Quotes About Bias

One political party may be preferable to another. A news channel, though, can't be a vehicle for a political party and be anything but a bad thing.

The public largely misunderstands the "fake news" issue. Newspapers rarely fib outright. Most "lies" are errors of omission or emphasis. There are no Fox stories saying blue states have lower divorce rates, nor are there MSNBC stories exploring the fact that many pro-choice Democrats, particularly religious ones, struggle with a schism between their moral and political beliefs on abortion.

Who we hate just depends on what channel we watch.

We rejoiced in the idea that reality was not an absolute but a choice, something we select to fit our own conception not of the world but of ourselves. We are Christians, therefore all world events have a Christian explanation. We hate George Bush, therefore Bush is the cause of it all. And

One additional bizarre Trump-inspired change to reporting that took place in 2016 involved polls: we increasingly ignored data favorable to Trump and pushed surveys suggesting a Clinton landslide. The Times ran a piece in October pronouncing the race essentially over, telling us to expect a "sweeping victory at every level" for Clinton.

Intellectual diversity" in a major news outlet means "someone from both parties." You will connect with one or the other. It doesn't matter which one.

We know you know the news we show you is demeaning, disgusting, pointless, and not really intended to inform. But we assume you'll be too embarrassed to admit you spend hours every day poring over content specifically designed to reenforce your point of view. In fact, you'll consume twice as much, rather than admit you don't like to be challenged.

It is important to note that going through the motions of answering questions is not critical literacy; rather, critical literacy involves the reader's understanding of the author's intent, bias, and purpose for writing.

The second we see somebody on the street or meet someone, we make snap judgments about them, about who they are and why we wouldn't necessarily sit with them or why we would or what's cool or not cool.

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.

The habit of the religious way of thinking has biased our mind so grievously that we are – terrified at ourselves in our nakedness and naturalness; it has degraded us so that we deem ourselves depraved by nature, born devils.

Weber,... argues that... personal bias should not preclude the scientific ascertainment of objective historical facts.

If we are to believe Schopenhauer, women are incapable of romantic love and merely use man's love hunger as bait to fish babies out of the treacherous sea of matrimony. Of course Schopenhauer, who threw a female servant down a flight of stairs, and was intimate with numerous women he hated philosophically, is no unbiased witness to woman's unfathomable treachery.

When a man speaks that way, people say he has authority. When a woman does, everyone resents her and thinks she's his mother. Or their nagging wife.

Yet another example of how every girl had to be one or the other: Pretty or smart.

History is written by the victors, which is certainly true, but it's also written by the wealthy and the literate.

For us, a pretty bird is a pretty bird; for an insect, pretty bird is an ugly enemy!

The list of the bigots and the list of the fools are always perfectly the same list!

You're judging her by her literacy," Tara says. "You're a literacist." "You've made that up.

You're judging her by her literacy,' Tara says. 'You're a literacist.' 'You've made that up.' Thomas Mackee packs up his stuff and stands up. 'You chicks give me the shits,' he says. 'You, on the other hand, brighten up our day,' I tell him. 'We all regard you as a god.

Tara's already been called a lesbian because that's how the Sebastian boys deal with any girl who has an opinion.

I don't get chosen for things unless there is a motive.

You're judging her by her literacy,' Tara says. 'You're a literacist.

Why do they always have to remember the pathetic stuff? Why can't they ever remember something positive being said about me?