• Recall that Media Stephen has good intent at it's core

    From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 18 10:17:07 2023
    or some such BS?

    Here's the rotten core.

    https://disinformationchronicle.substack.com/p/twitter-files-twitter-provided-privileged

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Thu May 18 15:18:33 2023
    On 5/18/23 12:17 PM, ScottW wrote:
    or some such BS?

    No, you keep making up stuff like that despite having been corrected
    several times and referred to the correct idea.

    Here's a different take:

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/06/when-americans-lost-faith-in-the-news

    Of course, your frequent misstatements demonstrate a similarity to the
    essence of what I shared: mainstream media sees itself as objective and correctable while the Foxes of the world are propagandists who repeat disinformation after its been debunked, just as you are doing yet again.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 18 20:08:28 2023
    On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 1:18:37 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/18/23 12:17 PM, ScottW wrote:
    or some such BS?

    No, you keep making up stuff like that despite having been corrected
    several times and referred to the correct idea.

    Here's a different take:

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/06/when-americans-lost-faith-in-the-news

    American's with a great deal of trust in media broke below 50% in 2004 with a 10% crash
    year over year. It's never been back above 50 since and that was the single largest
    YoY decline on record. You gonna blame Trump for that too?

    It's amusing that you would turn to the media for a complete BS explanation of why the public has lost
    trust in the media.
    It's almost as stupid as Biden claiming his polls are due to bad media coverage.
    Maybe Joe has a hand in the new lows for media approval after Trump?

    ScottW


    Of course, your frequent misstatements demonstrate a similarity to the essence of what I shared: mainstream media sees itself

    Who in their right mind gives one shit what a decadent, corrupt, and self adulating POS
    sees itself as?

    as objective and
    correctable while the Foxes of the world are propagandists who repeat disinformation after its been debunked, just as you are doing yet again.

    Only thing debunked here is any justification for your faith in media.... beside the fact they mostly carry water for the dem party just as you do.

    But that's changing Newsmax which is far right and more in on Trump than Fox
    is just jumped over CNN in viewers.
    Maybe they can restore trust in media.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Fri May 19 13:41:34 2023
    On 5/18/23 10:08 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 1:18:37 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/18/23 12:17 PM, ScottW wrote:
    or some such BS?

    No, you keep making up stuff like that despite having been
    corrected several times and referred to the correct idea.

    Here's a different take:

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/06/when-americans-lost-faith-in-the-news


    American's with a great deal of trust in media broke below 50% in
    2004 with a 10% crash year over year. It's never been back above 50
    since and that was the single largest YoY decline on record. You
    gonna blame Trump for that too?

    I'm not blaming Trump for a right-wing movement dating back to the fifties.

    It's amusing that you would turn to the media for a complete BS
    explanation of why the public has lost trust in the media. It's
    almost as stupid as Biden claiming his polls are due to bad media
    coverage. Maybe Joe has a hand in the new lows for media approval
    after Trump?

    Good Lord! You're a walking illustration of "Mister Gotcha"!

    Peasant: We should improve society somewhat.

    Mister Gotcha: Yet you participate in society. Curious!
    I am very intelligent.

    I'd ask if you have a place other than "the media" to find published discussions to which one can refer but published and referable kinda
    defines "the media."

    And yes, the media is tearing down Biden for a variety of reasons, first
    among them their conservative corporate ownership.

    Of course, your frequent misstatements demonstrate a similarity to
    the essence of what I shared: mainstream media sees itself

    Who in their right mind gives one shit what a decadent, corrupt, and
    self adulating POS sees itself as?

    How do you shave? What with the complete absence of mirrors in your
    home? BTW, that's how many feel about Fox with the justification that
    Fox has been shown to deliberate spread falsehoods.

    as objective and correctable while the Foxes of the world are
    propagandists who repeat disinformation after its been debunked,
    just as you are doing yet again.

    Only thing debunked here is any justification for your faith in
    media.... beside the fact they mostly carry water for the dem party
    just as you do.

    There's the right-wing attack on anything they think opposes them.
    However, that's a deflection away from the simple point that the
    mainstream media has been built on a model of objectivity for the last
    century, leaving it vulnerable to bad faith attacks from those less
    scrupulous about the truth.

    But that's changing Newsmax which is far right and more in on Trump
    than Fox is just jumped over CNN in viewers. Maybe they can restore
    trust in media.

    The same CNN sprinting rightward in hopes of catching Fox leftovers? The
    one that just gave Trump a live campaign rally and every indication
    they'll repeat the pro-Trump decisions of 2016?

    The Newsmaxes aren't building trust, they're telling their audience what
    they want to hear.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 19 15:21:11 2023
    On 5/19/23 1:41 PM, mINE109 wrote:

    The Newsmaxes aren't building trust, they're telling their audience what
    they want to hear.

    Fox and Newsmax building trust:

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-stoked-outrage-over-migrants-displacing-homeless-vets-it-was-a-hoax

    https://midhudsonnews.com/2023/05/18/questions-remain-as-to-if-vets-were-displaced-from-hotel-by-asylum-seekers-2/

    https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/19/new-york-prosecutors-hotel-veterans-migrants-00097886

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 19 16:06:10 2023
    On Friday, May 19, 2023 at 11:41:44 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/18/23 10:08 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 1:18:37 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/18/23 12:17 PM, ScottW wrote:
    or some such BS?

    No, you keep making up stuff like that despite having been
    corrected several times and referred to the correct idea.

