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Not every article -- not even most articles, really -- need go out of its way reflect the author's and editor's ideology for it to be quite clear that most national news media organizations lean heavily in the same direction and aren't afraid to let that determine what they report on and how they frame it.

Just curious, can I see the article?

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/michigan-2020-electi... is the article in question.

But note also that there is a distinction to be drawn towards a media source being biased versus "on the spectrum of 'has no respect for you' and 'likes to sincerely fantasize in public about the elimination of your culture'."

I claimed that almost everyone working for these organizations (or to be more pedantic but more accurate, almost everyone involved in content for these organizations) is well-described by the latter, not that almost every article will reflect that perspective in an obvious way or even at all. For someone who tends to see the world differently from the average journalist or editor, the question then becomes: why take even the articles that aren't obviously biased at face value when you have a good idea of how the individuals involved feel about your culture and your priorities?

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