jcast's Journal: Why I Believe in Media Bias

The basic difference between myself and those who deny media bias (in any form) is: I believe power corrupts. I simply do not believe that any human being who is used to being taken on faith and believed will be able to withstand the temptation to skimp a little on the facts, to `adjust' things so they'll work out for the greater good. No matter what professional standards he may believe in. I'm not denying that the MSM believes in their professional standards of objectivity. AFAICT, the certainly do believe them, absolutely. I'm denying that they are capable of living up to them. And, once you start skimping on your standards a little, with no accountability, you start to skimp a lot. Eventually, you are saying what you think people should believe, not what is true. So I can't take it on faith that noone would ever distort their results.