    Here's a different take:

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/06/when-americans-lost-faith-in-the-news


    American's with a great deal of trust in media broke below 50% in
    2004 with a 10% crash year over year. It's never been back above 50
    since and that was the single largest YoY decline on record. You
    gonna blame Trump for that too?
    I'm not blaming Trump for a right-wing movement dating back to the fifties.

    Backing away from your link so quickly? That's pretty spineless....even for you.


    It's amusing that you would turn to the media for a complete BS explanation of why the public has lost trust in the media. It's
    almost as stupid as Biden claiming his polls are due to bad media coverage. Maybe Joe has a hand in the new lows for media approval
    after Trump?
    Good Lord! You're a walking illustration of "Mister Gotcha"!

    It's your stupid argument so pathetic it's impossible not to "getcha".

    and just because you might find a case or two of BS from the media you hate doesn't make the media you love....trustworthy.

    They're all in it for the money and always have been.
    The idea that the media developed a moral code about a century ago was
    BS lie propagated by media to try to clear the slate of their horrendous lying past.

    It's takes a hugely gullible tool to think there is any difference based upon the audience they
    cater too.


    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sat May 20 10:04:22 2023
    On 5/19/23 6:06 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, May 19, 2023 at 11:41:44 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/18/23 10:08 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 1:18:37 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/18/23 12:17 PM, ScottW wrote:
    or some such BS?

    No, you keep making up stuff like that despite having been
    corrected several times and referred to the correct idea.

    Here's a different take:

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/06/when-americans-lost-faith-in-the-news


    American's with a great deal of trust in media broke below 50% in
    2004 with a 10% crash year over year. It's never been back above 50
    since and that was the single largest YoY decline on record. You
    gonna blame Trump for that too?
    I'm not blaming Trump for a right-wing movement dating back to the fifties.

    Backing away from your link so quickly? That's pretty spineless....even for you.

    Polling of trust levels isn't my point. And I labelled it a "different
    take" from my original one. To repeat:

    https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/journalism-essentials/bias-objectivity/lost-meaning-objectivity/

    About Fox:

    https://asharangappa.substack.com/p/inside-the-fox-news-sausage-factory
    It's amusing that you would turn to the media for a complete BS
    explanation of why the public has lost trust in the media. It's
    almost as stupid as Biden claiming his polls are due to bad media
    coverage. Maybe Joe has a hand in the new lows for media approval
    after Trump?
    Good Lord! You're a walking illustration of "Mister Gotcha"!

    It's your stupid argument so pathetic it's impossible not to "getcha".

    No, saying a media source can't comment on the media per se is pretty
    stupid.

    and just because you might find a case or two of BS from the media you hate doesn't make the media you love....trustworthy.

    It's not about cases, it's about foundations and I haven't argued about trustworthiness. Indeed, I've complained about the WaPo and NYT quite a bit.

    They're all in it for the money and always have been.
    The idea that the media developed a moral code about a century ago was
    BS lie propagated by media to try to clear the slate of their horrendous lying past.

    Nonetheless, it's the model they adopted and attempt to live up to. This contrasts with the Murdoch money machine.

    It's takes a hugely gullible tool to think there is any difference based upon the audience
    they cater too.

    "The audience they cater to" isn't my point.

    From the above:

    One of the great confusions about journalism, write Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel in The Elements of Journalism, is the concept of objectivity.

    When the concept originally evolved, it was not meant to imply that
    journalists were free of bias. Quite the contrary.

    The term began to appear as part of journalism after the turn of the
    20th century, particularly in the 1920s, out of a growing recognition
    that journalists were full of bias, often unconsciously. Objectivity
    called for journalists to develop a consistent method of testing
    information – a transparent approach to evidence – precisely so that personal and cultural biases would not undermine the accuracy of their work.

    In the latter part of the 19th century, journalists talked about
    something called “realism” rather than objectivity. This was the idea
    that if reporters simply dug out the facts and ordered them together,
    truth would reveal itself rather naturally.

    End quote.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 20 20:47:25 2023
    On Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 8:04:27 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/19/23 6:06 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, May 19, 2023 at 11:41:44 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/18/23 10:08 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 1:18:37 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/18/23 12:17 PM, ScottW wrote:
    or some such BS?

    No, you keep making up stuff like that despite having been
    corrected several times and referred to the correct idea.

    Here's a different take:

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/06/when-americans-lost-faith-in-the-news


    American's with a great deal of trust in media broke below 50% in
    2004 with a 10% crash year over year. It's never been back above 50
    since and that was the single largest YoY decline on record. You
    gonna blame Trump for that too?
    I'm not blaming Trump for a right-wing movement dating back to the fifties.

    Backing away from your link so quickly? That's pretty spineless....even for you.
    Polling of trust levels isn't my point. And I labelled it a "different
    take" from my original one. To repeat:

    Random different takes aren't making you anymore coherent, check that...coherent at all.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sun May 21 07:31:43 2023
    On 5/20/23 10:47 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 8:04:27 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/19/23 6:06 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, May 19, 2023 at 11:41:44 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/18/23 10:08 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 1:18:37 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/18/23 12:17 PM, ScottW wrote:
    or some such BS?

    No, you keep making up stuff like that despite having been
    corrected several times and referred to the correct idea.

    Here's a different take:

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/06/when-americans-lost-faith-in-the-news


    American's with a great deal of trust in media broke below 50% in
    2004 with a 10% crash year over year. It's never been back above 50
    since and that was the single largest YoY decline on record. You
    gonna blame Trump for that too?
    I'm not blaming Trump for a right-wing movement dating back to the fifties.

