tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post5025572741088015301..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: WaPo Ombudsman Botches ACA Budget DisputeJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-58466356030309695852012-04-17T14:32:21.948-05:002012-04-17T14:32:21.948-05:00I disagree with longwalkdownlyndale. I think this ...I disagree with longwalkdownlyndale. I think this determined misunderstanding of the criticism of the article illustrates the media's pervasive centrist bias. <br /><br />The media’s worldview is that “both sides are too extreme”, and that the Democrats should compromise with the Bob Doles and Everett Dirksens of the GOP. <br /><br />This holds true regardless of how many sides there are, or how extreme the two sides are. <br /><br />In fact, of course, <a href="http://liberalvaluesblog.com/2012/04/14/republicans-becoming-more-conservative/" rel="nofollow">there are no centrist Republicans, and the party is the most extreme it's been in a century</a>. There’s precious little difference between a Mark Levin-reading Tea Partier waving banners about fascism and socialism, vs. the Speaker on the floor of the House, tearfully barking “hell no!” in opposition to Jesse Helms and Bob Dole’s health insurance reform plan.<br /><br />The media's centrist bias leads them to misreport facts in order to conceal the fundamental irrationality of today's GOP.reflectionephemeralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268970355534469246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-32653921283674581862012-04-16T17:12:23.863-05:002012-04-16T17:12:23.863-05:00I do think this is a great example of press biases...I do think this is a great example of press biases that are far more important than ideological or partisan biases we often hear about, especially from the right. Namely the I-am-never-wrong bias that journalists often have. This seems to be a prime example of that especially considering how after people in the non-traditional media criticized a poorly written poorly researched front page article of a national newspaper for its inaccuracies and omissions the WaPo responded by misrepresenting the critique and leveling a smear at bloggers who dare question the order of things. You can also see these biases in the journalistic laziness (a far greater problem for the American press in my opinion than ideological slant) that produces the original article in question. The old take a press release/policy white paper, repackage it as your great "reporting" while you do no original research whatsoever trick. Kinda sad when stuff like this happens, its almost as bad as the pulitzer-fever bias you often see.longwalkdownlyndalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173899547449318257noreply@blogger.com