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Is Fox News 'fair and balanced'?
on Nov 24, 2006 in controversy Jeremy Glick bias Fox News Bill O'Reilly FAIR org Rupert Murdoch television Since the television channels establishment back in 1996, The FNC -Fox News Channel has prided itself on the slogan that it is 'fair and balanced' and "We Report. You Decide." However, there are many critics who would disagree. Walter Cronkite (the f...
Talking Heads Tilted Right
on May 15, 2007 in o'reilly opinion bias scarborough tucker carlson glenn beck tv television talking heads media Sorry for my absence—the end of the semester, as it usually does, has swallowed most of my free time of late.Just a brief observation about the public sphere as it’s now enacted through the media: have you noticed that between dinner and bedtime,...
Mini-revolt at Macalester college
on Jun 11, 2007 in Bias This article by Katherine Kersten perfectly illustrates what a struggle it can be to encourage even a small amount of intellectual diversity on a college campus. If students are steeped in course material like this day in and day out, how can they he...
First Round of Baseball Playoffs Over
on Sep 9, 2007 in scores Minor Leagues Chicago baseball exciting the northern league the gary southsore railcats versus the winnipeg goldeyes apparently guess sentence shows my bias follow chicago minor league review round playoffs and frontier leagues rockford riverhawks happy teams Well, the first round of playoffs are now over in both the Northern and Frontier Leagues. I am very happy to say that both of the teams that we follow here at Chicago Minor League Review are still in the thick of it and have made it into the second...
Lessons from Max
on Oct 8, 2007 in culture motherhood community parenting humor life school bias multiculturalism education motherhood parenting bullying family children language Sometimes lessons can come from the most unusual places!I can sometimes feel a bit like trying to change the course of a river. I look around me and wonder, "am I really making progress", or "can we really make our future bully-free?" Yes, there are...