What about these Hunter Biden emails?

[ThatRobGuy]

One problem that's always existed with this chart is that it plots facts and analysis along a spectrum of "reliability" such that "facts" are scored as more reliable than "analysis", which... I can kind of see an argument for that, but it also compares apples to oranges to some degree.

The reason for that is likely because facts are objective, analysis is very subjective.

Analysis (in the way the current media outlets do it) is nothing more than "playing to ones audience" in most cases.

 

[iluvatar5150]

The reason for that is likely because facts are objective, analysis is very subjective.

Analysis (in the way the current media outlets do it) is nothing more than "playing to ones audience" in most cases.

I get it, I just don’t know that it’s the best way to plot things.

 

[Tanj]

Anyway, back on topic, sort of...

Pompeo being investigated for potentially breaking the law with RNC speech - CNNPolitics

Just a quick reminder of what an actual investigation into actual crime looks like. As opposed to the presidents personal lawyer passing a copy of a hard drive to an indicted fraudster.

 

[KCfromNC]

My comment was
"(they) have exhibited so much bias (in one direction or the other) over the past 3 years, that making the choice to either talk about or avoid talking about it comes with the implication that they're playing political favorites."

I don't recall stating the the problem started 3 years ago, or implying that's it's gotten exponentially worse over the past 3 years in particular.

The "past 3 years" was referring to the fact that that's how long the current president was in office.

In terms of when it really started to escalate, that seemed to happen during the transition period from Clinton to Bush.

Yes, it is interesting how media reporting seems to be highlighted as a significant "problem" by some people during recent Republican administrations. I think I explained why a few posts ago.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

Yes, it is interesting how media reporting seems to be highlighted as a significant "problem" by some people during recent Republican administrations. I think I explained why a few posts ago.

It's really gone both ways...perhaps I was just too young to notice it with the Reagan & Bush 1 years...but I don't recall the hyper-partisanship creeping up until toward the end of the Clinton administration. Then we saw quite a bit of it with Bush 2, Obama, and Trump (where networks seemingly dedicated their time to making political rivals look bad)