| Re: An Objective Look at Media Bias [message #191937 is a reply to message #191296] |
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NeoSaber
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The basis of this study is to maintain objectivity by focusing on the political affiliations of people. It tried to avoid subjective criticism by ignoring subjective content. If we apply this same principle back to the study itself, which we should be able to do if it is an objective stand point, then we find the survey to be biased for being conducted primarily by people on one side of the political spectrum. The standard used for the survey requires us to ignore the individual intent and beliefs of the people who carried it out and focus only on their affiliations.
If we are to determine bias based on the ratio of political affiliation, then this study too must be considered biased for being overly represented by one side of the political spectrum. Since the study is only valid if it is objective, and by its own standards it can't be, then the study is invalid. No one has reason to accept its conclusions if it couldn't maintain its own standard of objectivity. For a person to evaluate the study objectively, they must disregard the conclusions because the study is tainted by the same type of bias it claims to have found.
NeoSaber
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