Earlier you said that humans cannot be objective. So how can someone 'challenge facts and positions equally' if they already have an opinion one way or the other?
I don't think that a news outlet needs to run an equal number of stories on one candidate over another, rather similar coverage given similar circumstances. Going back to my example from earlier. McCain went to South America and Mexico and got criticized for not caring about what was going on here. However, when Obama went on his European Tour I did not see a similar response and we saw a lot of video clips of his adoring European fans. That, to me, shows a liberal bias in this particular instance. On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Judah wrote: > > Oh, well as it turns out, that is pretty easy. You don't have to say > > "this is 100% objective". Rather you say "these are my assumptions, > > these are my methods, these are my conclusions". And then people can > > agree or disagree with you and your conclusions based on their > > agreement with those assumptions and methods. > > > > perfectly said. As usual, I might add, Judah. > > There's also the question of principle vs. position. > > So, for example, what are the principles we agree to for "media" > reporting? If I run an Obama story to need a McCain story just to > stay equal? Things like that. > > This gets back to the asserting that the media is biased - based on > what principles? > > For example, many consider Chris Matthews biased. I don't since, > especially lately, he clear reveals his opinion, but he equally > challenges a range of people on what they're saying. Chris Wallace, > for example, does the same thing. I like those guys. > > So one of my principles for political reporting would be that it's > fine to have an opinion, but challenge facts and positions equally. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:277106 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
