re: #186 Obdicut

I see liberal loonies called out here, like Sean Penn’s showboating and Michael Moore’s idiocy. That there’s a general bias in TV shows towards mainstream ‘liberalism’ I have no doubt. But bias in a show like Futurama or the Simpsons against the GOP are nowhere near the effect of Fox News or the rest of Murdoch’s media empire.

But bias in actual news reporting is far, far more important than bias in movies and TV.

I don’t think it’s going to change, and I think calling it ‘bias’ is a little odd.

First your assertion the news is more far more important than serial television on public perception may or may not be true. Series television prides itself on cultural impact often rightly so. Like that gay marriage thing. I’d call that assertion subjective at best.

Second as an independent I feel free to hammer Fox and Hollywood in the same context.

Here’s why I call it bias, and it’s really not odd at all. I’m agreeing with some of the assertions of those interviewed, as I take them at their word. Then we likely agree that bias on the basis of ethnicity, religion, and sexual preferences is inappropriate in many ways, and as you say in hiring.

I’m glad we agree partisan/political bias is is awful in terms of hiring practices. I say it does harm as bias tends to do in other ways too. Like getting in the way of political discourse and open minded thinking.