I am often struck by the similarity between two groups. Creationists and Intelligent Design/Intelligent Origin Theorists are firmly entrenched in their opinions, and will demand proof of any contrary position well beyond a reasonable doubt, and indeed, beyond an unreasonable doubt.
The left firmly believes there either is no leftward bias in the media, or that the media are actually biased to the right. They will steadfastly ignore any evidence of leftward bias, demanding proof beyond all possible doubt, no matter how unreasonable.
Bill Sammon of the Washington Times sat down for lunch with the Prime Minister of Slovakia, and the conversation turned to the treatment of Bush and the Iraq war by the press.
Mr. Dzurinda [told] the journalists, including one from CNN, that he was "shocked" to see media outlets like CNN and the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) showing "only American soldiers killing people. But nobody was able to show Saddam Hussein, who killed many, many thousands of Iraqi people."
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"It was impossible to see a real picture of this regime," he lamented. "And the result is the public is one day strongly against Bush. 'Bush loves war,' he's 'new terrorist,' and so on and so on."
One advantage the Eastern bloc countries have in this field is that they remember what it was like to live under tyranny. It seems to be something the French have forgotten.
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