The Armies of Iraq (Al Jazeera)

[Steve Blair]

Just relax. Media spins (lies, whatever). It's what they do. NO media outlet is pure or innocent in this regard. I like looking at them just to see how events can be viewed through different perspectives. Ken's got a good point about remembering bias and seeing that of others.

[Sarajevo071]

filter the presentations and try to cut through that bias. Some people are willing to do that, others want to accept -- or violently reject -- that bias.

Been my observation that three sources, preferably opposing and competing, with logical filtering are the minimum required to get an approximate picture. It is virtually impossible to get an accurate picture unless one is actually at the point of the item or issue.

Anyone who bases a course of action solely on media accounts -- or an Intel estimate, they suffer from the same bias problem; it's a human foible -- will likely err.

Just relax. Media spins (lies, whatever). It's what they do. NO media outlet is pure or innocent in this regard. I like looking at them just to see how events can be viewed through different perspectives. Ken's got a good point about remembering bias and seeing that of others.

I totally agree with both of you... That's what I did before and that's what I do now. Disinformations and media lies are well known to me.

[ali_ababa]

Personally, I hate Al-Jazeera as i think it is the most bias channel i watch. When i watch discussions it makes me annoyed as they sympathise with terrorists.