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They're also *rare*. So is decent investigative journalism. The majority of newspapers read in this country are biased to the right and contain little or no journalism of any depth, preferring lightweight celebrity based news* or carefully spun Government propaganda (witness today's 'chemical castration' headlines, designed to conceal the frenzied (and welcome) rowback from 'Sarah's Law').
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Yes, I am glad there is one. But that does not mean it is above the other right wing papers when it comes to bias. It is just as guilty as the Mail in many respects when it comes to using emotive language and leading headlines that lean towards its own editorial point of view. This is something they did not do back when they were changing to tabloid and their sales increased.
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I'm sorry, I completely fail to understand your point (it's coming across as 'if you have a point of view, it doesn't matter because by possessing a point of view, you're biased', which is a circular argument).
The Independent told the truth and was vindicated, Blair lied and was found out, then singles out the Independent as an example of where the media go wrong, and *that doesn't matter*?
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It doesn’t matter because you applying the motive you presume Blair had to my comments and I am talking about the media and not Blair. When we are talking about bias then it does not matter that the independent was proved right in its concerns about the Iraq war because throughout the process it continually chose to campaign for their own point of view. This is clear, undeniable bias. Their headlines reflected the view and not always the actions on the ground. It has seemed more interested in assigning blame to Blair/Bush then to report any good that has come out of Iraq.
Its bias. They also ran an anti-Bush headline on the day of the American Election. Its left wing and its biased not at all Independent. The Guardian editorials were also against the Iraq war let they did not feel the need to using leading headlines or use emotive photos and language in their news sections. They often reported what happened, if they had a issue they expressed it in their comment pages and not on the front page as ‘news’