Comment Bias in the media (Score 1) 924
Bias is everywhere in today's media. At least with Slashdot, it's usually out in the open.
Take for example Disney's efforts to kill an ABC news story about DisneyWorld park employees with records of child abuse and/or molestation.
Or how about the fact that third party candidates get next to no coverage in the media? A fair and unpartial news organization would give all candiates equal air time, but that is not the case.
CNN, Fox News, The New York Times are all corporate entities with a bottom line to protect, and that immediately biases what they will print/broadcast.
Just the wording of a title for a news article can be biased - Noam Chomsky has written excellent essays on how simple word choice can betray bias.
The dream of a news organization without bias is just that - a dream. Every reporter, editor, what-have-you, conciously or unconciously, puts his or her own views and spin on the stories they report. Just the choice of what to report is a bias.
No one seems to mind that Slashdot is completely biased against Microsoft and for things like Linux. And its OK because everyone knows going in to Slashdot that they have that bias. As long as it is spelled out, I think CmdrTaco should have the right to express his political views in the open.
Take for example Disney's efforts to kill an ABC news story about DisneyWorld park employees with records of child abuse and/or molestation.
Or how about the fact that third party candidates get next to no coverage in the media? A fair and unpartial news organization would give all candiates equal air time, but that is not the case.
CNN, Fox News, The New York Times are all corporate entities with a bottom line to protect, and that immediately biases what they will print/broadcast.
Just the wording of a title for a news article can be biased - Noam Chomsky has written excellent essays on how simple word choice can betray bias.
The dream of a news organization without bias is just that - a dream. Every reporter, editor, what-have-you, conciously or unconciously, puts his or her own views and spin on the stories they report. Just the choice of what to report is a bias.
No one seems to mind that Slashdot is completely biased against Microsoft and for things like Linux. And its OK because everyone knows going in to Slashdot that they have that bias. As long as it is spelled out, I think CmdrTaco should have the right to express his political views in the open.
