Used to be! When I was a kid and we had 3 or 4 TV stations to choose from, and they all pretty much reported the same factual news. Being seen as having a bias was poisonous. People picked a news anchor to watch according to how trustworthy they felt he way. Imagine that!
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Used to be! When I was a kid and we had 3 or 4 TV stations to choose from, and they all pretty much reported the same factual news. Being seen as having a bias was poisonous. People picked a news anchor to watch according to how trustworthy they felt he way. Imagine that!
Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Every human endeavor is biased. Best we can do is try to be transparent about our biases.
cardfire@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
npr.org/…/sinclair-broadcast-group-forces-nearly-…
Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
monopolies also suck
cardfire@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The bias was ordered from the top down …