tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post515068257171572678..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Buried StoriesAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-11535759295406618022016-09-16T19:09:17.878-04:002016-09-16T19:09:17.878-04:00I may return to T99's example as a passing ref...I may return to T99's example as a passing reference in my post ojn voting in two weeks or so.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-83749999252948369452016-09-16T15:26:56.806-04:002016-09-16T15:26:56.806-04:00In one of my infrequent moves to go a bit politica...In one of my infrequent moves to go a bit political on Facebook, I posted a link to Sheryl Atkisson's "just the facts" summary of the email scandal. Immediately a hyper-liberal friend complained of Atkisson's bias. Several exchanges later, he never had gotten off the generalized complaint of bias and addressed a single fact in the post. Another liberal friend hopped on to complain about Trump, and similarly refused to address a single fact about Clinton. It's the worst sort of partisan approach to a political disagreement. Attempts to get them away from personalities and back to the alleged facts met only with a lot of complaints that I was refusing to focus on the real issue, which was bias. Smart guys, too; the first one is downright brilliant. It's just weird.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-65197121920323223442016-09-15T18:06:37.998-04:002016-09-15T18:06:37.998-04:00We have learned to read the media as the Russians ...We have learned to read the media as the Russians did TASS, PRAVDA, and IZVESTIA.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-12741500113875631522016-09-14T22:45:45.015-04:002016-09-14T22:45:45.015-04:00That's the most powerful kind of reporting bia...<br />That's the most powerful kind of reporting bias. You never know what you're missing: unknown unknowns.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com