The debate (here and elsewhere) concerning media bias opens a question of exactly what bias is (and is not). For the record, I should spell out what I mean (and don’t mean) when I’m talking about bias. What does constitute bias: One-sided reporting (e.g., telling one side of a story without telling others). Prejudicial reporting [...]
Archive for March 9th, 2004
What Is Bias?
Posted in Politics on March 9, 2004 | 3 Comments »
This is About Right
Posted in Culture on March 9, 2004 | 2 Comments »
Hey, Professor, Assimilate This (washingtonpost.com) First, Huntington says, it’s too easy for them to get here. Earlier immigrants had to cross “several thousand miles of ocean” but Mexicans and Cubans are right nearby. He’s right about that. All Cubans have to do to get here is sneak past Castro’s goons, hop on some leaky old [...]
Majority of Country want Bush's Policies Gone
Posted in Politics on March 9, 2004 | 1 Comment »
This is interesting A majority of Americans — 57 percent — say they want their next president to steer the country away from the course set by Bush, according to the survey. Bush’s standing hit new lows in crucial areas such as the economy (39 percent support him), Iraq (46 percent) and the budget deficit [...]
The Paranoid Instapundit
Posted in Politics on March 9, 2004 | 9 Comments »
This is telling: UPDATE: And is it really smart for Kerry to be bragging that foreign leaders want him to beat Bush so as to produce a more compliant U.S. foreign policy? (“Without naming anybody, Kerry said he had received words of encouragement from leaders abroad who were eager to see him defeat Bush on [...]
The Day the Music Died
Posted in Culture on March 9, 2004 | 11 Comments »
I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but sometime in the last two weeks, the last bastion of decent radio in Memphis, 107.5 “The Pig,” died a horrible nasty death. It succumbed to that most hellish of hells, the “Hit Music” format. The beauty of The Pig’s format is that it really didn’t have much [...]
Chickens Voting for Colonel Sanders
Posted in Politics on March 9, 2004 | 3 Comments »
These are the saddest people in America But Ms. Leber, a software engineer and a registered Republican in Jeffersonville, Pa., is also a member of the Pink Pistols, an organization of gay and lesbian gun owners, and marriage is not the only issue on her mind. “Right now, I am leaning toward Bush,” Ms. Leber [...]
Enough Self Policing
Posted in Sports on March 9, 2004 | 13 Comments »
I am tired of seeing stories like this Bertuzzi, Naslund’s linemate and close friend, punched Moore in the head from behind while skating at center ice. The 245-pound Canucks winger then jumped on Moore’s back and drove him face first into the ice, knocking him unconscious. “Obviously, I think we all feel bad about someone [...]
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