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Originally posted by Maelakin:
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Originally posted by Pikachu_PM:
More to the point, the degrees of biasness are quite relative...traditional news shows may be biased...but they make an honest attempt not to be--and do so quite well according to the majority of Americans.
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Do you have any proof to present backing your argument that the majority of Americans believe the media is trying to be honest? Most people I personally know believe the media to only present topics in a one sided manner to sway public opinion. [/QUOTE]Yes...a Gallup pole done about 7 months ago...I'll see If I can locate the actual pole results---in which 26%% of Americans said the American media is completley unbiased, and 45% said the American media, while occasionally biased, generally does a good job of being unbiased.