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Topic	How much do you trust the media
Sufferedphoenix 03/08/24 12:22:14 PM #25:	adjl posted... There's a particular irony in you taking what you've heard in that regard as a matter-of-fact statement of what happened that keeps the speaker's opinions out of it. Virtually without exception, whenever anyone says "X news is objective and unbiased," they actually mean "X news agrees with my biases so I don't notice them." This is true whether you're talking about extant news outlets or nostalgic reminiscence of how news supposedly used to be. I mean like just saying there was a conference held today and the speaker said this... and leaving it at that. Or saying the police apprehended a suspect of x crime and leaving it at that. Now days they try way harder to influence how you feel about it. --- I put my heart and soul into my work and I fear I have lost my mind in the process <cite>Sufferedphoenix posted [p:979259294] in How much d... [t:80713434]...</cite> <quote>adjl posted... </cite><quote>There's a particular irony in you taking what you've heard in that regard as a matter-of-fact statement of what happened that keeps the speaker's opinions out of it.Virtually without exception, whenever anyone says "X news is objective and unbiased," they actually mean "X news agrees with my biases so I don't notice them." This is true whether you're talking about extant news outlets or nostalgic reminiscence of how news supposedly used to be.</quote>I mean like just saying there was a conference held today and the speaker said this... and leaving it at that. Or saying the police apprehended a suspect of x crime and leaving it at that. Now days they try way harder to influence how you feel about it. --- I put my heart and soul into my work and I fear I have lost my mind in the process</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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