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MurkyLabs | 10 months ago

Isn't it crazy that the supposed 'biased media' directly targets PBS who I know from watching children's shows as well as NOVA (it's been going for 51 seasons). These shows don't scream biased to me, they scream educational.

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lamename|10 months ago

Education to the uneducated (or those who would prefer we remain uneducated in the face of power) can easily cast any education as "biased" against their purposes. Most people see through that for what it is, but an increasing population of Americans don't.

brnt|10 months ago

“It is a well known fact that reality has liberal bias.”

Wowfunhappy|10 months ago

NOVA regularly acknowledges the existence of climate change.

Some episodes even have the audacity to claim that humans evolved from apes and that the earth is billions of years old!

kurthr|10 months ago

They don't even acknowledge how Unifying, Lovely, and Respectful the Declaration of Independence which started the Revolutionary War was! Where is their discussion of the Continental Army's take over airports during the War?

It was Yyyuuuuuge!

dfxm12|10 months ago

The republicans are intent on gutting education. Having an electorate fluent in science, the ability to test if statements are true or false, etc., are all in direct opposition to their agenda.

2OEH8eoCRo0|10 months ago

They don't know what bias is or they wouldn't watch Fox News and they don't know anything about the orgs they pile on. For example- I read New Yorker (a liberal "rag" I'm told) yet I've read lovely profiles of Amy Coney Barrett and John Thune.

mrguyorama|10 months ago

You must understand, the culture war types are so absurdly radical that BEN SHAPIRO's adult cartoon was considered "woke" because it had a gay character who was the butt of every joke, and that was not harsh enough to satisfy them.

They do not want LGBTQ people to be acknowledged in any way, or be allowed to exist.

They would ban the Golden Girls if they could. They WILL try.

Terr_|10 months ago

> so absurdly radical that BEN SHAPIRO's adult cartoon was considered "woke" because it had a gay character who was the butt of every joke

So I was curious and went searching, and I assume you mean the animated "Chip Chilla" series which has drawn some unflattering comparisons with Bluey.

However I didn't find that particular character or critique, maybe somebody else will have better luck.

_fat_santa|10 months ago

One thing I've noticed is this administration is very online and this is likely a response to conservatives crying that NPR and CPB are biased, which they are to an extent (just listen to the NPR politics podcast for example).

The obvious problem is they are conflating one or two programs with _the entire organization_. I grew up on PBS watching Arthur and Clifford and I'm sure they put out tons of quality content to this day. It's just when Trump thinks of that org he just thinks of the politically biased parts (ie a couple of shows and podcasts that cover Washington politics) and not the massive other parts that provide quality content.

dboreham|10 months ago

To these people educational is a synonym for biased. They depend on uneducated people and they have a chip on their shoulder from being between somewhat and extremely dumb themselves.

tremon|10 months ago

Please don't make the mistake of thinking they're equally stupid as their voters. Many of them know exactly what they are doing and why.