{"id":11841,"date":"2021-07-14T07:48:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T11:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=11841"},"modified":"2021-07-14T07:54:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T11:54:54","slug":"while-were-at-it-a-bias-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=11841","title":{"rendered":"while we’re at it, a bias check…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Great conversations this week, friends! I appreciate that we can talk respectfully about tough topics. I know it isn\u2019t easy. It\u2019d be easier to insult\u2026 denigrate\u2026 stop listening. It\u2019d be easier to rest in our echo chambers, where only the cushioning of our unknowingly, already-padded perspective bounces off the walls. Yes, it\u2019d be easier to never have to wrestle with the aspects of our perspective which may be wrong. It\u2019d be easier to never have to consider the notion that there most definitely exist areas where each of us is wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As said here often, where we stand depends on where we sit. And sometimes we need to move our chairs around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Timely, therefore, is this week\u2019s updated, concise list from one of the Intramuralist\u2019s more oft-frequented web sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we know, bias exists. Let me be clear: bias isn\u2019t necessarily wrong. It\u2019s also not necessarily inaccurate. Bias, however, is in favor of a singular side. In the news, therefore, varied other potentially accurate perspective is intentionally omitted. We thus often are not getting the whole story; we are often being manipulated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such is why All Sides<\/em> is one of my fave sites. They actively encourage reading across the political spectrum. In fact, they actually state that \u201ccenter doesn\u2019t mean better.\u201d Allow the editors of All Sides<\/em> to explain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA Center media bias rating doesn’t necessarily mean a source is neutral, unbiased, perfectly reasonable or credible, just as Left and Right don’t necessarily mean extreme, wrong, or unreasonable. A Center rating simply means the source does not predictably publish perspectives favoring either end of the political spectrum \u2014 conservative or liberal. A Center outlet may omit important perspectives, or run individual articles that display bias.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on their detailed verification process and research, note their current assessment of how news sources rate:
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According to All Sides,<\/em> in this most recent analysis, FOX News<\/em> moved from \u201clean right\u201d to \u201cright.\u201d USA Today<\/em> moved from \u201ccenter\u201d to \u201clean left.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friends, I love this tool! Wanting a more comprehensive, impartial perspective \u2014 and knowing where we sit makes a huge difference \u2014 I recognize I will not be sharp on the wisdom\/folly of critical race theory, immigration, how much money the government continues to spend and the like if I only pay attention to FOX, the New York Post,<\/em> and the Daily Wire.<\/em> I\u2019m going to have an equally distorted perspective on critical race theory, immigration, how much money the government continues to spend and the like if I only pay attention to CNN, MSNBC,<\/em> and the New York Times.
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\nPay attention to those mixed sites. NPR news<\/em> is thought to be in the center; their opinion<\/em> page is not. Same with The Wall Street Journal news;<\/em> their opinion <\/em>page is also different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we pay attention to matters. And what we pay attention to grows.
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\nOur perspective then grows\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even when inaccurate.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Respectfully\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AR
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Great conversations this week, friends! I appreciate that we can talk respectfully about tough topics. I know it isn\u2019t easy. It\u2019d be easier to insult\u2026 denigrate\u2026 stop listening. It\u2019d be easier to rest in our echo chambers, where only the cushioning of our unknowingly, already-padded perspective bounces off the walls. Yes, it\u2019d be easier to … <\/p>\n

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