by Jim Ball | Nov 12, 2020 | Blog, Media, Media Bias, Random Notes
It’s very easy to blame the media for their bias and misinformation and it really does exist but I think we need to assume that that is already baked into our assumptions and drives our skepticism and that it’s up to each person to ferret around and find out what’s... by Jim Ball | Oct 13, 2020 | Blog, Drive by Media, Media, Media Bias, Random Notes
Back in 2004, American talk radio host Rush Limbaugh coined the phrase “the drive by media” to describe and compare some elements of the mainstream media, with that of a casual, “drive by“ gang that fires random gun shots at no specific target in no specific... by Jim Ball | Mar 20, 2020 | Blog, Coronavirus, Media, Media Bias, Random Notes |
There has always been different takes on the news of the day and something I’ve never forgotten was the observation by a guest speaker in the 1980’s at a marketing seminar, a variation of a CS Lewis quote: ‘What you see depends on where you stand’ Take... by Jim Ball | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog, Media, Media Bias
An illuminating read and a case study of selective bias that works on the principle that although all the facts are presented, they are not presented together in an “on the one hand but on the other hand” fair and balancedkind of way. Crucial facts that... by Jim Ball | Sep 27, 2017 | Blog, Media, Media Bias, The Left |
Seriously worth a watch. Bill O’Reilly back on Fox for a one off interview with Sean Hannity.Together they traverse much the same ground and range of issues that are going on here in Australia, particularly identity politics along with the grievance mongering and... 
by Jim Ball | Sep 18, 2017 | Blog, Media Bias, The ABC |
Do you ever get the impression that you’ve dropped down an Alice in Wonderland, rabbit hole? That you’re somehow caught up in one of those whacky sideshow alley hall of mirrors? The world of the concave and the convex where nothing is as it should be and...