Jade Goody

[Ardiles]

I'm with Lumps on this.  Each and every one of those bloggers will have their own bias, which they may or may not confess.  At least when you pick up a copy of the Daily Mail or the Guardian, you know what you're getting.

The balance in 'intelligent balanced analysis' is very difficult to define...and can be misappropriated, as the link below demonstrates rather well.

http://www.foxnews.com/

[Jamiesfuturewife]

Heatworld.com is where its at!!

[Lumps]

You read what you want, that's your preference. I completely support free choice. I'm up front about not bothering with the MSM because it is laborious to have to analyse the propaganda myself. I would rather let others do it for me.

That perfectly illustrates my point. Can you not see that being concerned with media bias is perfectly understandable, but just changing to another media source and not critically reading that because that source is "doing it for you" is just swapping one biased perspective and analysis for another set. Perhaps a set that more closely reflects your view of the world, but that just makes if all the more dangerous because it means you never have to question your own prejudices.

[Talk Talk]

That perfectly illustrates my point. Can you not see that being concerned with media bias is perfectly understandable, but just changing to another media source and not critically reading that because that source is "doing it for you" is just swapping one biased perspective and analysis for another set. Perhaps a set that more closely reflects your view of the world, but that just makes if all the more dangerous because it means you never have to question your own prejudices.

Yes, I can see what you are saying and the blogs that I read definitely do reflect my view of the world. But that's a view that sits apart from authoritarian statist nonsense and the left/right spectrum of traditional politics and by its very nature is inherently objective.

I think that the truth and a realistic philosophy is the antidote to prejudice, bias, dogmatism and ideology.

As I said, pax.

[flammableBen]

Yes, I can see what you are saying and the blogs that I read definitely do reflect my view of the world. But that's a view that sits apart from authoritarian statist nonsense and the left/right spectrum of traditional politics and by its very nature is inherently objective.

I think that the truth and a realistic philosophy is the antidote to prejudice, bias, dogmatism and ideology.

As I said, pax.

So you actively avoid anything that might challenge your world view?

[Talk Talk]

So you actively avoid anything that might challenge your world view?

Are you challenging my world view, young Flammable?

[Lumps]

Are you challenging my world view, young Flammable?

Ben likes to challenge world views.

He's very challenging

[flammableBen]

I'm certainly a bit challenged.

[Don Rogers Shop]

So now a thread on a dying woman turns into a my opinion is more valid as i read the right paper thread

[flammableBen]

Yep.

[Simon Pieman]

So now a thread on a dying woman turns into a my opinion is more valid as i read the right paper thread

I started reading all of those posts and then skipped over them, because it seems to be getting like a souped up version of Grumpy Old Men.

I've come up with a conspiracy theory that we're all unknowingly acting out the novel '1984', but my conspiracy theory falls down because I can't decide who plays the central character. Probably someone like GFM would be a laugh.

As for Jade, I suppose it's good she can gather her family to say her final goodbyes.

[Barry Scott]

Hope your sister is ok barry. Fingers crossed

Hope all goes fine with your sister mate.

My sister will be fine, thanks for your good wishes.

Smears are a bit ming and I had a particually bad experience last time but I would defo never miss one or put one off again.

Im sure your sister will be OK xxx 

Yeah, she had some difficulty/pain walking after the biopsy, and i can't imagine any part of it being nice, but then i don't have a front arse, so i'm only guessing. And thanks, i'm sure she'll be fine as well.

[oxford_fan]

I've come up with a conspiracy theory that we're all unknowingly acting out the novel '1984', but my conspiracy theory falls down because I can't decide who plays the central character. Probably someone like GFM would be a laugh.

I have two conspiracy theories:

1. Jade is fine. This is all part of the most shameful publicity stunt ever conceived. She will make a full recovery or disappear like Elvis Pressley and Biggie Smalls did.

2. Nothing - nobody and no thing - is real. I'm in a superadvanced virtual reality simulator.

[Reg Smeeton]

2. Nothing - nobody and no-one - is real. I'm in a superadvanced virtual reality simulator.

I'd have quite happily agreed with you....until I met fB.

[oxford_fan]

thetownend.com isn't the simulator though!