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shipwreckers posted...

Granted they're not trying to defend him, per se. But, as a TL;DR - They're just pointing out that the "confirmation bias" cuts both ways (from each side of the political fence; left or right).

The problem is, when you only publish that as an attempt to "prove" that you're not biased, after you've already been accused of bias, it doesn't really prove much of anything at all.

Now, if they could have gone back and pointed out previously published articles from before/during the accusations that show lack of bias, they'd have a better case.

But honestly, regardless of their "it's critical to make sure you have no bias or slant" line, the problem is that everyone has a bias. And plenty of times, those people don't even notice their bias (or the bias of people with similar biases to them).

If anything, their panicked "Look, we can shit on the other side, too!" defense just makes me assume they have bias even more than I otherwise would have. Because now they just look way more guilty.



TyVulpine posted...

Trump supporters hate facts, and prefer "alternative facts" (aka lies)

You've just described partisans on both sides of the political aisle (and the ones off to the sides and dangling from the lunatic fringe as well).

If you think the Left doesn't engage in that sort of thing absolutely as much as the Right does, then you're already wearing your officially approved blinders and only seeing what you want to see.

As I've pointed out on this board countless times before, it's always harder to see bias that looks like your own. And your own biases are the harder to see of all.


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