    Backing away from your link so quickly? That's pretty spineless....even for you.
    Polling of trust levels isn't my point. And I labelled it a "different
    take" from my original one. To repeat:

    Random different takes aren't making you anymore coherent, check that...coherent at all.

    A lot of those "random" takes are response to your misstatements.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 21 17:29:31 2023
    On Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 5:33:08 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/20/23 10:47 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 8:04:27 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/19/23 6:06 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, May 19, 2023 at 11:41:44 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/18/23 10:08 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 1:18:37 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/18/23 12:17 PM, ScottW wrote:
    or some such BS?

    No, you keep making up stuff like that despite having been
    corrected several times and referred to the correct idea.

    Here's a different take:

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/06/when-americans-lost-faith-in-the-news


    American's with a great deal of trust in media broke below 50% in >>>>> 2004 with a 10% crash year over year. It's never been back above 50 >>>>> since and that was the single largest YoY decline on record. You
    gonna blame Trump for that too?
    I'm not blaming Trump for a right-wing movement dating back to the fifties.

    Backing away from your link so quickly? That's pretty spineless....even for you.
    Polling of trust levels isn't my point. And I labelled it a "different
    take" from my original one. To repeat:

    Random different takes aren't making you anymore coherent, check that...coherent at all.
    A lot of those "random" takes are response to your misstatements.

    Don't blame me for your incoherence. I couldn't make you that stupid even if I tried.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Mon May 22 07:42:37 2023
    On 5/21/23 7:29 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 5:33:08 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/20/23 10:47 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 8:04:27 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/19/23 6:06 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, May 19, 2023 at 11:41:44 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/18/23 10:08 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 1:18:37 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote: >>>>>>>> On 5/18/23 12:17 PM, ScottW wrote:
    or some such BS?

    No, you keep making up stuff like that despite having been
    corrected several times and referred to the correct idea.

    Here's a different take:

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/06/when-americans-lost-faith-in-the-news


    American's with a great deal of trust in media broke below 50% in >>>>>>> 2004 with a 10% crash year over year. It's never been back above 50 >>>>>>> since and that was the single largest YoY decline on record. You >>>>>>> gonna blame Trump for that too?
    I'm not blaming Trump for a right-wing movement dating back to the fifties.

    Backing away from your link so quickly? That's pretty spineless....even for you.
    Polling of trust levels isn't my point. And I labelled it a "different >>>> take" from my original one. To repeat:

    Random different takes aren't making you anymore coherent, check that...coherent at all.
    A lot of those "random" takes are response to your misstatements.

    Don't blame me for your incoherence. I couldn't make you that stupid even if I tried.

    Look at the incorrect takes you manufactured from the simple idea that mainstream media operates on an ideal of objectivity. For instance, the
    subject line you created for this thread. That's incoherence. Also
    incoherent, pointing to cases in which the ideal isn't met as if that
    means the ideal doesn't exist. Also, citing polls of how consumers feel
    about it.

    There's plenty to complain about, of course. The "protest paradigm":

    https://uh.edu/news-events/stories/2020/june-2020/06242020-examining-media-coverage-of-protests.php

    "The researchers found the type of protest, location of protest and type
    of media outlet were significantly related to whether these stories
    stuck to the protest paradigm – a pattern of negative coverage of
    protests, especially when the events are anti-status quo, that demonizes protesters and marginalizes their causes...

    [R]esearch shows news coverage that follows the paradigm uses four
    frames, three of which delegitimize the root of the cause: riot, a focus
    on the violence; confrontation, a focus on clashes between protestors
    and police; spectacle, a focus on the drama or emotions; and debate - a
    media frame that legitimizes viewpoints and demands by emphasizing the
    reasons for the protest."

    Copaganda:

    https://www.alternet.org/2016/02/8-most-popular-types-copaganda-how-police-play-media

    The first type could have mentioned fentanyl:

    https://www.npr.org/2023/05/16/1175726650/fentanyl-police-overdose-misinformation

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 22 05:57:50 2023
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 8:43:56 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:


    Look at the incorrect takes you manufactured from the simple idea that mainstream media operates on an ideal of objectivity.

    That's a joke. The "ideal" of objectivity is out the window



    There's plenty to complain about, of course. The "protest paradigm":

    https://uh.edu/news-events/stories/2020/june-2020/06242020-examining-media-coverage-of-protests.php

    "The researchers found the type of protest, location of protest and type
    of media outlet were significantly related to whether these stories
    stuck to the protest paradigm – a pattern of negative coverage of protests, especially when the events are anti-status quo, that demonizes protesters and marginalizes their causes...

    and this, too

    "new research suggests mainstream media have a tendency to focus on the violence and spectacle of a protest rather than the substance"



    Which leads a rational person to conclude that if protesters are aiming for more
    favorable coverage of their cause, they would best acieve that by tamping down the
    violence of their protests.


    Protestors have themselves to blame for focusing the press coverage on
    their own violent behavior.


    The takeaway: protestors are upset that their violence detracts from their mission.
    Unless violence happens to be the mission, itself.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Mon May 22 08:11:46 2023
    On 5/22/23 7:57 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 8:43:56 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:


    Look at the incorrect takes you manufactured from the simple idea
    that mainstream media operates on an ideal of objectivity.

    That's a joke. The "ideal" of objectivity is out the window

    Yet it exists and has for a century.

