Yes, this is a fair point. But do you not think people will do this anyway? Most of us are guilty of confirmation bias in some way or another. Then again, I would agree that that's no reason for the media not to try harder.
Mind you, most media outlets are either commercial organisations or competing with commercial organisations. So perhaps we can't expect too much from them. The people get what the people want...
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Date: 2005-07-14 01:20 pm (UTC)Mind you, most media outlets are either commercial organisations or competing with commercial organisations. So perhaps we can't expect too much from them. The people get what the people want...