The three headed dragon against Obama

[GameOver22]

badgenome said:

GameOver22 said:

I'll copy the question I was asked, "Do you think there can be an objective media in regard to politics, despite an overwhelming left bias per individual?"

I agree with your point.....social networks matter, but I don't think this means the media cannot be objective. People just have to be cognizant of their biases and account for them in their reporting (meaning I think the media can be objective......it just takes effort). I also don't know the job market for reporting, but I imagine part of the problem is just self selection, meaning there are more liberals in reporting because liberals value reporting jobs more than conservatives.

Well, theoretically it can be objective, but that's pretty unlikely. And being aware of one's bias doesn't mean that one will address that bias in a productive manner (or at all), much like a white person might try to overcome his biases by being patronizing to all non-whites. It's just bias expressing itself in a different way. It could be that one reason most reporting is so insipid and relies so heavily on false balance is because of an attempt to address this bias. "I'm a liberal, but I have to play it down the middle so I will just say, 'This side said this and this side said that.'"

I actually think that is a big problem, which is what I said in my other post. I think the news media is so concerned about being called out for bias (on either side) that they fail to do truly valuable investigative reporting anymore (part of it is also just funding though).