    There's plenty to complain about, of course. The "protest
    paradigm":

    https://uh.edu/news-events/stories/2020/june-2020/06242020-examining-media-coverage-of-protests.php

    "The researchers found the type of protest, location of protest
    and type of media outlet were significantly related to whether
    these stories stuck to the protest paradigm – a pattern of
    negative coverage of protests, especially when the events are
    anti-status quo, that demonizes protesters and marginalizes their
    causes...

    and this, too

    "new research suggests mainstream media have a tendency to focus on
    the violence and spectacle of a protest rather than the substance"

    Yes, that's one of the things I'm complaining about. It doesn't mean the objectivity ideal doesn't exist.

    Which leads a rational person to conclude that if protesters are
    aiming for more favorable coverage of their cause, they would best
    acieve that by tamping down the violence of their protests.

    Peaceful protests are ignored.

    Protestors have themselves to blame for focusing the press coverage
    on their own violent behavior.

    There's also the problem of police-instigated violence in otherwise
    peaceful or manageable protests.

    The takeaway: protestors are upset that their violence detracts from
    their mission. Unless violence happens to be the mission, itself.

    No, the feelings of protesters are beside the point in discussing the
    "protest paradigm."

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 22 06:24:25 2023
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 9:13:45 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/22/23 7:57 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 8:43:56 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:


    Look at the incorrect takes you manufactured from the simple idea
    that mainstream media operates on an ideal of objectivity.

    That's a joke. The "ideal" of objectivity is out the window

    Yet it exists and has for a century.

    Although it had existed, it certainly does not exist now.


    There's plenty to complain about, of course. The "protest
    paradigm":

    https://uh.edu/news-events/stories/2020/june-2020/06242020-examining-media-coverage-of-protests.php

    "The researchers found the type of protest, location of protest
    and type of media outlet were significantly related to whether
    these stories stuck to the protest paradigm – a pattern of
    negative coverage of protests, especially when the events are
    anti-status quo, that demonizes protesters and marginalizes their
    causes...

    and this, too

    "new research suggests mainstream media have a tendency to focus on
    the violence and spectacle of a protest rather than the substance"

    Yes, that's one of the things I'm complaining about. It doesn't mean the objectivity ideal doesn't exist.

    The ideal of objectivity does not exist. The model, or ideal, is entirely partisan


    Which leads a rational person to conclude that if protesters are
    aiming for more favorable coverage of their cause, they would best
    acieve that by tamping down the violence of their protests.

    Peaceful protests are ignored.

    Drowned out by the violent protests.
    It's the fault of the violent protestors.

    Protestors have themselves to blame for focusing the press coverage
    on their own violent behavior.
    There's also the problem of police-instigated violence in otherwise
    peaceful or manageable protests.

    That is such a rarity, in comparison.

    The takeaway: protestors are upset that their violence detracts from
    their mission. Unless violence happens to be the mission, itself.

    No, the feelings of protesters are beside the point in discussing the "protest paradigm."

    Good!!!
    Then they have no complaints over coverage

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Mon May 22 09:34:42 2023
    On 5/22/23 8:24 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 9:13:45 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/22/23 7:57 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 8:43:56 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:


    Look at the incorrect takes you manufactured from the simple idea
    that mainstream media operates on an ideal of objectivity.

    That's a joke. The "ideal" of objectivity is out the window

    Yet it exists and has for a century.

    Although it had existed, it certainly does not exist now.

    At Fox, Newsmax etc.

    There's plenty to complain about, of course. The "protest
    paradigm":

    https://uh.edu/news-events/stories/2020/june-2020/06242020-examining-media-coverage-of-protests.php

    "The researchers found the type of protest, location of protest
    and type of media outlet were significantly related to whether
    these stories stuck to the protest paradigm – a pattern of
    negative coverage of protests, especially when the events are
    anti-status quo, that demonizes protesters and marginalizes their
    causes...

    and this, too

    "new research suggests mainstream media have a tendency to focus on
    the violence and spectacle of a protest rather than the substance"

    Yes, that's one of the things I'm complaining about. It doesn't mean the
    objectivity ideal doesn't exist.

    The ideal of objectivity does not exist. The model, or ideal, is entirely partisan

    You're not the one who decides. A partisan media favoring the left would
    look very different from what we have.

    Which leads a rational person to conclude that if protesters are
    aiming for more favorable coverage of their cause, they would best
    acieve that by tamping down the violence of their protests.

    Peaceful protests are ignored.

    Drowned out by the violent protests.
    It's the fault of the violent protestors.

    No, blame the paradigm.

    https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/06/its-time-to-change-the-way-the-media-reports-on-protests-here-are-some-ideas/

    "A 2010 study that analyzed 40 years of protest coverage in five major newspapers, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, found
    that the papers depicted protests — even peaceful ones — as nuisances rather than as necessary functions of democracy.

    ...Centering protest coverage around the impact on traffic, local
    businesses, and property is one way that the protest-as-nuisance framing manifests. And according to the study, that “annoyance” framing
    increased over time — newspapers were more likely to frame a protest as
    a nuisance in 2007 than in 1967. The study also found that protests over liberal causes were framed as nuisances more often than protests over conservative causes."

    If they're not violent, they're still nuisances.

    Protestors have themselves to blame for focusing the press coverage
    on their own violent behavior.
    There's also the problem of police-instigated violence in otherwise
    peaceful or manageable protests.

    That is such a rarity, in comparison.
    From above:

    It was Slate that arguably broke the media logjam.

    For nearly a week, there had been nationwide protests after a bystander released video showing that George Floyd, a Black Minneapolis resident,
    died as a local police officer knelt on his neck. And for almost a week, national media made editorial choices, mirroring a framework social
    scientists have dubbed the “protest paradigm,” that often failed to
    frame the events of the day accurately...

