You can’t tell me there’s no difference in the amount of bias between Fox News and AP
If you say, “I don’t want hatemongers, propaganda, and misinformation in this publication” that’s still a bias. You’re biased toward facts, inclusion, and accuracy. The choice of what stories to run, what sources to speak to or include, how articles are framed, etc. are all biases, conscious or not. There’s no way for a human to be dispassionate about anything. Even algorithms can’t be dispassionate because they carry the biases of the developers who write them, again, conscious or not. And even at news orgs where you have journalists keen on facts, the org itself is still run by some billionaire capitalists or multinational conglomerates who have intentions that may, overtly or not, drive editorial decisions.
The difference between Fox News and AP e.g. is whether or not they choose to platform mis- and dis-information, and whether they’re happy to tell lies to rile up a mob of angry bigots. Not biased vs. unbiased
If you say, “I don’t want hatemongers, propaganda, and misinformation in this publication” that’s still a bias. You’re biased toward facts, inclusion, and accuracy. The choice of what stories to run, what sources to speak to or include, how articles are framed, etc. are all biases, conscious or not. There’s no way for a human to be dispassionate about anything. Even algorithms can’t be dispassionate because they carry the biases of the developers who write them, again, conscious or not. And even at news orgs where you have journalists keen on facts, the org itself is still run by some billionaire capitalists or multinational conglomerates who have intentions that may, overtly or not, drive editorial decisions.
The difference between Fox News and AP e.g. is whether or not they choose to platform mis- and dis-information, and whether they’re happy to tell lies to rile up a mob of angry bigots. Not biased vs. unbiased