Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site wateng.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!wateng!broehl From: broehl@wateng.UUCP (Bernie Roehl) Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: Sagan/Space Message-ID: <1640@wateng.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Nov-84 10:59:41 EST Article-I.D.: wateng.1640 Posted: Fri Nov 9 10:59:41 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Nov-84 09:07:01 EST References: <4117@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 17 True, the Planetary Society magazine has had both pro and con views on the space station. However, as anyone with any journalistic experience will tell you, there is a strong editorial bias *against* the station. Look at things like where the articles are placed, the order they come in, the tone they take, and how effective they are at persuading you, and the bias of the magazine becomes clear. I suspect I won't be renewing my subscription, not so much because I disagree with the positions the magazine takes as because of the way it tries to influence its readers opinions. I'd rather have a magazine that says "we feel this way, here's why" than a magazine that appears to be presenting a balanced view when in fact it's trying to subtly swing its readership in a particular direction. -- -Bernie Roehl (University of Waterloo) ...decvax!watmath!wateng!broehl 73:78:79:14:y:y:4.2BSD:microcomputer,software,theatre,comedy,improvisation