    “People kept sharing these videos that were coming up and it was
    unambiguous what was going on,” said Tom Scocca, Slate’s politics
    editor, who edited the story. “We weren’t looking at a stream of videos
    of violence erupting or clashes breaking out. We were looking at cops, attacking people.”

    End quote.


    The takeaway: protestors are upset that their violence detracts from
    their mission. Unless violence happens to be the mission, itself.

    No, the feelings of protesters are beside the point in discussing the
    "protest paradigm."

    Good!!!
    Then they have no complaints over coverage

    No, it means you have no basis for your claim concerning their mission.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 22 10:00:18 2023
    On 5/22/23 9:34 AM, mINE109 wrote:
    A partisan media favoring the left would look very different from what
    we have.

    https://presswatchers.org/2023/04/republicans-threaten-to-tank-economy-media-blames-biden/

    "House Republicans are refusing to let the government keep paying its
    bills unless the Biden administration rolls back some of its signature achievements."

    Partisan? More:

    But as usual, extremist Republicans have been enabled by media coverage
    that tries to split the difference, and treats what is essentially a
    hostage crisis created exclusively by one side as a normal, two-sided
    partisan squabble.

    Indeed, our top political reporters now insist that the onus is on Biden
    to solve the problem.

    Under the headline “Biden Faces His First Big Choice on Debt Limit,” New York Times reporter Jim Tankersley writes today that the issue “has put President Biden on the defensive, forcing him to confront a series of potentially painful choices at a perilous economic moment.”

    Washington Post reporter Jeff Stein set off Internet pundits and the
    Post’s own readers over the weekend with his article headlined “Biden is running out of time to avoid calamitous debt ceiling outcomes.”

    The Associated Press has consistently been advocating for some sort of compromise — in its news stories. Josh Boak wrote that, “staring down a fast-approaching deadline,” both sides “have to find some version of
    common ground.”

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 22 16:19:14 2023
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 10:34:45 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/22/23 8:24 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 9:13:45 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/22/23 7:57 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 8:43:56 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:


    Look at the incorrect takes you manufactured from the simple idea
    that mainstream media operates on an ideal of objectivity.

    That's a joke. The "ideal" of objectivity is out the window

    Yet it exists and has for a century.

    Although it had existed, it certainly does not exist now.
    At Fox, Newsmax etc.

    I accept that it cuts both ways,






    Good!!!
    Then they have no complaints over coverage
    No, it means you have no basis for your claim concerning their mission.

    I do have a basis.
    What I see on the news and what i now being taught in schools of journalism. And then there is the AP style book, itself, which instructs the vocabularyand terms to be used in reporting.
    Definitely leaning towards the woke left.


    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ap-stylebook-issues-woke-new-guidance-for-journalists-to-avoid-using-the-word-woke/ar-AA1aGTxD

    https://www.politico.eu/article/using-labels-the-french-offensive-ap-associated-press-stylebook/amp/

    https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2023/ap-stylebook-update-2023-climate-change-lgbtq-plus/

    https://abcnews4.com/news/nation-world/ap-stylebook-recommends-getting-rid-of-the-labels-like-the-french-the-poor

    https://www.tpusa.com/live/ap-stylebook-discourages-use-of-the-calls-it-dehumanizing

    https://www.prnewsonline.com/ap-style-climate-and-environment/

    https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ap-stylebook-turns-page-journalism-woke-newspeak

    https://reason.com/volokh/2022/07/14/ap-stylebook-on-assault-weapon-assault-rifle-and-semi-automatic-weapon/

    https://www.prnewsonline.com/ap-style-for-super-bowl/

    all of the above culled from the wide spectrum of the media, from left to right


    you have no basis in declaring that the traditional ideas of independence and objectivity still exist.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Mon May 22 20:22:16 2023
    On 5/22/23 6:19 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 10:34:45 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/22/23 8:24 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 9:13:45 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/22/23 7:57 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 8:43:56 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:


    Look at the incorrect takes you manufactured from the
    simple idea that mainstream media operates on an ideal of
    objectivity.

    That's a joke. The "ideal" of objectivity is out the window

    Yet it exists and has for a century.

    Although it had existed, it certainly does not exist now.
    At Fox, Newsmax etc.

    I accept that it cuts both ways,

    Both-sidism is also a problem.

    Good!!! Then they have no complaints over coverage
    No, it means you have no basis for your claim concerning their
    mission.

    I do have a basis.

    The century-old paradigm remains in place no matter what partisan
    slights you perceive.

    What I see on the news and what i now being taught in schools of
    journalism.

    I cited journalism textbooks, so I know you're wrong.

    And then there is the AP style book, itself, which instructs the vocabularyand terms to be used in reporting. Definitely leaning
    towards the woke left.

    Style is not the foundation of journalism and the less said about the all-purpose epithet "woke" the better.

    <snip>

    all of the above culled from the wide spectrum of the media, from
    left to right

    None of those address the paradigm of objectivity.

    you have no basis in declaring that the traditional ideas of
    independence and objectivity still exist.

    Still here in 2018:

    https://time.com/5443351/journalism-objectivity-history/

    In academia:

    https://nieman.harvard.edu/articles/an-argument-why-journalists-should-not-abandon-objectivity/

    In the profession:

    https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/journalism-essentials/bias-objectivity/lost-meaning-objectivity/

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to there would be no need to on Mon May 22 19:35:26 2023
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 9:23:36 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/22/23 6:19 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 10:34:45 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/22/23 8:24 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 9:13:45 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/22/23 7:57 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 8:43:56 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:


    Look at the incorrect takes you manufactured from the
    simple idea that mainstream media operates on an ideal of
    objectivity.

