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Sat Feb-07-04 01:01 PM
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10. There is bias, and then there is bias

To an extent, all newspapers are biased in that they will report news that they believe will be of interest to their readers, and from the standpoint of how the news affects those readers.

In the US, Middle Eastern news stories are frequently criticized for their coverage of civilian casualties of US activities in the region.

Yet few of the critics stop to think, if the US were invaded by Malaysia, would Canadian TV be more likely to show their viewers cute Malaysian toddlers lisping about daddy gone to kill the bad guys, or destroyed American homes and bleeding American children?

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