tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14115431.post112313789382379240..comments2023-10-16T15:59:02.445+01:00Comments on NEIL HARDING: Why being unbiased is labelled biased!Neil Hardinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01333739272733802133noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14115431.post-1123519005140229992005-08-08T17:36:00.000+01:002005-08-08T17:36:00.000+01:00Probably really sad to comment on my own post but ...Probably really sad to comment on my own post but hey, I like this Orwell quote; <BR/><BR/>"those who claim to be unbiased are the most biased of the lot!"Neil Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333739272733802133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14115431.post-1123195129328616592005-08-04T23:38:00.000+01:002005-08-04T23:38:00.000+01:00I did think about this and you are right that crit...I did think about this and you are right that criticism of what we feel is wrong should be sacrosanct. But then I thought about it again and realised the left are not criticising these papers for being too right wing, but for being too left wing.<BR/><BR/>When did you last hear Boris Johnson or any other right winger criticise the Telegraph for being too right wing?<BR/><BR/>Do you see my point?<BR/><BR/>I think we on the left by our very definition have a more open attitude to criticism and this is good in terms of discovering the truth, but it is bad in terms of persuading the public, who like clear cut arguments. <BR/><BR/>The Left have a limited voice anyway. There are far more important targets, in my humble opinion.Neil Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333739272733802133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14115431.post-1123154929168497252005-08-04T12:28:00.000+01:002005-08-04T12:28:00.000+01:00I think part of it is down to the fact that people...I think part of it is down to the fact that people on the left expect the Mail, the Express, the Telegraph and so on to have a right-wing bias. That means that we tend not to read them very much - they're not "ours" and we know they're going to be silly. When the Guardian, the New Statesman and so on start running articles which we profoundly disagree with, we're more likely to see them, we're more likely to be upset about them and we're more likely to call them on them. Being ostensibly "left-wing" publications shouldn't make them immune from criticism from people on the left when we think they're wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com