    That's a joke. The "ideal" of objectivity is out the window

    Yet it exists and has for a century.

    Although it had existed, it certainly does not exist now.
    At Fox, Newsmax etc.

    I accept that it cuts both ways,
    Both-sidism is also a problem.
    Good!!! Then they have no complaints over coverage
    No, it means you have no basis for your claim concerning their
    mission.

    I do have a basis.
    The century-old paradigm remains in place no matter what partisan
    slights you perceive.
    What I see on the news and what i now being taught in schools of journalism.
    I cited journalism textbooks, so I know you're wrong.
    And then there is the AP style book, itself, which instructs the vocabularyand terms to be used in reporting. Definitely leaning
    towards the woke left.
    Style is not the foundation of journalism and the less said about the all-purpose epithet "woke" the better.

    <snip>
    all of the above culled from the wide spectrum of the media, from
    left to right
    None of those address the paradigm of objectivity.
    you have no basis in declaring that the traditional ideas of
    independence and objectivity still exist.


    Still here in 2018:

    https://time.com/5443351/journalism-objectivity-history/

    History!




    In academia:

    https://nieman.harvard.edu/articles/an-argument-why-journalists-should-not-abandon-objectivity/

    If journalists were NOT abandoning it, there would be no need to write an article countering the current trend.

    In the profession:

    https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/journalism-essentials/bias-objectivity/lost-meaning-objectivity/

    Definitely a lost cause,

    Its not the tools that need to be unbiased, but the journalist using those tools.
    Your article argues that objectivity is meaningless

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Tue May 23 06:58:36 2023
    On 5/22/23 9:35 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 9:23:36 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/22/23 6:19 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    you have no basis in declaring that the traditional ideas of
    independence and objectivity still exist.


    Still here in 2018:

    https://time.com/5443351/journalism-objectivity-history/

    History!

    That's what you get with an ideal in place for a century.

    In academia:

    https://nieman.harvard.edu/articles/an-argument-why-journalists-should-not-abandon-objectivity/


    If journalists were NOT abandoning it, there would be no need to
    write an article countering the current trend.

    "But if a fundamental confidence in the iron core disappears, if it is
    viewed as just another collection of facts assembled by someone with a political agenda, then one of the most important supports for our
    democracy will weaken, and the conversation may well become more of a cacophonous Tower of Babel."

    That's actually the Fox goal, to destroy faith in sources other than themselves. They've succeeded with you,

    In the profession:

    https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/journalism-essentials/bias-objectivity/lost-meaning-objectivity/


    Definitely a lost cause,

    Its not the tools that need to be unbiased, but the journalist using
    those tools. Your article argues that objectivity is meaningless

    It does not. You're riffing on the URLs.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 23 13:11:12 2023

    Its not the tools that need to be unbiased, but the journalist using
    those tools. Your article argues that objectivity is meaningless
    It does not. You're riffing on the URLs.

    It certainly does. It advocates for unbiased tools and downplays the need for unbiased persons wielding those tools.. That's in the article, not in the URL.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Tue May 23 20:46:06 2023
    On 5/23/23 3:11 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    Its not the tools that need to be unbiased, but the journalist
    using those tools. Your article argues that objectivity is
    meaningless
    It does not. You're riffing on the URLs.

    It certainly does.

    "Objectivity is meaningless"? It does not say that.

    It advocates for unbiased tools and downplays the need forunbiased
    persons wielding those tools.. That's in the article, not in the
    URL.

    To identify the need for objective method is not to say objectivity is meaningless. Since no one is beyond bias, objectivity depends on a
    disciplined method with transparency and verifiability.

    The 1919 date of Lippmann and Merz' article is the beginning of my
    century of the paradigm of objectivity.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 23 19:36:21 2023
    On Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 9:46:11 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/23/23 3:11 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    Its not the tools that need to be unbiased, but the journalist
    using those tools. Your article argues that objectivity is
    meaningless
    It does not. You're riffing on the URLs.

    It certainly does.
    "Objectivity is meaningless"? It does not say that.
    It advocates for unbiased tools and downplays the need forunbiased
    persons wielding those tools.. That's in the article, not in the
    URL.
    To identify the need for objective method is not to say objectivity is meaningless. Since no one is beyond bias, objectivity depends on a disciplined method with transparency and verifiability.


    Thanks for making my point. MSM lacks all that.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Wed May 24 09:39:05 2023
    On 5/23/23 9:36 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 9:46:11 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/23/23 3:11 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    Its not the tools that need to be unbiased, but the journalist
    using those tools. Your article argues that objectivity is
    meaningless
    It does not. You're riffing on the URLs.

    It certainly does.
    "Objectivity is meaningless"? It does not say that.
    It advocates for unbiased tools and downplays the need forunbiased
    persons wielding those tools.. That's in the article, not in the
    URL.
    To identify the need for objective method is not to say objectivity is
    meaningless. Since no one is beyond bias, objectivity depends on a
    disciplined method with transparency and verifiability.

    Thanks for making my point. MSM lacks all that.

    You're entitled to your opinion. You'll find the MSM still runs
    retractions and reacts to criticisms and accusations of bias.

    Btw, "verifiability" = multiple sources, fact-checking. This very much
    the standard in media that aren't Fox.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 24 08:57:27 2023
    On Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 10:40:21 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/23/23 9:36 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 9:46:11 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/23/23 3:11 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    Its not the tools that need to be unbiased, but the journalist
    using those tools. Your article argues that objectivity is
    meaningless
    It does not. You're riffing on the URLs.

