Media Bias

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  1. HalloweenRun

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    Many organizations publish tables identifying the bias of media sources. They are handy, from a lot of different angles. They provide a quick way to assess the potential bias of one’s sources. They also provide a path for fact checking, choose one source from column one, and one from column five. Finally, such tables highlight sources that are normally unbiased.

    Obviously, one can argue that the table itself is biased. That is the proverbial "rabbit hole." But a Google search on media bias will yield a plethora of tables, and even the most suspicious should be able to satisfy oneself as to the legitimacy of a table.

    Finally, if your source is not listed on this, or other tables, it might be prudent to steer clear of that source.
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    Google itself is biased against anything Larry Page and Sergei Brin don't want you to see
     
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  4. HalloweenRun

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    Fine. There are lots of search engines, use the one you prefer.
     
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    What's so cool about RCP ... is you can read the headline and see who it is from, and it is amazing the blatant bias.
     
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    There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.

    Ayn Rand
     
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