• Tramort@programming.dev
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    7 months ago

    First of all, vox, a “radical conservative” is an oxymoron.

    You are looking for “reactionary conservative”.

    Second, the assertion that

    Clearly, you need to have conservative writers. But what kind?

    Is just plain wrong. Factual, objective reporting is nonpartisan. If you asked me who a prime time news anchor in 1980 would vote for, I would have no idea.

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      7 months ago

      If you asked me who a prime time news anchor on 1980 would vote for, I would have no idea.

      We are probably from different countries but I agree and interesting point.

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      7 months ago

      by virtue of the fact that they choose which stories to cover, they are slanting the conversation.

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        Definitely. But the effort toward appearing objective was made, which in my experience is superior to Fox News, who makes all the editorial filters THEN projects a narrative until the ones it covers.

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          7 months ago

          the most charitable thing i can say is that it’s possible that the anchors in the 80s didn’t understand their own biases. but i think they knew. we’ve all seen Network.