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Malthaussen · 05-07-2002, 01:23 AM

I was trained as an historian, which means I have a dedicated contempt for journalists of any stripe. In any event, bias is impossible to avoid in any source that attempts to "report" on human affairs -- whether they're happening this instant, or happened 500 years ago. And largely irrelevant. Say what? Irrelevant. Why? Because one shouldn't go to a news source for their editorializing, he should go for facts. Editorials are like criticism: the only ones that matter are those that make us think, or (more often) those with which we already agree. If one cannot separate the editorializing from the facts, one shouldn't be watching the news -- a form of programming that really should be rated NC-17, not that it would make any difference.

"One should always believe everything he reads in the newspapers, as this makes them more interesting." -- Rose Macauley

Regards;

Mal

05-07-2002, 01:23 AM	#22
Malthaussen Manshoon Join Date: May 10, 2001 Location: Horsham, PA USA Age: 69 Posts: 151	I was trained as an historian, which means I have a dedicated contempt for journalists of any stripe. In any event, bias is impossible to avoid in any source that attempts to "report" on human affairs -- whether they're happening this instant, or happened 500 years ago. And largely irrelevant. Say what? Irrelevant. Why? Because one shouldn't go to a news source for their editorializing, he should go for facts. Editorials are like criticism: the only ones that matter are those that make us think, or (more often) those with which we already agree. If one cannot separate the editorializing from the facts, one shouldn't be watching the news -- a form of programming that really should be rated NC-17, not that it would make any difference. "One should always believe everything he reads in the newspapers, as this makes them more interesting." -- Rose Macauley Regards; Mal __________________ \"Of two choices, I always take the third.\"