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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: Media bias
- Message-ID: <1992Jul26.014344.7537@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Keywords: bias
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- References: <BrGGnL.F1E@well.sf.ca.us> <423@milestn.UUCP> <Brx4Fw.Cnu@well.sf.ca.us>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 01:43:44 GMT
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- In article <Brx4Fw.Cnu@well.sf.ca.us> rab@well.sf.ca.us (Bob Bickford) writes:
- >The "World's Smallest Political Quiz" based on the Nolan Chart
- >
- > For example, a Republican's policies would score 20 - 30 on the
- >"Personal" side and 70 - 80 on the "Economic" side. The Democrat's
- >policies would have similar scores, but swapped. A Communist would
- >score (at most) between 20 and 30 on both, while a Libertarian (or
- >classical liberal) would score (at least) between 70 and 80 on both.
- >Obviously, a Centrist would score near 50 on both.
-
- There doesn't seem to be enough granularity here, and I'm not
- convinced the questions are sufficiently varied to differentiate much.
- I took the quiz personally, then took it from the Republican,
- Democrat, and libertarian point of views. Everything but libertarian
- wound up hitting right around the center. That leaves me feeling like
- this was a quiz put together by libertarians.
-
- >
- >Henry David Thoreau and/or Thomas Jefferson (libertarian);
-
- I'm not convinced that you can say that about Jefferson.
-
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