[BC] equal time controversy

[Dale Adkins]

From: "Donna Halper" <dlh at donnahalper.com
>  But it's the news-talkers that worry me, since by definition news should be informative and (we hope) impartial.

The frustration I have with the "news" media including broadcast news, is that those who do the writing, assignments and reporting do so according to their own bias and in many cases they do not even realize it.  A liberal-biased reported and a conservative-biased reporter each see the same story and report it from a different viewpoint.

Example:   The county is trying to pass a 2-cent increase in a sales tax 
because officials say they need the money for the sheriff's department.

    Reporter #1 reports that the new tax would *provide* the county with six million additional dollars.

    Reporter #2 reports that the new tax would *cost* the taxpayers an additional six million dollars.

The first reporter is looking at the story from the standpoint of county officials who want the money.
The second reporter is looking a the story from the standpoint of the taxpayin citizen.

In most cases Reporter #2 doesn't exist.
DA