Re:Why media layoffs keep happening
by weberc2 on Friday January 25, 2019 @08:50AM
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I probably mostly agree with your post but I hear this a lot:
> And yes, they have biases, because there is no such thing as an entirely unbiased news report
And it’s not really addressing what people mean when they talk about media bias. The media appears to be more biased than it used to. Specifically it represents fewer viewpoints on certain (typically political) issues. It would be interesting IMHO if we talked about this when we talked about media bias. “Completely avoiding bias is impossible” misses the point and isn’t very interesting.
> And yes, they have biases, because there is no such thing as an entirely unbiased news report
And it’s not really addressing what people mean when they talk about media bias. The media appears to be more biased than it used to. Specifically it represents fewer viewpoints on certain (typically political) issues. It would be interesting IMHO if we talked about this when we talked about media bias. “Completely avoiding bias is impossible” misses the point and isn’t very interesting.