http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Just-the-Facts-21583515 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:10:56 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:10:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Just-the-Facts-21602610
Even when not financially conflicted, I would guarantee you that the people in this thread concerned with "bias", were I to take a press release verbatim from a company website and post it as news without identifying it as PR, would have absolutely no problem with that information.

Crying "bias" is an easy way of disregarding an argument without having to think or make actual points -- and you'll notice almost always, those who complain about bias never have specific factual corrections to make....just vague, nebulous claims of unfairness....or in this case other nonsense claims, like I'm "perpetuating hate."

That's because the goal isn't accurate discourse, the goal is to censor discourse they don't agree with. To eliminate positions that challenge their world view.

The ultimate irony is we never claimed to be objective. This is a pro-consumer website. Our subjective biases in this regard have been very clear for going on ten years now. This piece even carries not one but TWO extra labels warning readers it contains heavier editorial content so as not to offend delicate sensibilities.

I'm fine with factual corrections. I'm always available by IM. But take the vague claims of bias (and in this case "perpetuating hate") elsewhere. I'm going to inject analysis into pieces in order to get to something that vaguely resembles the truth BEHIND press releases. It's not going to stop. Feel free to correct me whenever I'm wrong.

I'm sure users can get their news elsewhere if my analysis is a problem for them. There's a literal ocean of alternative options out there. I won't be hurt in the slightest if those of you incessantly obsessed with my "bias" want to go elsewhere.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Just-the-Facts-21602610 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:50:55 EDT