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Dec. 31st, 2011 04:03 amhttp://archiveofourown.org/works/36750
Brains?
http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=78677#p2848150
by therenaissanceman » Fri Dec 30, 2011 6:55 am UTC
CasualSax wrote:
I really enjoyed this comic! I like most all of NPR's non-political shows. And on that note, is NPR becoming more and more biased, or am I just noticing it?
Honestly, which news sources aren't biased?
An acquaintance of mine once said this about NPR's 'bias': "Reporting is a liberal activity. If you're reporting on what people are doing and what it means to individuals, you're taking an interest in individual welfare, which is a liberal activity. The bias is not intentional; it's the nature of reporting that isn't attempting to avoid—this is just my opinion—it is the act of reporting when you're not trying to discount the impact on an individual. So when I hear things like, you know, NPR has a liberal bias and they never represent a right-wing viewpoint, I think, 'Gosh, you know, I think I've heard lots of right wing commentators and politicos'. But, yeah, you know, if there is a social injustice in the world—I think we both understand that there is, and there's only one network that's reporting on it, I think I'm going to give a pass on the bias issue because until everyone else is reporting on social injustice, I'm going to say everyone else is biased in the wrong way and not necessarily to the right, but towards feeding us candy. So, to me, NPR is good nutritional listening."
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/what-americans-keep-ignoring-about-finlands-school-success/250564/
Brains?
http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=78677#p2848150
by therenaissanceman » Fri Dec 30, 2011 6:55 am UTC
CasualSax wrote:
I really enjoyed this comic! I like most all of NPR's non-political shows. And on that note, is NPR becoming more and more biased, or am I just noticing it?
Honestly, which news sources aren't biased?
An acquaintance of mine once said this about NPR's 'bias': "Reporting is a liberal activity. If you're reporting on what people are doing and what it means to individuals, you're taking an interest in individual welfare, which is a liberal activity. The bias is not intentional; it's the nature of reporting that isn't attempting to avoid—this is just my opinion—it is the act of reporting when you're not trying to discount the impact on an individual. So when I hear things like, you know, NPR has a liberal bias and they never represent a right-wing viewpoint, I think, 'Gosh, you know, I think I've heard lots of right wing commentators and politicos'. But, yeah, you know, if there is a social injustice in the world—I think we both understand that there is, and there's only one network that's reporting on it, I think I'm going to give a pass on the bias issue because until everyone else is reporting on social injustice, I'm going to say everyone else is biased in the wrong way and not necessarily to the right, but towards feeding us candy. So, to me, NPR is good nutritional listening."
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/what-americans-keep-ignoring-about-finlands-school-success/250564/