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nearlyepicyesterday at 10:16 PM2 repliesview on HN

So nobody can report facts if it makes the subject of an article look bad (or good)? This idea of unbiased reporting that you have is ridiculous. This isn't a court of law, and not everything needs to rise to that standard.

If you want something free of bias, go read an NTSB report. Even then, that's not a guarantee!!

Stories that involve peoples' motivations and politics are never free of bias. The fact that you think this is possible might betray some bias of your own.


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BeetleBtoday at 2:36 AM

> So nobody can report facts if it makes the subject of an article look bad (or good)?

If the specified goal of the article is to make the subject look bad, then of course it's fine. I've said that in many comments, and I say it again here.

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ivewonyoungtoday at 1:00 AM

The issue is only one side of the bias makes the HN front page. Absolute foaming at the mouth nonsensical "articles" about Tesla with terrible predictions, sometimes just outright fake news that someone just made up which BlueSky, Reddit, BlueAnon and HN just lap up, which cheapens HN.

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