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Originally Posted by roscoguy
Nah, what's kinda scary is that you seem to have taken little parts of Mr. Holt's acceptance speech out of context & directly counter to his explanation of what he meant.
"I think it's become clearer that fairness is overrated," he said."Before you run with or tweet that headline, let me explain a bit. The idea that we should always give two sides equal weight and merit does not reflect the world we find ourselves in. That the sun sets in the west is a fact. Any contrary view does not deserve our time or attention." (This quote is also directly from the Yahoo! article you linked to in your OP.)
Other parts of the article you quoted, but didn't highlight, is that he specifically mentioned not giving "unsupported arguments equal time" and that "Our duty is to be fair to the truth." Both seem to be pretty important pieces of his speech. Finally, misinformation should not be a matter of opinion. If there are no demonstrable facts presented, or at least scientific consensus, then it is opinion.
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"LITTLE PARTS"???? "out of context"... Did you Not see the quotes???
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"not giving unsupported arguments equal time"
BASED UPON WHAT AND WHO?
"Our duty is to be fair to the truth."
WHO'S TRUTH???
" Finally, misinformation should not be a matter of opinion."
WHO'S OPINION???
"If there are no demonstrable facts presented, or at least scientific consensus, then it is opinion."
WHO'S OPINION???
Do YOU NOT see a
dichotomy here? ...if you don't know what that means, here it is:
something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another
I ALWAYS look on the other side of an argument. Would YOU feel the same way about this if it was said by a Fox News anchor or such? please...
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