jcast's Journal: The Press

From PressThink, talking about James W. Carey:

Carey thinks we should "value the press in the precise degree that it sustains public life, that it helps keep the conversation going among us." We should "devalue the press" in the degree that it seeks only to inform us or, worse, "turn us into silent spectators."

Agreed. Question: which is better at this, an unbiased press or one exhibiting biases from every corner of the public sphere?

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• An unbiased press, even one that is truly unbiased, tends to suppress the political conversation.