I think that the accusation of being bias really comes from the majority of the right-wing fake news programs that back trump's war on hearing the truth. He called the media the "enemy of the people", and there are many ignorant, uneducated idiots out there that are dumb enough to believe it. I have been reading the Post Star for decades, and if a mistake was made, a correction was printed as soon as it was discovered. People are so easily led to believe lies that it really IS astonishing.
There is good cause for concern, because bias is a tricky thing, especially in these days when so many people conflate their opinion with facts. I think the toughest to deal with is implicit bias, the sort we don't know is there because it's built on our observations and experiences from birth; it's the way we navigate the world and make our unconscious decisions. That becomes a problem when the choices we make unwittingly cause harm or pain, and if it bleeds over into news reporting, the impact is amplified. In my experience, if someone tells me there is bias, they're probably right and I need to look deeper to identify it.
Sadly, I've become aware that many people read newspapers for entertainment, not information, and that warps all judgements about accuracy, fairness and bias. (And as an aside: judging by their decreasing numbers, the comics -- where wisdom is commonplace -- are dwindling in popularity.)
Definitely some truth to that. I mentioned at the Crandall Library event that if you changed a comic, you were besieged by phone calls. But when Will Doolittle and myself stopped writing our columns, not too much reaction.
Unlike the past, people now aren’t looking to news for information as much as they for it to verify their beliefs. As with cults and extreme religions, Fox has cultivated a party of mistrust and tribalism. Many in the Republican Party now won’t even read what they have been told is lies from these partial newspapers. I think they believe it is bias because the facts aren’t consistent with their beliefs. You have to be open minded to se that the generalizations they are being fed can’t possibly be true. All independents and Democrats aren’t evil, don’t want to take away their guns, want to abort babies in the 8th month, on and on. The common sense middle ground has gotten so blurred from view that bias and lies is how unpopular news is labeled.
That really goes to the heart of the matter. It is not that newspapers or their reporters have changed, but there seems to be a brain-washing of sorts brought about by the cable news circus that goes on in prime time. People automatically trusted in their local newspapers. Now they are even suspicious of them. As I’be said. What do we have to train from lying?
I think that the accusation of being bias really comes from the majority of the right-wing fake news programs that back trump's war on hearing the truth. He called the media the "enemy of the people", and there are many ignorant, uneducated idiots out there that are dumb enough to believe it. I have been reading the Post Star for decades, and if a mistake was made, a correction was printed as soon as it was discovered. People are so easily led to believe lies that it really IS astonishing.
This is my recollection from 30 years at paper.
There is good cause for concern, because bias is a tricky thing, especially in these days when so many people conflate their opinion with facts. I think the toughest to deal with is implicit bias, the sort we don't know is there because it's built on our observations and experiences from birth; it's the way we navigate the world and make our unconscious decisions. That becomes a problem when the choices we make unwittingly cause harm or pain, and if it bleeds over into news reporting, the impact is amplified. In my experience, if someone tells me there is bias, they're probably right and I need to look deeper to identify it.
You are right. It is an issue that should be taken very seriously.
Sadly, I've become aware that many people read newspapers for entertainment, not information, and that warps all judgements about accuracy, fairness and bias. (And as an aside: judging by their decreasing numbers, the comics -- where wisdom is commonplace -- are dwindling in popularity.)
Definitely some truth to that. I mentioned at the Crandall Library event that if you changed a comic, you were besieged by phone calls. But when Will Doolittle and myself stopped writing our columns, not too much reaction.
Unlike the past, people now aren’t looking to news for information as much as they for it to verify their beliefs. As with cults and extreme religions, Fox has cultivated a party of mistrust and tribalism. Many in the Republican Party now won’t even read what they have been told is lies from these partial newspapers. I think they believe it is bias because the facts aren’t consistent with their beliefs. You have to be open minded to se that the generalizations they are being fed can’t possibly be true. All independents and Democrats aren’t evil, don’t want to take away their guns, want to abort babies in the 8th month, on and on. The common sense middle ground has gotten so blurred from view that bias and lies is how unpopular news is labeled.
That really goes to the heart of the matter. It is not that newspapers or their reporters have changed, but there seems to be a brain-washing of sorts brought about by the cable news circus that goes on in prime time. People automatically trusted in their local newspapers. Now they are even suspicious of them. As I’be said. What do we have to train from lying?
I think the NYT and the Post Star report the facts. I think the bias is caused by information from some of the right wing media.
What does MK ULTRA mean. Someone sent me that message re this.
Project MKUltra — sometimes referred to as the CIA's mind control program
My father in Washington County has only had the option of Post-Star delivery by mail for over a year since his last carrier moved on.