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Retrograde

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13. "Fair and Balanced"
Thu Nov 17, 2016, 02:00 PM
Nov 2016

The broadcast media have talked themselves into believing that they have to give equal time to both sides (not that they actually do) because their views are equally valid. It's like giving a 4-year-old who wants cookies and soda for dinner the same weight as a mother who wants vegetables, some protein, and milk. Or Flat-Earthers the same coverage as NASA probes.

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