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Re:Media Bias is anti-democratic 1 Year, 1 Month ago  
I absolutely agree. The role of the media is to present un-biased information and opinions ONLY where it is clearly stated that is what they are.

That said I think you'll be very hard pressed to find any publication that does that. People are naturally biased due to their value system, background, education and own opinions.

I'd suggest that problem here is a symptom of greater issues: focus on opinions rather than the facts. It is fair to say that in any given situation there is a set of facts, ie. reality. Naturally, in attempting to understand this reality we interpret it through our own values or perspectives and thus any one take on the issue is unreliable. By considering other viewpoints we are better able to discern fact from fiction and form an opinion _base_d on facts rather than mere opinion.

This is the basis of democracy - by exposing an issue to the widest debate possible, we can get as close to the facts as humanly possible and thus make the best possible decision.

Does this format resemble our current political system and subsequent media arrangement?
 
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