Most recent comments for Everyone is Biased on typewriting.org http://typewriting.org/2007/03/07/Everyone_is_Biased/ Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:15:10 -0800 typewriting.org http://typewriting.org/2007/03/07/Everyone_is_Biased/#comment-4423 <div>Don't be worried about the boomerang impacts... juts keep writing and adding to community dialogue.<br /> <br /> re. your blog above, and use of disclaimers regarding one's obvious biases, after writing so long there is a tendency for writers to assert that their body of writing speaks for itself. Over time, in a myriad of ways, one's biases should have become revealed -- IF one took the time to read all the writing. Most people don't have the time. They come and read one blog post, possibly more more, and then they are gone. Maybe we need to put several paragraphs of 6 pt type in the footer declaring our biases fresh peaches, lesbian, left-handed, libertarians that adore organic spinach over tootie-frootie... and everything else that comes to mind. But, then people will stop reading, right?</div> Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:15:10 -0800 http://typewriting.org/2007/03/07/Everyone_is_Biased/#comment-4423 http://typewriting.org/2007/03/07/Everyone_is_Biased/#comment-4430 <div>I agree with your bias issue. In fact, I tend to apply that logic to our news media. I think our "unbiased" approach has destroyed newspapers. It's a plain fact that there are many fewer newspapers, especially in fairly rural markets, than there used to be. When everyone's "unbiased," why do we ~need~ more than one? We can't be partisan and like X paper over Y paper, because they're all the same. So the biggest, most efficient paper wins, and becomes a local monopoly. And as we all know, monopolies lead to lower quality; much of our news is uninformed, garbage, populated with the unspoken biases of the writers, instead of being openly, honestly biased, so we can decide for ourselves what to believe.</div> Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:46:09 -0700 http://typewriting.org/2007/03/07/Everyone_is_Biased/#comment-4430