    It certainly does.
    "Objectivity is meaningless"? It does not say that.
    It advocates for unbiased tools and downplays the need forunbiased
    persons wielding those tools.. That's in the article, not in the
    URL.
    To identify the need for objective method is not to say objectivity is
    meaningless. Since no one is beyond bias, objectivity depends on a
    disciplined method with transparency and verifiability.

    Thanks for making my point. MSM lacks all that.
    You're entitled to your opinion. You'll find the MSM still runs
    retractions and reacts to criticisms and accusations of bias.

    Btw, "verifiability" = multiple sources, fact-checking. This very much
    the standard in media that aren't Fox.

    false.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 25 16:04:30 2023
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 6:23:36 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/22/23 6:19 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 10:34:45 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/22/23 8:24 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 9:13:45 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/22/23 7:57 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 8:43:56 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:


    Look at the incorrect takes you manufactured from the
    simple idea that mainstream media operates on an ideal of
    objectivity.

    That's a joke. The "ideal" of objectivity is out the window

    Yet it exists and has for a century.

    Although it had existed, it certainly does not exist now.
    At Fox, Newsmax etc.

    I accept that it cuts both ways,
    Both-sidism is also a problem.
    Good!!! Then they have no complaints over coverage
    No, it means you have no basis for your claim concerning their
    mission.

    I do have a basis.
    The century-old paradigm remains in place no matter what partisan
    slights you perceive.
    What I see on the news and what i now being taught in schools of journalism.
    I cited journalism textbooks, so I know you're wrong.
    And then there is the AP style book, itself, which instructs the vocabularyand terms to be used in reporting. Definitely leaning
    towards the woke left.
    Style is not the foundation of journalism and the less said about the all-purpose epithet "woke" the better.

    <snip>
    all of the above culled from the wide spectrum of the media, from
    left to right
    None of those address the paradigm of objectivity.
    you have no basis in declaring that the traditional ideas of
    independence and objectivity still exist.
    Still here in 2018:

    https://time.com/5443351/journalism-objectivity-history/

    In academia:

    https://nieman.harvard.edu/articles/an-argument-why-journalists-should-not-abandon-objectivity/

    In the profession:

    https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/journalism-essentials/bias-objectivity/lost-meaning-objectivity/

    Just one example of BS. The piece talks about objectively testing evidence. But media long ago quit just reporting the news ie the evidence of what has transpired
    and has engaged whole heartedly in forming opinions.
    They spin the evidence and they sure as hell don't treat all evidence objectively.
    They omit so much evidence because of their bias that any claim to an objective purpose is delusional.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Fri May 26 09:47:26 2023
    On 5/25/23 6:04 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 6:23:36 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:

    In the profession:

    https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/journalism-essentials/bias-objectivity/lost-meaning-objectivity/

    Just one example of BS. The piece talks about objectively testing
    evidence. But media long ago quit just reporting the news ie the
    evidence of what has transpired and has engaged whole heartedly in
    forming opinions.

    You're clearly yearning for a return to 19th century "realism...the idea
    that if reporters simply dug out the facts and ordered them together,
    truth would reveal itself rather naturally."

    They spin the evidence and they sure as hell don't treat all evidence objectively. They omit so much evidence because of their bias that
    any claim to an objective purpose is delusional.

    It's mirror time again. You're mistaking a MSM institutional bias for a left-leaning partisan one. You're also overlooking the underlying
    foundation for anecdotal cases.

    The NYT buries a retraction on A-19; Fox never mentions it.

    Both-sidesing the news media favors the unscrupulous. I won't bore you
    with details about Roger Ailes, Christopher Ruffo, the recent Fox
    verdict, etc.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 26 12:34:40 2023
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 10:49:46 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/25/23 6:04 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 6:23:36 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:


    You're clearly yearning for a return to 19th century "realism...the idea
    that if reporters simply dug out the facts and ordered them together,
    truth would reveal itself rather naturally."

    that's a whole lot better than 21st century "cultural relativism",
    which distorts facts, hides facts, and lies about facts

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  • From Fascist Flea@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 26 13:54:18 2023
    The Irony Monster has taken over the Shmoo hive!

    You're clearly yearning for a return to 19th century "realism...the idea that if reporters simply dug out the facts and ordered them together,
    truth would reveal itself rather naturally."
    that's a whole lot better than 21st century "cultural relativism",
    which distorts facts, hides facts, and lies about facts

    This from the Fucks Nooz addict and ultra-snowflake. Such a joke.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Fri May 26 18:59:17 2023
    On 5/26/23 2:34 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 10:49:46 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/25/23 6:04 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 6:23:36 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:


    You're clearly yearning for a return to 19th century "realism...the idea
    that if reporters simply dug out the facts and ordered them together,
    truth would reveal itself rather naturally."

    that's a whole lot better than 21st century "cultural relativism",
    which distorts facts, hides facts, and lies about facts

    "Cultural relativism" isn't a foundation of journalism but recognizing
    culture would be more objective than leaving subjective bias unexamined.

    It's more of an anthropology term. Fun fact: I once made a purchase at a
    yard sale hosted by two grad students, one an anthropological
    archaeologist, the other an archaeological anthropologist.

    Maybe you're reacting to 20th century realism, a very different thing
    than the 19th century species referred to above, American Realism.

    https://nupress.northwestern.edu/9780810127333/journalism-and-realism/

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  • From Fascist Flea@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 26 20:50:03 2023
    Time for some generosity toward the Big Dumb Shmoo.

