Bias is something we don't necessarily consider unless we have different accounts of a situation mentioned in a newspaper article. I have some English press cuttings of court cases from the 1920/30s collected by my great grandfather and they make for very interesting reading. Each newspaper has a different view of the proceedings. I have scanned some of them and at some point will probably publish an article or two about them.
I have had personal inside knowledge of three major news stories in my life. I found myself saying, "What the hell are they even talking about?" The serial killer got caught, the dirty congressman "retired" and the falsely accused Federal agent was eventually exonerated. Justice, more or less.
This is something I have been thinking about a lot as I've been doing some research in the Reconstruction era. Then, much like now, the country was incredibly polarized politically. It can be really difficult to try to suss out the truth from newspaper accounts of anything during that time, even if I use sources from both "sides".
So true. I have a great-grand uncle who was in a horrific train accident. Depending on which newspaper account you read, "his leg would probably need amputating" or he was listed in "fair" condition. The reporters certainly had a way of making the stories pull you in. The "click-bait" of the day.
Somewhere I have a photo of myself sitting next to the statue of the locally famous dog, "Dirty Biter." La Conner is a delightful artsy, historic town on Pudget Sound. Worth a visit if you are in the area. Nice story.
Bias is something we don't necessarily consider unless we have different accounts of a situation mentioned in a newspaper article. I have some English press cuttings of court cases from the 1920/30s collected by my great grandfather and they make for very interesting reading. Each newspaper has a different view of the proceedings. I have scanned some of them and at some point will probably publish an article or two about them.
I have had personal inside knowledge of three major news stories in my life. I found myself saying, "What the hell are they even talking about?" The serial killer got caught, the dirty congressman "retired" and the falsely accused Federal agent was eventually exonerated. Justice, more or less.
This is something I have been thinking about a lot as I've been doing some research in the Reconstruction era. Then, much like now, the country was incredibly polarized politically. It can be really difficult to try to suss out the truth from newspaper accounts of anything during that time, even if I use sources from both "sides".
So true. I have a great-grand uncle who was in a horrific train accident. Depending on which newspaper account you read, "his leg would probably need amputating" or he was listed in "fair" condition. The reporters certainly had a way of making the stories pull you in. The "click-bait" of the day.
Somewhere I have a photo of myself sitting next to the statue of the locally famous dog, "Dirty Biter." La Conner is a delightful artsy, historic town on Pudget Sound. Worth a visit if you are in the area. Nice story.