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Scapegoats!

Scapegoats!

Nero was the Emperor of the Roman Empire from 54 A.D. to 68 A.D. History has, for the most part, put the blame for the massive fire in Rome during Nero’s reign at the feet of - Nero. Nero loved to construct buildings and many historians believe that Nero had buildings torched so new ones could replace them. But things got out of hand and large sections of Rome were burned.

Bias Covering Israel

Bias Covering Israel

A few days ago while watching the evening news I kept hearing the news anchor teasing me that two airplanes had collided and that the details would be forthcoming at some later point during the newscast. After three teases and three breaks, the news finally did come up, but it wasn’t newsworthy at all. It seems that a parked Southwest Airlines plane backed up to leave the gate and clipped another parked airliner with the tip of its wing. Somehow that fender bender had become worthy of national news coverage. The report illustrates the fact that network news has a bias towards sensationalism, and that it will manufacture that sensationalism if it doesn’t occur naturally.

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