Comments on: In praise of (media) bias

The media tries to pretend that it's not biased. In this it gives away its ace in the hole.

[royrusso]

"Bias isn't the problem. Lack of disclosure of the bias is the problem." Dead-on. Forrester, Gartner - You clowns listening?

[foxtom]

Interestingly in the British press, a journalist will change their bias depending on their employer. The argument being that they are catering to their market.

I'm all for a pro Arsenal bias but can we have a bit of anti-Manchester United or Tottenham bias every once in a while? ;)

[pdskep]

The funniest part of this BLOG is that it implies Matt here is actually a journalist. Hahahaha. You being biased isn't the issue. It's your complete lack of journalistic integrity that makes you think you are one so laughable. You recent BLOG about how Apple OS rules the U.S. is a perfect example. It lacked any sort of context and simply threw out numbers to try to promote an agenda.

I could list dozens of others where you toss around anti-MS FUD. Perhaps if you just stayed focused on open source directly and not try and bash MS, excuse me almost, all the time then you wouldn't be so much of a joke.

[Matt Asay]

Hmmm...I guess you missed my disclosure statement?

[Matt Asay]

Hmmm...I guess you missed my disclosure statement?

Also, if you find it distasteful, why do you continue reading? Perhaps you like the bias? Come on, just admit it. :-)

[pdskep]

No, I caught it. I don't mind you promoting your opinion. It's one thing to present the facts in order to promote your opinion. It's quite another to misrepresent them.

There are plenty of good things to say about Apple and open source without resorting to that type of behavior. It's because of blogs like this on CNET that those dumb Apple commercials can quote the FUD and attribute it to CNET that has me pissed. CNET's review of Vista is actually quite good. Of course that's not what they chose to quote. That's why CNET should reconsider having blogs on their site as it tarnishes their reputation as unbiased reviewers.

[Barclay]

"In the United States, we still pretend to be unbiased."

Possibly because we expect news reports to be just that, a report of an event. If we want opinions, we read an op-ed piece or blogs!

Some of us still have minds, and like to form our own opinions, based on the information available.

[Matt Asay]

Good luck on that @Barclay. Where would you get unbiased "news?" New York Times? Left. WSJ? Right. USA Today. Come on. Every reporter selects the facts to tell the story they're programmed to tell. No one is immune from this. Not you. Not me. Not Steve Hamm (Businessweek). Not David Pogue (NY Times). No one.

Some of us don't try to pretend that we're unbiased. You don't have to like what I say, but at least you know why I'm saying it.

[mollywood]

Heads up: it's Ina Fried, not Ian.