On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can throw every study you want at me but it will not change the fact > that the people in these studies may have differing ideas of what > constitutes 'bias' just like people might have differing ideas of what makes > someone an 'assole'. > > As long as that disparity exists, the studies are meaningless to me.
That's the nice thing about real studies, they state up front what their criteria is, how they define things, what methodology they used, etc. Then you can decide whether or not to believe the conclusions based on understanding how they are arrived at. I agree, if the premise is faulty and the definitions they use are suspect, then their conclusions are going to be worthless. Totally valid reasons to disagree with a study. Unfortunately, what you linked to doesn't do that in any way shape or form. It's not a real study. > Once again, I could read an article and think it was fair and objective, and > you might see it as conservatively biased and a conservative might see it as > liberally biased. So who is correct there? > > If I said 'the media is biased' than it should have been prefaced with 'in > my opinion', and I base that opinion of what I have seen/read in the media. Everyone is entitled to their opinions. There certainly are conflicting views of what makes something conservative or liberal. I suspect that people that do research in the field may have developed some criteria that might sound reasonable to both of us. Perhaps not though, I haven't really delved into the study of media bias deeply. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:277074 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
