30th August 2024, 10:24 AM
It's not that they're trying to be "in favor" of Trump, they're just terrified of not looking "balanced". Like CNN, they are trying to stay "in the middle" and not get accused of favoritism.
Two things wrong with that. First, "the middle" is a moving target. By chasing the "middle", you inherently move yourself further right.
Secondly, their job isn't to provide "balance", it's to fact check. It's a silly little joke, but it's very true these days. Reality has a leftist bias. An honest fact checker would acknowledge that we can predict future behavior based on past behavior and conclude that Trump is doing exactly the same thing he did LAST election and that it's up to him to prove he WON'T deny the election results at this point.
Two things wrong with that. First, "the middle" is a moving target. By chasing the "middle", you inherently move yourself further right.
Secondly, their job isn't to provide "balance", it's to fact check. It's a silly little joke, but it's very true these days. Reality has a leftist bias. An honest fact checker would acknowledge that we can predict future behavior based on past behavior and conclude that Trump is doing exactly the same thing he did LAST election and that it's up to him to prove he WON'T deny the election results at this point.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)