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re: Op Ed: Reveille Disregards Conservative Students, Opinions
Posted on 11/30/16 at 7:02 am to VictoryHill
Posted on 11/30/16 at 7:02 am to VictoryHill
I find it ironic that he is accusing the paper of not allowing for diversity of thought, yet consistently attacks them because of specific articles that do not match his political opinions.
He cites two pieces to show how the paper is left leaning, while going on about lack of empirical evidence for an opinion held about voters in the recent election. I hate to break it to you, but his sample size makes his basis feel a bit annecdotal.
The problem with the way we get the news these days is that we tend to only seek out narratives that meet our particular confirmation bias. Furthermore, the news media consistently blends opinion with fact. It puts a slant on an article, and makes it difficult for casual consumers to detect. Therefore we tend to only read sources we trust, but may only trust them because they consistently match our view.
My recommendation is to read broadly from multiple angles to get a feel for how everyone views a particular issue, and form your own opinion. We all accuse the other side of not listening, when in reality we may not be doing such a good job either.
He cites two pieces to show how the paper is left leaning, while going on about lack of empirical evidence for an opinion held about voters in the recent election. I hate to break it to you, but his sample size makes his basis feel a bit annecdotal.
The problem with the way we get the news these days is that we tend to only seek out narratives that meet our particular confirmation bias. Furthermore, the news media consistently blends opinion with fact. It puts a slant on an article, and makes it difficult for casual consumers to detect. Therefore we tend to only read sources we trust, but may only trust them because they consistently match our view.
My recommendation is to read broadly from multiple angles to get a feel for how everyone views a particular issue, and form your own opinion. We all accuse the other side of not listening, when in reality we may not be doing such a good job either.
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Posted on 11/30/16 at 7:07 am to Bmath
Logic has no place to extremists
This post was edited on 8/5/17 at 11:39 am
Posted on 11/30/16 at 7:36 am to Bmath
Being for a diversity of opinion doesn't mean that there can't be disagreement.
And it's not anecdotal. It's fact. For an op-ed in a campus newspaper, I'd think 2 recent examples of hardcore liberalism is enough. He's speaking to the students who read the paper daily and know this. The case is already built for students who read the paper. He's just pointing out the obvious...finally.
Here are your TDR politics/opinion columnists. Find me a conservative article.
Clarke Perkins
Brianna Rhymes
Jordan Marcell
Lynne Bunch
Ryan Thaxton
John Harp
Myia Hambrick
And it's not anecdotal. It's fact. For an op-ed in a campus newspaper, I'd think 2 recent examples of hardcore liberalism is enough. He's speaking to the students who read the paper daily and know this. The case is already built for students who read the paper. He's just pointing out the obvious...finally.
Here are your TDR politics/opinion columnists. Find me a conservative article.
Clarke Perkins
Brianna Rhymes
Jordan Marcell
Lynne Bunch
Ryan Thaxton
John Harp
Myia Hambrick
This post was edited on 11/30/16 at 7:53 am
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:42 am to Bmath
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He cites two pieces to show how the paper is left leaning, while going on about lack of empirical evidence for an opinion held about voters in the recent election. I hate to break it to you, but his sample size makes his basis feel a bit annecdotal.
I think the reason for only a few examples is simply that this is an opinion piece in a school newspaper and it can't be that long. I'm not an LSU student anymore, so I don't regularly read the Reveille; however, I scrolled through the rest of the "Opinion" section on the site and every other piece is left leaning. The overall point of this Op Ed was to say that, in a school of over 25,000 students, the paper could and should do a better job of representing multiple schools of thought and not just drive one agenda. I think it is a solid point and something that the Reveille should consider. When any paper begins only pushing one agenda (whether it's right or left or otherwise) it loses credibility with readers.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 5:55 pm to Bmath
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I find it ironic that he is accusing the paper of not allowing for diversity of thought, yet consistently attacks them because of specific articles that do not match his political opinions.
What?
Requesting the paper and its columnists to provide neutral or conservative stances as opposed to a vast majority of left-leaning propaganda contrasted against the context of my piece is not ironic.
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He cites two pieces to show how the paper is left leaning, while going on about lack of empirical evidence for an opinion held about voters in the recent election. I hate to break it to you, but his sample size makes his basis feel a bit annecdotal.
There's other issues to consider when submitting a piece. Spacing and word length among them. I elected to go with quality over quantity. Do your own research on the paper and draw your own conclusions. Trust me, you won't arrive at the opinion that it's a neutral paper.
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