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From: broehl@wateng.UUCP (Bernie Roehl)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Sagan/Space
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Date: Fri, 9-Nov-84 10:59:41 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  9 10:59:41 1984
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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)
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