tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post3016512681753381769..comments2024-03-26T19:10:00.791-04:00Comments on West Coast Stat Views (on Observational Epidemiology and more): There's always Ann Coulter.. No,wait. Strike that.Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760453165301871031noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-70794201300454493752016-08-30T21:15:41.563-04:002016-08-30T21:15:41.563-04:00I recall Thomas Mann and/or Norman Ornstein commen...I recall Thomas Mann and/or Norman Ornstein commenting that reporters frequently complain to them that editors insert lots of false equivalencies but it's the reporters who get the criticism. Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705408455380402571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-21894507064840693262016-08-30T13:04:48.153-04:002016-08-30T13:04:48.153-04:00I believe there was a Pat Buchanan quote from the ...I believe there was a Pat Buchanan quote from the 1990's about how the complaints about the "liberal media" were just an attempt to "work the refs."<br /><br />I wonder how much of this working of the refs is achieved via high-level pressures that make management want to avoid offending sponsors and other powerful interests, and how much of it is cultural and psychological, appealing to the typical reporter's reasonable desire to avoid unfair reporting.Alex Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570010094558735159noreply@blogger.com