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Agreed. But we'll never see New York Times put "but of course we'd say that because we're biased af" on their stories. I don't think there is any attempt to offset and account for biases. Business practice for news / social media appears to be: always pander, never challenge.

We as the consumers of this media will begin to think this is passable for critical thought. If the "top" journalists in the world are this lazy, well goshdarnit my opinions are virtually gold standard and as defensible as theirs.