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> Roy Schestowitz stated in post 6804261.R8hb0ThOEG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 7/4/11
> 11:22 PM:
>
> ...
>>>> About software patents, media, etc.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.muktware.com/news/02/2011/1636
>>>>
>>>> Hope you like it... :-)
>>>
>>> In the interview you say:
>>>
>>> "Biased" is a word people use to describe one whose
>>> convictions are strong and vocal. ... People who call you
>>> "biased" to discredit a claim are probably not fence sitters,
>>> i.e. these are people whom you may never have been able to
>>> convince in the first place. The use of the word is a shrewd
>>> attempt to discourage fence sitters from assessing the
>>> opposing point of view. To be labeled "bias" may sometimes
>>> mean that you are effective at what you do.
>>>
>>> So your own "bias" is not, in your view, something you see as bad. But of
>>> others and their biases, you say:
>>>
>>> When the media puts business before information, we become
>>> susceptible to biased priorities, which is also why we
>>> continue to have all sorts of disinformation outside the
>>> field of computing.
>>> ...
>>> There are many different approaches to selling bias (e.g. PR,
>>> lobbying) and also to providing alleged information (e.g.
>>> analyst reports, endorsements).
>>> ...
>>> Needless to add, a few years ago many former Microsoft UK
>>> executives joined the BBC, which whether they intend to or
>>> not, will likely result in bias (tinted glasses vision).
>>>
>>> So when people point out your bias they are making shred attempts to prevent
>>> folks from looking at both sides... but then you call others biased... doing
>>> the exact thing you imply is wrong. Your biases are fine... other's who
>>> disagree are not. You are showing a meta-bias. :)
>>
>> Everyone has a bias. It's called an opinion.
>
> So why imply yours are fine but others' are not?
Where did I imply that?
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