Saturday, November 03, 2012

Can You Take Fact Checking Too Far? | Techdirt

Can You Take Fact Checking Too Far? | Techdirt:

"the problem starts when journalists feel they have to pretend they're impartial"

A bigger problem results when the reader lacks multiple sources of various bias from which to look for corroborating details. Minuscule remnants of reality can usually be interpolated from multiple points of view accompanied with knowledge of the inherent bias.