tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post6643250577065342357..comments2024-01-04T07:21:18.243-05:00Comments on John In Carolina: How one reader deals with MSM & Internet sourcesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-38027800169402967302008-11-15T14:00:00.000-05:002008-11-15T14:00:00.000-05:00I think that one has to proceed from the premise t...I think that one has to proceed from the premise that no news organization is unbiased (despite claims to the contrary). Following from that, one then has a duty to read and listen across the spectrum. That takes time, energy, and a determination that quite honestly most people do not want to invest (for any number of reasons). It is much too easy to find a single source (generally that is in accord with one's bias) and rely upon that - hence the popularity of NPR and the NY Times on the left and Fox and Rush Limbaugh on the right. <BR/>There is also a large segment of the population which are just too lazy to even make any attempt to inform themselves (I teach with somr educators who fall into this category). I fear that this segment of the population will expand as newspapers continue to decline and the presence of more online sources of information (both legitimate and illegitimate) will only make acquisition of information that much more time consuming. <BR/>cksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com