tells them to be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. That is where I think any kind of bias can be a dangerous thing.
Sadly, I know intelligent people who choose to only get their news from one of these sources and consider the others to be 'rags'. They get so wrapped up in their beliefs, they do not want to read/see any news stories that may disagree with their position. It seems we agree about expectations of the press as a whole questioning government and I might add, those who wish to serve as part of the government. On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Scott wrote: > > I guess when I see what I believe to be uneuqal treatment it gets my > panties > > all in a wad. > > > > Ah - so that's an interesting point: "equal treatment". So this is an > expectations bias on your part. > > For example, I don't care about equal treatment since I'm a topics > person and get information on those topics from multiple sources; so I > don't much care if a single source treats a topic equally. > > What I do care about is presenting a topical case with missing facts > without noting that you're excluding facts or making up facts. > > For example, Fox News asking for a show of hands, seeing none for > McCain, and reporting an equal split. That's a lie. > > What I like is a here's-what-they-said-here-are-the-fact-you-decide > type of reporting. > > And all of THAT being said I expect the press as a whole to question > government no matter who's in power. That's their top job IMO. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:277047 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
