Unbiased news coverage? (23)
Dagosto: Here's 6 headlines, all from the same event. (For those unfamiliar with journalistic practice, it's editors, not reporters, who write the headlines.)
BBC: Wisconsin union curbs bill passed
MSNBC: GOP rams anti-union bill through Wis. Senate
NYTimes: Wisconsin Senate Limits Bargaining by Public Workers
(the Grey Lady still capitalizes every word)
Reuters: Wisconsin Senate passes union curbs as protesters rally
PBS Newshour: Wis. Senate's Surprise Vote to Restrict
Bargaining Stuns Unions, Democrats
CNN: Union supporters to rally after Wisconsin Senate passes
restrictions
Now, regardless of your feelings on the issue involved, what do y'all think of the way these 6 present the news?
BBC: Wisconsin union curbs bill passed
MSNBC: GOP rams anti-union bill through Wis. Senate
NYTimes: Wisconsin Senate Limits Bargaining by Public Workers
(the Grey Lady still capitalizes every word)
Reuters: Wisconsin Senate passes union curbs as protesters rally
PBS Newshour: Wis. Senate's Surprise Vote to Restrict
Bargaining Stuns Unions, Democrats
CNN: Union supporters to rally after Wisconsin Senate passes
restrictions
Now, regardless of your feelings on the issue involved, what do y'all think of the way these 6 present the news?
My goodness, revealing isn't it?
.... no wonder 'facts' are hard to come by.
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I think it's pretty clear, one stands out as far more inflammatory than the others. But the last one might be even more so, in a way, as it presents the news as being some fait accompli that readers might as well get over...
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Dagosto: Here's 6 headlines, all from the same event. (For those unfamiliar with journalistic practice, it's editors, not reporters, who write the headlines.)
BBC: Wisconsin union curbs bill passed
MSNBC: GOP rams anti-union bill through Wis. Senate
NYTimes: Wisconsin Senate Limits Bargaining by Public Workers
(the Grey Lady still capitalizes every word)
Reuters: Wisconsin Senate passes union curbs as protesters rally
PBS Newshour: Wis. Senate's Surprise Vote to Restrict
Bargaining Stuns Unions, Democrats
CNN: Union supporters to rally after Wisconsin Senate passes
restrictions
Now, regardless of your feelings on the issue involved, what do y'all think of the way these 6 present the news?
When it was dictaminated that the Universe was the well-arranged job of a God concentrated on his children: the human beings, then it was only necessary to delve into the well-defined limits of this creation. And certainly the popes were the chosen ones to do so.BBC: Wisconsin union curbs bill passed
MSNBC: GOP rams anti-union bill through Wis. Senate
NYTimes: Wisconsin Senate Limits Bargaining by Public Workers
(the Grey Lady still capitalizes every word)
Reuters: Wisconsin Senate passes union curbs as protesters rally
PBS Newshour: Wis. Senate's Surprise Vote to Restrict
Bargaining Stuns Unions, Democrats
CNN: Union supporters to rally after Wisconsin Senate passes
restrictions
Now, regardless of your feelings on the issue involved, what do y'all think of the way these 6 present the news?
Nowadays that perverse way to see reality is a little crumbling down. Reality has many ways to be seen, and there is nothing as the arranged or objective truth. The first word you choose to write history or to spread the news brings your mind-print. Is that too difficult to see? Only when the mind is actually rooted in the old prejudices.
I love this thread. Thanks!
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Antjo39: When it was dictaminated that the Universe was the well-arranged job of a God concentrated on his children: the human beings, then it was only necessary to delve into the well-defined limits of this creation. And certainly the popes were the chosen ones to do so.
Nowadays that perverse way to see reality is a little crumbling down. Reality has many ways to be seen, and there is nothing as the arranged or objective truth. The first word you choose to write history or to spread the news brings your mind-print. Is that too difficult to see? Only when the mind is actually rooted in the old prejudices.
I love this thread. Thanks!
Nowadays that perverse way to see reality is a little crumbling down. Reality has many ways to be seen, and there is nothing as the arranged or objective truth. The first word you choose to write history or to spread the news brings your mind-print. Is that too difficult to see? Only when the mind is actually rooted in the old prejudices.
