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From: plunkett@rlgvax.UUCP (S. Plunkett)
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Subject: Re: Media bias - a new angle
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Date: Fri, 15-Mar-85 16:31:43 EST
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>   What often appears to be bias is actually usually merely
> sensationalistic, shallow reporting of an issue without any real
> understanding.  This is why the press so often takes the liberal
> position.

This is exactly what we critics of liberalism refer to.  It is
perhaps not true that conservatives are incapable of "sensationalistic,
shallow reporting," but I should say that the liberal, goaded by
his fantastic ideas, will tend to exagerate, distort, and generally
play fast and loose with reality as he labors under his emotional
delusions.  This is an intuitive argument as to why the bias we
sometimes see can be called a "liberal bias."

Yet the point about non-ideological bias--i.e., just plain crummy
work by mediocre professionals--is well taken, and probably accounts
for most complaints against the media.

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