I'm really not interested in having another Prop 8 discussionment. It seems most people are extremely ill-informed on what Prop 8 actually does and current California and Federal law. Instead, I'm going to address media objectivity or, more accurately, the lack of.
I like objectivity in my news and can detect bias immediately. That's why I avoid watching MSNBC or reading the L.A. Times, both of which favor "liberal" policies too much to be a credible source of information. Society as a whole has been exposed to so much of this "liberal" thought that it cannot tolerate or fathom conservative voices. For example, some people think I'm a right-wing radical. When we did the political spectrum test in Government class, I was indeed much more conservative than the rest of the class; everyone leaned to the far left while I was dead in the center. Extreme is mainstream and moderate extreme.
The recent coverage of Prop 8 has been tinged with media bias. A quick search on Yahoo! News revealed four pages (I was afraid to look any further) of articles sympathetic to the No On 8 positions. The L.A. Times is giving extensive coverage of the No On 8 rallies and throws in stories of the protesters receiving anti-gay slurs from passer-byers. Not surprisingly, they have never mentioned any of the anger, insults, and thumbs-downs directed toward the Yes On 8 rallies. Is one form of hate more justified than the other?
The L.A. Times is, of course, extremely happy that democracy won and Obama was elected. And they're extremely unhappy that democracy won and Prop 8 passed. I suppose democracy should only matter if one likes the results.
Perhaps the reason people are so ill-informed on Prop 8 is because the media chooses not to inform them, opting instead to disguise their own opinions with journalism.
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