I love this thread. Thanks!
I think I see what you mean, Antjo: it's impossible for any human to truly be objective; it would defy one's very nature as an individual. Still, when your stated goal is to try to do so, you should live up to that the best you can, I think.
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You forgot one....
Fox News: Wisconsin Votes to Strip Union Rights
Fox News: Wisconsin Votes to Strip Union Rights
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Er, no. I didn't forget Fox News. I simply don't view it.
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Fox News: Obama caught woring in tandem with comunist elements!
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And, this morning's local varieties:
Madison (WI) News: Thousands storm Capitol as GOP takes action
Green Bay (WI) Press-Gazette: GOP bypasses Democrats, cuts collective bargaining
Is it worth pointing out that Green Bay, WI, is home to a branch of a certain well-known industry that is itself in the middle of a collective-bargaining dispute? I think it might be.
Madison (WI) News: Thousands storm Capitol as GOP takes action
Green Bay (WI) Press-Gazette: GOP bypasses Democrats, cuts collective bargaining
Is it worth pointing out that Green Bay, WI, is home to a branch of a certain well-known industry that is itself in the middle of a collective-bargaining dispute? I think it might be.
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Dagosto: And, this morning's local varieties:
Madison (WI) News: Thousands storm Capitol as GOP takes action
Green Bay (WI) Press-Gazette: GOP bypasses Democrats, cuts collective bargaining
Is it worth pointing out that Green Bay, WI, is home to a branch of a certain well-known industry that is itself in the middle of a collective-bargaining dispute? I think it might be.
Madison (WI) News: Thousands storm Capitol as GOP takes action
Green Bay (WI) Press-Gazette: GOP bypasses Democrats, cuts collective bargaining
Is it worth pointing out that Green Bay, WI, is home to a branch of a certain well-known industry that is itself in the middle of a collective-bargaining dispute? I think it might be.
Green Bay Packer Football Team is Unionized? I thought it was city owned......
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As long as people subscribe to political propaganda packaged and sold as "news", that's the junk food diet they'll get from "the media". The media is in the entertainment business and they're going to sell whatever it is people are buying. If you want to buy propaganda, they're more than happy to sell it to you.
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If all the News Agencies and News Papers come out with the same Head Lines in a days event,is there any point reading or watching a different news paper or TV channel???.-
Dagosto: Here's 6 headlines, all from the same event. (For those unfamiliar with journalistic practice, it's editors, not reporters, who write the headlines.)
BBC: Wisconsin union curbs bill passed
MSNBC: GOP rams anti-union bill through Wis. Senate
NYTimes: Wisconsin Senate Limits Bargaining by Public Workers
(the Grey Lady still capitalizes every word)
Reuters: Wisconsin Senate passes union curbs as protesters rally
PBS Newshour: Wis. Senate's Surprise Vote to Restrict
Bargaining Stuns Unions, Democrats
CNN: Union supporters to rally after Wisconsin Senate passes
restrictions
Now, regardless of your feelings on the issue involved, what do y'all think of the way these 6 present the news?
BBC: Wisconsin union curbs bill passed
MSNBC: GOP rams anti-union bill through Wis. Senate
NYTimes: Wisconsin Senate Limits Bargaining by Public Workers
(the Grey Lady still capitalizes every word)
Reuters: Wisconsin Senate passes union curbs as protesters rally
PBS Newshour: Wis. Senate's Surprise Vote to Restrict
Bargaining Stuns Unions, Democrats
CNN: Union supporters to rally after Wisconsin Senate passes
restrictions
Now, regardless of your feelings on the issue involved, what do y'all think of the way these 6 present the news?
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Here's how it works. President Obama donates $100.00 to the American Cancer Society.
MSDNC reports "Obama Strives to Cure Cancer".
FOX NEWS reports "Obama Promotes More Rapid Overpopulation of Planet".
MSDNC reports "Obama Strives to Cure Cancer".
FOX NEWS reports "Obama Promotes More Rapid Overpopulation of Planet".
