WizardMarks wrote: > Good. That's a sign of maturity. There is no such thing as unbiased > reporting--it's a null class. As one colleague put it, "The > minute you write it down, it's a lie." I would perhaps not go quite so > far, but so long as the facts are fulsome and correct, the bias is there > and so what. Everyone has biases, it's the human condition; to > expect reporters not to have them is to exclude them from the species.
I suppose in much the same vein as there is no such thing as a polite post. :-| I would agree that there may be no such thing as completely bias-free reporting, but I believe that reporting can be balanced in the sense of reporting multiple perspectives. I don't think that we should give up the goal of unbiased news reporting in the same way that I don't think we should give up the goal of ethics in government, individual morality, or racial equality. Michael Atherton Prospect Park REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
