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62. How Biased Is Your Media?

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The New York Times

I think that therei been at this newspaper a long time. Fox news presents the news in a way that is deliberately skewed toe to promote political causes. And the new york times simply does not. We make mistakes. We don't achieve perfect balance. There is no such thing as perfect balance, because there is such a thing as truth. I really truly believed that you could do that to an elephant and he'd be ok with it, but i no circus coverage. A great editorial is a strong position, firmly held, quickly and clearly expressed based on actual report. Sounds gofenow, that's the cor looded fanisan hor of journalistic principle. By th joun

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