Not All News Is Fake

I just double checked a claim made in today’s Congressional Hearings with Google Exec.

A woman said she googled IDIOT and got pictures of Trump.   So did I!

https://www.google.com/search?q=IDIOT&client=firefox-b-1-ab&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwii4byOiZnfAhWCg-AKHZF9DHgQ_AUIDigB&biw=1156&bih=651

Media Bias

If you think your news source sounds a little biased, it probably is.  That was the conclusion we came you while reading the magazine "The Week."  We were impressed by their practice of trying to share both sides of a contenious topic, but in our most recent reading (December 7, 2018), it seemed the column space (i.e. written acreage) was heavier on the more liberal position. It was time to check the Media-Bias-Chart.

The Version 4.0, updated in August 2018 is found at https://www.adfontesmedia.com/

Sure enough the authors of the chart consider The Week as skewing LEFT.  Could be our Confirmation Bias, but we don't think so.  However, the magazine is included in their YELLOW box, which they believe report the news fairly.

More important our the source in the ORANGE and RED boxes.  They provide either EXTREME or UNFAIR versions of the news or in the RED case PROVIDE NONSENSE DAMAGING TO PUBLIC DISCOURSE.

Again, we couldn't argue with the authors evaluations, especially with FOX NEWS which is popular in Tennessee