(August 3, 2018 at 3:54 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Also I want to point out that in my opening post I didn't ask if something was biased, but if it were trustworthy. I think you can have a political bias and still be trustworthy.
In fact I think pretending to be unbiased and actually being biased is untrustworthy. Hence why 'fair and balanced' gets mocked. You can also be unbiased and not have good or accurate reporting.
I tend to trust biased reporting less than unbiased or mostly unbiased reporting. Bias comes with a lot of cherry-picking and pre-conceived notions, even if it's unintentional. I'm asked to report on news from time to time, and I know I do it too. That's why I tend to prefer really dry commentary. Effusive writing turns me off the piece. A list of facts would be my favorite news piece ever.
