On Dec 3, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote:
You make a common mistake in assuming that all news sources slant the news. Not all do that. The reputable news organizations confine opinions to their editorial pages or mark the stories as analysis/opinion. Otherwise, their news stories are professionally objective reporting.
Precisely. When the news reporting is stuffed with adjectives and little digs designed to color the readers' perception of events it lessens the value of the reporting. Ditto for getting all one's statistical data from right wing think tanks.
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