Re: Fifty-six Deceits in Fahrenheit 911

From: Jim Yanik (jyanik_at_abuse.gov)
Date: 08/13/04 

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 14:41:04 +0000 (UTC)

jdurban@vorel.com (Product developer) wrote in
news:118afaeb.0408122051.d78ed8a@posting.google.com:

> kensmith@green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote in message
> news:<cfg1qg$jpe$1@blue.rahul.net>...
>> In article <118afaeb.0408112233.10ed98f0@posting.google.com>,
>> Product developer <jdurban@vorel.com> wrote:
>> >kensmith@green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote in message
>> >news:<cfdk2k$gvs$1@blue.rahul.net>...
>> [...]
>> >> No, 87% of the press "says" they are liberal. If you admit that
>> >> their reporting is bias, you also have to admit that their
>> >> reporting of their bias must be biased. So this is a case of you
>> >> selectively believing them when they happen to say something that
>> >> matches your preconcieved notions.
>> >
>> >Selectively believing a survey? Either take someone's word or not. I
>> >don't understand.
>>
>> It is a survey of news people. Previous arguments included the claim
>> that they were distoring the facts. This survey asked them if they
>> were liberal or conservative and then assumed that on this question
>> they had not distorted the facts.
>
> As liberals they slant and often editorialize. Clear as day.

One example;
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/nealboortz/nb20040813.shtml 

-- 
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net

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