Bias Becomes Blatant
The lamestream media told you:
“Democrats think the government should leverage Medicare’s 43 million beneficiaries to win steep discounts from drug manufacturers. Republicans, ever wary of big government, think competition among private drug plans would keep prices down,” writes Tony Pugh for the McClatchy Newspaper chain, one of the nation’s media giants.
The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:
The insidious nature of media bias has gotten worse, as reporters find new ways to subtly twist stories to avoid detection.
“If you’re going to use a disparaging phrase against one party (”Republicans, ever wary of big government”), you should use something similar against both (”Democrats, rarely shy about using the coercive power of government”) the Uninvited Ombudsman says. “Better yet, don’t use them at all,” he says.
The Uninvited Ombudsman campaigns against blatant news spin, bias and deception, an unpopular position in the “news” industry that wins him few friends there.
“And if you’re going to use positive present tense (”to win steep discounts”) for one plan, don’t use doubtful conditionals for the other (”think competition would”), unless your goal is to be biased, and mislead gullible readers into believing your world view is correct and should dominate.
Contrary to some unflattering reports, The Uninvited Ombudsman is a moderate.
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