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If I were a cynical man who suspected the Telegraph of being "a little bit right wing", I would almost suspect them of printing it in order to foster a slight "Muslims = bad" belief in it's readers, thereby increasing their "immigrants = bad" and "asylum = bad" beliefs.
But I'm not that cynical.
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quote:Two researchers argue, in a paper published this month in the journal Global Environmental Change, that following the norms of American journalism, U.S. media have promulgated a bias in the coverage of climate change essentially by giving too much credence to climate skeptics at the expense of the scientific consensus.
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To steal from that aforementioned website: President Bush: "The moon is made out of green cheese." John Kerry: "The moon is made out of rock." Headline: "Views Differ on Lunar Composition."
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If I were a cynical man, I would suspect that "American journalism" was exhibiting some oxymoronic tendencies these days.
But I'm not cynical at all.
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quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: If I were a cynical man who suspected the Telegraph of being "a little bit right wing", I would almost suspect them of printing it in order to foster a slight "Muslims = bad" belief in it's readers, thereby increasing their "immigrants = bad" and "asylum = bad" beliefs.
Now come on, let's be serious about this. Would the Telegraph really print pieces subtly designed to foster an anti-Muslim attitude. Of course they wouldn't. They'd just publish articles by Will Cunningham which come straight out and say that Islam is bad.
To be fair to the Telegraph, however, this was in a couple of over papers as well, and the group this guy belongs to have made other controversial (along the lines of we hate westerners and want to kill them) statements in the past.
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"Man, it's the ultimate price of living in a free society that we have to put up with fuckers like this spreading hate and condoning violence."
Putting up with them is one thing. The real problem, however, is that the newspapers feel some need to print it. Why would they print every nutty opinion someone has on a subject? What's the point in giving them free publicity? "Some Guy Thinks Terrorists Are Good" is not news.
It's not news, but it sells papers and if theres something lacking from "the war og tereror" it's someone to blame for the attacks. Someone not wearing a mask behind a hostage.
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