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Most TV outlets have a clear left bias IMO.<br><br>
Look at the supposed derision Fox News gets, just because it has a right bias. Yet the stations that have a left bias get a much easier ride.<br>
As for the BBC they have ZERO excuse to be biased, they are publicly funded. I would be pretty ticked off if I was a British tax [payer seeing what they have become.</p></blockquote>
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Same with ABC in Australia. If a commercial media player wants to go left or right I couldn't give a shit. But when a publicly funded broadcaster refuses to be balanced then that is a disgrace. <br><br>
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<p>Same with ABC in Australia. If a commercial media player wants to go left or right I couldn't give a shit. But when a publicly funded broadcaster refuses to be balanced then that is a disgrace.<br><br>
What I also find amusing is that Fox News cops shit for being biased, but apparently the NY Times, Guardian, BBC, CNN and NBC etc. are considered independent and impartial.</p>
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<p>Cognitive bias.</p>
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<p>What about it?</p>
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<p>Generally nowdays more and more people just throw out the term cognitive bias when what they really mean is 'I don't agree with them but cannot explain why .. so therefore I will use a complex term I barely understand.'</p> -
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<p>Same with ABC in Australia. If a commercial media player wants to go left or right I couldn't give a shit. But when a publicly funded broadcaster refuses to be balanced then that is a disgrace.</p>
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<p>Depending on where you stand on the political spectrum, your view on "balance" is going to be coloured.</p>
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<p>Partly because the political spectrum here doesn't really have a middle ground any more - a place where the parties could come together on more issues (outside offshore detention) and get a bit of progress happening. Like, I dunno, giving a shit about the people they're meant to serve? Either party tends toward spending the first half of any public engagement talking about how shit the other side are. Frustrating.</p>
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<p>Rather than ignore some of the stuff Fox trots out, opponents go screaming about its bias. Kind of legitimises them and gives the whole thing oxygen. In contrast, networks like Fox are mostly dismissive of the rest, and fall back on arch conservative values, which are warm and cosy for their supporters. </p>
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<p>EDIT: and I realise we've extensively covered Q&A previously. There are some episodes, as I said at the time, that I had little time for, mostly due to the tone of the questioning. At least with the scientists on, there is the chance to learn something (Brian Greene was awesome), but with the politicians is the same slanging match every week.</p> -
<p>Good to see the Egyptian authorities asked some serious searching questions of their security after the Russian airliner crash and ensured a similar thing could never happen again.*</p>
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<p>Good to see the Egyptian authorities asked some serious searching questions of their security after the Russian airliner crash and ensured a similar thing could never happen again.*</p>
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<p>*If it turns out he is a nutter pretending to have a bomb I probably wont take any of that back.</p>
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<p>I know it was a long time ago, I went to Egypt 2 weeks after Sept. 11, security flying out of Gatwick was scary from this fulla from Whangarei, leaving Luxor made me nervous with no x-ray scanners, people seemingly everywhere with access to anywhere....</p> -
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<p>Where did you see that, Jegga? Stuff is being slow to update.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/03/29/indonesian-vessel-hijacked-crew-held-philippines.html'>http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/03/29/indonesian-vessel-hijacked-crew-held-philippines.html</a></p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Hooroo" data-cid="568165" data-time="1459239885"><p>Prolly why I missed that... Tend not to check that website too frequently.......</p></blockquote><blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Hooroo" data-cid="568165" data-time="1459239885"><p>Prolly why I missed that... Tend not to check that website too frequently.......</p></blockquote>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/03/29/indonesian-vessel-hijacked-crew-held-philippines.html'>http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/03/29/indonesian-vessel-hijacked-crew-held-philippines.html</a></p>
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<p>The caption to that photo weirdly made it look like Abu Sayyaf were fighting the Moros. </p>
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<p>I know it was a long time ago, I went to Egypt 2 weeks after Sept. 11, security flying out of Gatwick was scary from this fulla from Whangarei, leaving Luxor made me nervous with no x-ray scanners,<strong> people seemingly everywhere with access to anywhere....</strong></p>
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<p>Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said: "We are doing our utmost in order for everyone to be released and safe."</p>
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<p>In response to a reporter's question about whether the hijacker was motivated by romance, he laughed and said: "Always there is a woman involved."</p>
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<p>Man, if I were the pilot of this plane, I'd be all "ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. The fucktard who made this flight hell for us all, has been duct taped to a seat. Before we disembark, those who would like to punch him in the face, please queue in an orderly fashion and go for gold."</p>
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<p>The caption to that photo weirdly made it look like Abu Sayyaf were fighting the Moros. </p>
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<p>Kind of like Raro then? ;)</p>
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<p>no idea, never been to Raro! But I'd expect Luxor to have a few more passengers through it's gates than Raro, plus they have had terrorism issues before.</p>
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<p>But it was probably the most lax airport I have ever been to. On the way in, they made me declare what electronics I had with me (ie video camera) but no one asked me if I had it when I left....</p> -
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<p>Bloke takes selfie with hijacker :lol:</p>
