Re: Congrats & thank you Canada!
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Peter, Your words about Bill O'Reilly are no surprise to me. He is a libertarian - And we both know how much you like libertarians ...
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Re: Congrats & thank you Canada!
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From Peter "Theory? All humans have biases. That's a fact"
From The American Heritage Dictionary :
Bias: "A preference or an inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgement" and "An unfair act or policy stemming from prejudice"
Knowing the real definition of the word, I find it dismaying how this word "Biased" gets tossed around with phrases like "everyone has biases".
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Re: Congrats & thank you Canada!
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I've got nothing against libertarians. It's those little circles of puckered flesh usually found hovering above seat cushions that irk me. And no political categorization is devoid of them.
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Re: Congrats & thank you Canada!
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"little circles of puckered flesh?" ... I gather that was an attempt at wit ?
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Re: Congrats & thank you Canada!
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Why thank you so much for educating us on the proper definition of bias, craigsub. Because as ignorant as we all are, we had absolutely no idea.
Here are a few more definitions (from the Oxford Dictionary).
Bias: Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair
- A concentration on or interest in one particular area or subject
Given those definitions, I find the use of "everyone has biases" to be quite appropriate.
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Re: Congrats & thank you Canada!
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For the record - "Ignorant" was your word, not mine. And if you want to live under the terms listed in your post, go for it.
I prefer having an open mind, regardless the product, topic, or individual.
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Can't we all just agree that ALL the major US TV networks have terrible news broadcasts? It's almost farcical now. Like they just read Orwell's 1984 and thought "Hey, that looks like a good idea. Let's try that."
Whatever, its TV. You shouldn't expect anything non entertaining out of it. McLuhan had it right 40 years ago.
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Thank you, Adam, for providing an equally correct definition of bias. This situation, in fact, elucidates a bias craigsub's own. He, being an undoubtedly intelligent person, must be aware that there are many nuanced definitions of the word 'bias' as used in this case, yet he specifically called real only those definitions which call my grasp of the English language into question.
Dismaying, indeed.
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Heck, I'll agree with that. Marshmallow news. "I know-Let's read press reports and call that news!"
I am the Doctor, and THIS... is my SPOON!
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hell, i'd just be happy with hearing good, upbeat, positive news, coming from an unbiased source or not!!
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