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8. The division between "news" and "opinion" is mostly a mirage

Reply to pbmus (Reply #7)

Fri Feb 23, 2018, 12:22 AM

Feb 2018

For some reason over the past 3-4 decades the American media has decided that news should be completely unbiased. Which is impossible, and leads only to encouraging the right to lie like crazy to get their lies covered.

So all news pieces express opinions by nature. There's no way to avoid it. We used to care a LOT about who owned news organizations, because we knew no news could be unbiased.

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NYT publishes article by Koch operative -- claims Tea Party was a grassroots movement [View all] american_ideals Feb 2018 OP

Its an Opinion....like everyone has one....not factual... pbmus Feb 2018 #1

False. That's what the right wants you to believe american_ideals Feb 2018 #2

I am not sure what you are saying ... pbmus Feb 2018 #7

The division between "news" and "opinion" is mostly a mirage american_ideals Feb 2018 #8

Again, you divert to encourage my agreement...and I do not agree pbmus Feb 2018 #9

I'll be blunt american_ideals Apr 2018 #11

The New Yorker even fact-checks CARTOONS american_ideals Feb 2018 #3

So stick with the New Yorker. You've made your point. hedda_foil Feb 2018 #4

But the NYT's exploitation by the GOP basically got Trump elected. american_ideals Feb 2018 #5

From what I've gathered from Indivisible BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #6

Nah. Tea Party was kicked off by Beck. The GOP has no grassroots - only astroturf and lies american_ideals Mar 2018 #10