Re:Petition to release Cameron D'Ambrosio
by dangrossman on Sunday May 26, 2013 @04:38PM
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The fact that social media sites often link to biased stories that exaggerate a situation has nothing to do with the political leaning of any particular reader. Please leave the personal attacks on your make-believe political opponent to other forums. Neither rayiner nor jrockway said anything that implies they're "to the right" or don't believe abuse of the law ever happens; they just asked for some other reporting of the situation than a petition site for the defendant.
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Re:Petition to release Cameron D'Ambrosio
by betterunix on Sunday May 26, 2013 @04:52PM
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All reporting is biased in some way; reporters have to choose what facts to report about a story and what sort of wording to use when reporting them. What I responded to was a broad claim that nearly every story about abuses of police power is misconstrued and distorted. That is not merely an accusation of bias; it is an accusation of deliberate bias, and it suggests that the police and prosecutors are victims of a hostile media.
There is nothing wrong or outrageous about assuming that someone who makes such claims has far-right political leanings.