Re:To study possibly racist algorithms, professors have to s...
by andybak on Thursday June 30, 2016 @05:47AM
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This all sounds reasonable but there are some problematic assumptions and circular reasoning.
'bias', 'both sides', 'balance' etc all rely on the idea that there is a reasonable middle ground. Aren't you assuming the very thing I'm asking you to justify?
For example in the UK - the BBC has been criticised for 'false balance' in it's science reporting. i.e. giving equal weight to mainstream views and fringe views: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10944629/B... (this is from a right wing newspaper - bear in mind that the right in the UK doesn't strongly support climate change skepticism in the same way they do in the US).
'bias', 'both sides', 'balance' etc all rely on the idea that there is a reasonable middle ground. Aren't you assuming the very thing I'm asking you to justify?
For example in the UK - the BBC has been criticised for 'false balance' in it's science reporting. i.e. giving equal weight to mainstream views and fringe views: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10944629/B... (this is from a right wing newspaper - bear in mind that the right in the UK doesn't strongly support climate change skepticism in the same way they do in the US).
Also I've found the concept of the Overton window to be useful and fascinating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window