I am one of the very few people in the world who can often find myself riveted to c-span... Here are just a few reasons...
- The political process is a very strange (and often frustrating) American experience which CSPAN offers a unique glimpse into.
- Observing debates by our lawmakers provides insight into the issues themselves
- The people who study politics and global relations are extraordinarily fascinating
- Conventions and speeches are dominated by discourse on their own specific ideological band (unique to the convention/speech event).
- CSPAN often helps to minimize so-called "bias" because often it offers unmediated (immediate) events.
- It provides endless amusement hearing callers complain about the "liberal bias" in "the media" but praise the "neutrality of Fox News Channel" juxtaposed with hearing other callers bash Fox News Channel's "blatant partisanism".
2 comments:
everything is biased (it's just not necessarily political bias). when you're choosing what to leave in and what to leave out, and when to air a story about what, you're automatically tipping certain scales. people can complain all they want, but unless they're the ones actively seeking information, the information they'll be handed is already someone's version of a story. (i'm sure you wanted my opinion on this! ha)
haha, your opinions are always interesting. especially because i think you're the only person who reads my blog!
yes! exactly. it's basically impossible to remove all bias. cspan covers topics without added commentary and with minimal editing. it still is biased in what it covers though. it still is limited in what it can cover. it still frames pieces in a particular way. the speakers (be they politicians or historians) still have their own frames and biases.
often people are ignorant to the framing and the biases to which they subscribe.
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