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From: mark@uf-csv.UUCP (mark fishman [fac])
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Subject: Re: Re: Liberal media bias
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Date: Sun, 28-Oct-84 23:17:58 EST
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     Jerry Aguirre reports that an event to which he was a party was
later reprorted (inaccurately) by one or another instrument of the press.
He wonders, therefore, whether he can believe *anything* he reads or
sees on television.
I have seen, on the net, ONE article making an absurdly general inference
from a single data point.  Can I therefore conclude that ALL articles
on the net contain the implicit premise that it is legitimate to generalize
to millions of cases from a single data point?

I certainly will, if I employ Jerry's reasoning, and select his article
as that anomalous data point.
Jerry:  If you believe the press sustains a malign, "liberal" bias,
what is your alternative?  *Compel* the press to present what (to
your mind) are more legitimate views, perhaps by imposing government
regulation?  I hear this works real well in Pravda.
.