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To: Lane3 who wrote (48757)	6/4/2004 9:46:02 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793891

Whining about bias, OTOH, is not helpful. I attempt to post the ones that appear to be accurate. I think that is helpful.

To: Lane3 who wrote (48757)	6/5/2004 2:55:03 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793891

In the 'good ole days' news didn't have someone's name attached.....opinions had a name. Somehow, since the 70's, J-schools evidently have pushed for the names on columns, so that the unschooled mistake news for opinion, and vice-versa. What we can do today is take the adjectives and adverbs out, for starters, and see what the article looks like without them. Then check the adjectives and adverbs as a total, and see which direction they were headed... if they would push not only fact checking but the strict separation of news and opinion.