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Dagosto: Er, no. I didn't forget Fox News. I simply don't view it.
Smart Man......
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Dagosto: Here's 6 headlines, all from the same event. (For those unfamiliar with journalistic practice, it's editors, not reporters, who write the headlines.)
BBC: Wisconsin union curbs bill passed
MSNBC: GOP rams anti-union bill through Wis. Senate
NYTimes: Wisconsin Senate Limits Bargaining by Public Workers
(the Grey Lady still capitalizes every word)
Reuters: Wisconsin Senate passes union curbs as protesters rally
PBS Newshour: Wis. Senate's Surprise Vote to Restrict
Bargaining Stuns Unions, Democrats
CNN: Union supporters to rally after Wisconsin Senate passes
restrictions
Now, regardless of your feelings on the issue involved, what do y'all think of the way these 6 present the news?
In the battle for hearts and minds ( money and votes ) are you realy surprised ! . . . . . BBC: Wisconsin union curbs bill passed
MSNBC: GOP rams anti-union bill through Wis. Senate
NYTimes: Wisconsin Senate Limits Bargaining by Public Workers
(the Grey Lady still capitalizes every word)
Reuters: Wisconsin Senate passes union curbs as protesters rally
PBS Newshour: Wis. Senate's Surprise Vote to Restrict
Bargaining Stuns Unions, Democrats
CNN: Union supporters to rally after Wisconsin Senate passes
restrictions
Now, regardless of your feelings on the issue involved, what do y'all think of the way these 6 present the news?
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Dagosto: Here's 6 headlines, all from the same event. (For those unfamiliar with journalistic practice, it's editors, not reporters, who write the headlines.)
BBC: Wisconsin union curbs bill passed
MSNBC: GOP rams anti-union bill through Wis. Senate
NYTimes: Wisconsin Senate Limits Bargaining by Public Workers
(the Grey Lady still capitalizes every word)
Reuters: Wisconsin Senate passes union curbs as protesters rally
PBS Newshour: Wis. Senate's Surprise Vote to Restrict
Bargaining Stuns Unions, Democrats
CNN: Union supporters to rally after Wisconsin Senate passes
restrictions
Now, regardless of your feelings on the issue involved, what do y'all think of the way these 6 present the news?
BBC: Wisconsin union curbs bill passed
MSNBC: GOP rams anti-union bill through Wis. Senate
NYTimes: Wisconsin Senate Limits Bargaining by Public Workers
(the Grey Lady still capitalizes every word)
Reuters: Wisconsin Senate passes union curbs as protesters rally
PBS Newshour: Wis. Senate's Surprise Vote to Restrict
Bargaining Stuns Unions, Democrats
CNN: Union supporters to rally after Wisconsin Senate passes
restrictions
Now, regardless of your feelings on the issue involved, what do y'all think of the way these 6 present the news?
Interesting. I view it all as having to read all views to interpret my own understanding of what was presented.
Can anyone truly be unbiased in writing and interpreting what they read?
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Dagosto: Er, no. I didn't forget Fox News. I simply don't view it.
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Dagosto: Er, no. I didn't forget Fox News. I simply don't view it.
OMG, I love it...
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Although it does make it difficult for all of us.... do we have to check in with 6 news agencies to get a well rounded average? Or should we just run with our gut bias? But you know thinking back.. I do check in with about 3 a day.
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gininitaly: Although it does make it difficult for all of us.... do we have to check in with 6 news agencies to get a well rounded average? Or should we just run with our gut bias? But you know thinking back.. I do check in with about 3 a day.
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BBC: Wisconsin union curbs bill passed
MSNBC: GOP rams anti-union bill through Wis. Senate
NYTimes: Wisconsin Senate Limits Bargaining by Public Workers
(the Grey Lady still capitalizes every word)
Reuters: Wisconsin Senate passes union curbs as protesters rally
PBS Newshour: Wis. Senate's Surprise Vote to Restrict
Bargaining Stuns Unions, Democrats
CNN: Union supporters to rally after Wisconsin Senate passes
restrictions
Now, regardless of your feelings on the issue involved, what do y'all think of the way these 6 present the news?