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From: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: NPR Bias?
Message-ID: <857@lsuc.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 19-Oct-85 13:21:38 EDT
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Organization: Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto
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Summary: Not a good example

In article <1746@akgua.UUCP> rjb@akgua.UUCP (R.J. Brown [Bob]) writes:
>Subject: NPR loves KGB ? :-)
>

...

>I thought I would listen to NPR and try to be objective.
>

...

>
>But, inserted in this "news story" or feature or whatever
>we had this little political gem thrown in when they were
>discussing cigarette advertising along the lines of
>"You've come a long way baby.." - 
>
>"Women are in a real sense victims of cigarette advertising."
>
>Is this the proper kind of comment for a news feature ?
>Doesn't this kind of material belong on the Editorial page ?
>
>Now notice the reporter didn't say children or girls but
>women - GROWN UP HUMAN PERSONS.  While I'm no advocate of
>Land Raping, Robber Baron Capitalism, I see right away the
>political stance of the reporter. S/he made the context clear
>that the advertising and by implication the System is to
>blame for the problem.

     I think s/he (this is rediculous, you are referring to a
specific individual and not to some generic human) was probably
referring to 'women' generally including little girls too.  The
term 'females' could likely have been substituted, but I could
excuse the use of 'women' because 'females' sounds a bit sterile.

     The real question is whether she backed it up with any proof.
Did s/he?

>
>Now that is just one lil' ol' rain drop....but a bunch of these
>gives rise to the charges about NPR bias.
>
>
>Bob Brown {...ihnp4!akgua!rjb}


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