Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] last days

["Vern Green" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> The thing is, PBS Newshour always has expert opinion on multiple sides of
> an issue.  They have Bush Administration appointees on the show regularly.
> Seriously, where do you get this?  What did you see that is causing you to
> make this outrageous claim?  I'm truly befuddled by your claims about PBS
> Newshour.  In fact, I have never, never in my life, heard anyone say
> anything against PBS Newshour except for you and your claims are as
> extreme as one would ever make against a news show -- "agonizing tripe and
> rubbish" is something you could use for, say, Pravda in the 1960s.
Some of the stories they use on Newshour to set-up the guests seem to
be slanted at times. I do thing the show is more unbiased than most
though.

I personally consider a story biased not so much on what they say in
the story, but what they do not say. Another reason I might consider a
story biased is whether they use the statements in the correct context
or not. Taking just a portion of someone's words and using them
against them without providing the context in which the words were
spoken can slant a story one way or another.

Another, is the tonality used in the story. This is something the New
York Times and LA Times are guilty of. They write things that say
something like.

"Scientists at NASA repute the human of effects of global warming.
These so-called "experts" say that it is still questionable that
humans are causing global warming."

NOTE: This is not an actual news story, it is an example.

The point here is if an expert disagrees with the writer of the story,
then they are a "so-called" expert. If you happen to agree with the
story, you would likely over look the use of that term, but if you
disagree with the story, then the use of the term stands out like a
beacon indicating bias in the story.





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F Vernon Green

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