Cheney treated like others, angry about it

I would say his comments hold as much logic as yours.

How so?

In a world where the quantity and value of numbers is constantly increasing, it seems that many people value intuition less and less as a result. It doesn't have to be that way. If numbers and studies conflict with my own intuition, I usually go with my intuition.

It is my intuition which tells me that the media is biased. I don't need numbers to confirm my own intuition.

Media bias is not a big deal though, because EVERYTHING has a bias. The idea is not to avoid bias -- because that would be impossible -- the idea is to always be critical, and to consider the source and context of all the information you receive.

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In a world where the quantity and value of numbers is constantly increasing, it seems that many people value intuition less and less as a result. It doesn't have to be that way. If numbers and studies conflict with my own intuition, I usually go with my intuition.

It is my intuition which tells me that the media is biased. I don't need numbers to confirm my own intuition.

Media bias is not a big deal though, because EVERYTHING has a bias. The idea is not to avoid bias -- because that would be impossible -- the idea is to always be critical, and to consider the source and context of all the information you receive.

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Nice post GDA.

and maybe do not have as much trust that everything you read or hear is true

Think for yourself, question authority.

How so?

Your OPINION on the legitimacy of the study is just as much based on personal bias, belief and potential fallacy. I actually agree with you about the lunacy of the study based on its structure but I also realize that is only my OPINION. Your argument seemed to me to claim you were right(as in factual) while his claims were untrue based on logic. I'd say both arguments are debatable.

I'm not sure what the argument is. for all the left wing leaning papers( or media) there are just as many that lean to the right

I'm not sure what the argument is. for all the left wing leaning papers( or media) there are just as many that lean to the right

That is probably true, but the mainstream news outlets (e.g., CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times, the Washington Post, etc.) tend to be liberal. Sure, you have exceptions (e.g. Fox News, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, conservative radio) and maybe there are as many conservative outlets as liberal ones. But, I just think the "big ones" tend to be more liberal than conservative.

The ones that dominate the news cycle are majority liberal. And I wouldn't for a second think that the numbers are close anyways. You can be graduating 80% liberals into the field and have even amounts of rep on both sides.

im not sure what you base your thoughts on? fox is sooo biased that they over take at least 2, and maybe 3 news channels leaning the other way. and anyone who votes( or i at least hope) base their vote on the candidates track record, and not something reported by the biased media