Thursday, June 21, 2007
The Media - Bias showing through
Here's another subtle item that the Washington Post got caught on.
Most items like this go unnoticed.
Sadly, it's just another perfect example of the neverending flow of agenda based biased reporting that includes the wording of headlines, the placement of stories, where stories are "split" to be continued on another page, the inclusion of political party affiliation, whether people are shown smiling or not, photo-shopping of pictures, failure to identify sources, and on and on and on.
The bias pervades everything that is printed, published, or shown on television, and in movies. "Documentaries" are one-sided, sound bites are taken out of context, and the use of adjectives and adverbs is abused to accomplish their end.
[Rant over]...
Most items like this go unnoticed.
Sadly, it's just another perfect example of the neverending flow of agenda based biased reporting that includes the wording of headlines, the placement of stories, where stories are "split" to be continued on another page, the inclusion of political party affiliation, whether people are shown smiling or not, photo-shopping of pictures, failure to identify sources, and on and on and on.
The bias pervades everything that is printed, published, or shown on television, and in movies. "Documentaries" are one-sided, sound bites are taken out of context, and the use of adjectives and adverbs is abused to accomplish their end.
[Rant over]...
At NewsBusters.org, Ken Shepherd has a recent example:
"The next paragraph began: 'Coburn, whose Web site says he is a doctor specializing in family medicine, obstetrics and allergies . . . .' The Web site attribution of such an easily confirmed fact seems intended to cast doubt on the senator's medical credentials. Would you report, 'Sen. Barack Obama's Web site says he attended Harvard Law School?'"
