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Originally Posted by Muta
Geezus christ, you want to talk about bias, have you seen how many outlets the Postmedia Network have snatched up in this country? An American-owned company with a very right wing agenda, no less?
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I once had a guy in a class I was taking refer to the Calgary Herald as a "Left-wing Rag" I suspect fever probably thinks along similar lines... I think a lot of people internalizes their own position on the political spectrum as neutral and therefor only press coverage that echos it is "fair" and any that deviates from it as "bias".
It's the reason that Fox News has "Fair and Balanced" as it's motto despite having a clear political preference. There is an unspoken part of the motto which is "Fair (to conservatives) and Balanced (because other media tilts the scales)".
It's claptrap of course, but it explains it I think.