    Reality is this...you need to find the truth wherever you can.
    But you'll only look at things you know your predisposition can accept.
    And that makes you ignorant.

    The charitable way to interpret your jabber is that you suffer from
    the inability to examine your own thoughts and behavior. As a result,
    every one of your seemingly idiotic ejaculations is a projection of your
    own self-loathing.

    Less charitable views lead to the inevitable conclusion that you are
    psychotic.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 26 20:19:42 2023
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 7:49:46 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/25/23 6:04 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 6:23:36 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:

    In the profession:

    https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/journalism-essentials/bias-objectivity/lost-meaning-objectivity/

    Just one example of BS. The piece talks about objectively testing evidence. But media long ago quit just reporting the news ie the
    evidence of what has transpired and has engaged whole heartedly in
    forming opinions.
    You're clearly yearning for a return to 19th century "realism...the idea
    that if reporters simply dug out the facts and ordered them together,
    truth would reveal itself rather naturally."
    They spin the evidence and they sure as hell don't treat all evidence objectively. They omit so much evidence because of their bias that
    any claim to an objective purpose is delusional.
    It's mirror time again. You're mistaking a MSM institutional bias for a left-leaning partisan one.

    You keep saying that but I don't. I accept bias exists on all sides.

    You're also overlooking the underlying
    foundation for anecdotal cases.

    The NYT buries a retraction on A-19; Fox never mentions it.

    That isn't even an anecdote. It's Stephen fiction.

    I accept you can find cases that support your view for any network,
    but then again....you'd be and are guilty of omission as well.

    Reality is this...you need to find the truth wherever you can.
    But you'll only look at things you know your predisposition can accept.
    And that makes you ignorant.

    ScottW

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 26 23:36:32 2023
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 8:00:44 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/26/23 2:34 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 10:49:46 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/25/23 6:04 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 6:23:36 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:


    You're clearly yearning for a return to 19th century "realism...the idea >> that if reporters simply dug out the facts and ordered them together,
    truth would reveal itself rather naturally."

    that's a whole lot better than 21st century "cultural relativism",
    which distorts facts, hides facts, and lies about facts
    "Cultural relativism" isn't a foundation of journalism but recognizing culture would be more objective than leaving subjective bias unexamined.

    It's more of an anthropology term. Fun fact: I once made a purchase at a yard sale hosted by two grad students, one an anthropological
    archaeologist, the other an archaeological anthropologist.

    '

    On RAO, I more than once argued with a blithering idiot and an idiotic blitherer.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sat May 27 14:47:14 2023
    On 5/26/23 10:19 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 7:49:46 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/25/23 6:04 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 6:23:36 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:

    In the profession:

    https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/journalism-essentials/bias-objectivity/lost-meaning-objectivity/

    Just one example of BS. The piece talks about objectively testing
    evidence. But media long ago quit just reporting the news ie the
    evidence of what has transpired and has engaged whole heartedly in
    forming opinions.
    You're clearly yearning for a return to 19th century "realism...the idea
    that if reporters simply dug out the facts and ordered them together,
    truth would reveal itself rather naturally."
    They spin the evidence and they sure as hell don't treat all evidence
    objectively. They omit so much evidence because of their bias that
    any claim to an objective purpose is delusional.
    It's mirror time again. You're mistaking a MSM institutional bias for a
    left-leaning partisan one.

    You keep saying that but I don't. I accept bias exists on all sides.

    Unconscious bias is universal, yes. Whatever left-leanings the MSM had
    fifty years ago are replaced by bias in favor of the corporate and
    government institutional view.

    You're also overlooking the underlying
    foundation for anecdotal cases.

    The NYT buries a retraction on A-19; Fox never mentions it.

    That isn't even an anecdote. It's Stephen fiction.

    It's a truism, but I can omit Fox from the the discussion as I don't
    consider them to be journalism.

    I accept you can find cases that support your view for any network,
    but then again....you'd be and are guilty of omission as well.

    You're repeating your mistake of viewing anecdotes instead of
    philosophical foundations.

    Reality is this...you need to find the truth wherever you can.
    But you'll only look at things you know your predisposition can accept.
    And that makes you ignorant.

    What does your rejection of the truth make you? "The press thinks of
    itself as objective" is hardly a reach. It's literally textbook:

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/22/can-we-still-handle-the-truth-journalism-alternative-facts-and-the-rise-of-ai

    "I fall back on the simple formula from Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel
    in their 2007 book, taught in most journalism schools, The Elements of Journalism.

    They make the case that objectivity is not something required of each journalist personally, there should be no expectation that we come to
    our desks devoid of all views or thoughts or opinions, but rather it is something required of the method each journalist applies in conducting
    their work. Objectivity means employing observable, repeatable methods
    of verification. It means always following the facts. Our methods have
    to be objective and, as far as possible, transparent to our readers. We
    should care deeply about where the truth lies. But we have to be clear
    about how we go about finding and assessing it, how we amend or change
    or correct a story when new information arrives or when we have got
    something wrong or when our assumptions are challenged. It can be
    elusive and we need to document the hunt."

    And your "just the facts"?

    "As Alan Sunderland, the journalist and former ABC executive, wrote in
    Meanjin in 2019, “regurgitating the views of others without assessing
    their factual basis is not journalism. Balancing a smart well-informed
    view with an ignorant ill-informed view and giving them the same weight
    is not journalism. Failing to care about where the truth lies is not journalism.”"

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