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- From: tom@uts.cc.wayne.edu (Thomas Richard Stevenson)
- Subject: Re: Media Bias? YOU Decide. Resumes Tell All
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.195728.4662@uts.cc.wayne.edu>
- Organization: Wayne State Univ.
- References: <1992Nov16.154804.445@uts.cc.wayne.edu> <1e8p66INNg4u@nigel.msen.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:57:28 GMT
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- dgillmor@msen.com (Dan Gillmor) writes:
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- >: I'm not sure if anyone is suggesting the media is biased deliberately,
- >: but is biased solely by the type of people it attracts. Many reporters
- >: get into reporting because they want to "change the world". This view
- >: lends itself well to the liberal viewpoint.
- >:
- >I suspect that my right-of-center friends -- including some in the media
- >-- would be amazed to learn that they want the world to remain as it is.
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- A "change the world" view and a "make the world better" view is not necessary
- the same thing. No one wants the world to remain as it is.
-
- >--
- >Dan Gillmor Internet: dgillmor@msen.com
- >Detroit Free Press CompuServe: 73240,334
- >321 W. Lafayette Voice: 313-222-6659
- >Detroit, MI 48226 Fax: 313-222-5981
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