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"...we need an elected team of referees, moderators and editorial board to manage multiple inputs, moderate, analyze, summarize, conclude or leave it open. With such an arrangement, casual readers get democratically moderated reasoned summary and they have access to all the raw data, analysis, and arguments of all participants. What is more, the readers themselves can participate and contribute at any stage. Thanks to technology."
Any elected body will tend to reflect the bias of the electorate. Not if this electorate is the general public, then that is appropriate, however, if the electorate is a subset of another group, such as Congress, National Media representatives, or any other body you may choose, then the oppotunity to again skew the data and reporting becomes emense.
Raw data in itself can be misleading. If I want to write a story on the current state of the Republican Foriegn Policy, as an example, and omly interview Barbara Boxer and John Kerry, but on the premise of protecting my sources, I choose not to reveal their names or party affiliations, etc., I can then give you very peersuasive raw data but still have a very biased story.
Long story short, I do not believe that any system we can devise can provide a free, open press yet force intergrety. We can only have a free and open press which we then view with some level of sketicism and do enough personal research to formulate our own opinions. - Posted by: Mack DaNife Posted on: 01/19/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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