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Out of curiosity? Sounds like you've got your own opinion. A leading question is what they call that, lol.

I get my news from MSM, social, and a host of blogs and YouTube channels. Just like everyone else, I imagine. Only difference is I don't limit my sources by their viewpoint or bias. It's rare you find any source of news/information that's not slanted in one way or another. Knowing what everyone has to say about something is how you come to your own conclusions/beliefs. Critical thinking is the most essential skill one needs to read the "news" today.

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I agree: bias is part of human nature, and cannot be fully removed from news. Given that, what's wrong with Stars & Stripes?

Also, I think GP question was pretty reasonable. Why are you trying to infer an "agenda"? It makes you look unreasonable. Everyone has their own opinion. It's not a leading question.

What "agenda" would that be? All I said was S&S is biased in my opinion... after having read the periodical on the regular for the last 32 years.

Based on your other questions, I don't think it's me coming off as unreasonable. Your mileage will vary, obviously.

When you accused GP of using a "leading question," when he asked your where you get your news, it sounds like you cynically interpret any question as an attack. You can tell me which agenda you're assuming on the part of your interlocutor.

And I've asked you a few times for evidence of bias in S&S. I understand that it's your opinion that S&S is biased, but surely that opinion was formed on the basis of evidence.... right?

My god it's hard to take you seriously. Your attitude is insufferable. The most innocent, obvious question is interpreted as a coordinated attack. "That's a leading question...Are you a white house correspondent?" Everyone is met with scrutiny here, you're not special, you just can't hold up against a slight breeze of pressure. Just like the pres.

> Only difference is I don't limit my sources by their viewpoint or bias.

Difference from whom? Do you think most people do this or were you speaking specifically to the person whose comment you were responding to?

Every article, and in fact every utterance, is inherently biased, if for no other reason than your choice of word of what you leave out to make a point, is itself a choice.

The telegraph and subsequent rise of news bureaux (first Reuter’s, then UPI and AP in the us) lead to a theory of “neutral” news in the hope of increasing the customer base (sell to more newspapers of all leanings) but it’s still inherently biased on its foundations.

Your comments make it seem like you're skeptical of narratives often seen in mainstream media. With that in mind, do you believe:

1. That man-made climate change is not a real phenomenon, or that, if it is, it is not a threat to humankind?

2. That COVID-19 was deliberately released by the Chinese government, possibly with the help of Bill Gates and other powerful people?

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