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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: epicure who wrote (215167)1/27/2007 10:58:20 AM
From: Sun Tzu  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
If I start a white supremacist paper and surprise surprise mostly the white supremacists buy my paper, will you say that I had no bias and only catered to my audience?

The most probable thing is that I write according to my own bias. Without having had some empathy and understanding of the white supremacists, I would not be able to create a paper for them. That said, once my paper is up and running, I will fine tune it according to my audience to maximize its circulation.

Numerous studies have shown that the US public is considerably "Left" of what the so called centrist media is. This leads me to believe that the "Center" is decided according to what it is for the media owners and their clients (i.e. advertisers) rather than the general public.

Finally, let's assume you are more correct than I believe you are and let's take a slightly different perspective: suppose I spend my time digging around nutritional news and healthcare events. You ask me about your diet and since I can tell you have a bias towards deep fried foods, I down play the risks of heart attack and instead tell you that your favorite foods are very energetic (which unlike most political editorials, has the benefit of being true!) You like what you hear from me and you keep coming back to me (and paying me) for my views, which I carefully tailor to be pleasing to you. How would I consider me as a person? What kind of business would you say I am running?

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