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Reporter asks Ron DeSantis why he can affirm his height with lifts, but stands against gender-affirming care (www.advocate.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Bias is a preference that inhibits impartial judgement. This means reality cannot be biased. Including facts in and of itself is never biased, only excluding facts can be.

The true state of things is not a partial interpretation, it's an impartial one. A preference or inclination does not mean bias. The preference towards resources that agree with a round earth is not bias, that's a preference towards impartial, reality-based resources.

You're conflating inclination with bias. Anytime anything reads as preferring one side over the other, you think it's biased. Sometimes, some people are wrong. Saying those people are wrong is not a bias, it's a statement of fact.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Including facts in and of itself is never biased, only excluding facts can be.

I'm not convinced that's a meaningful distinction for media analysis. Is there resource you could point me to better understand your point? Or some examples that illustrate your point? Eg: how would you go about making this article biased against DeSantis, which facts that were included would exclude to make it biased?

The true state of things is not a partial interpretation, it's an impartial one. A preference or inclination does not mean bias.

Which is exactly why I said you don't understand bias when you suggested reality might be biased.

You're conflating inclination with bias.

Could you show me where I've done this?

Anytime anything reads as preferring one side over the other, you think it's biased.

Could you show me where I've done this?