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Show me a news paper without a political bent? Centerism or balance for the sake of balance is also a political bent. The Guardian does a better job than most in reporting hard facts and news about the world.

I wonder if you apply your standard for quality to everything you read in an unbiased way?

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Centrism isn't the same as "unbiased". That would be the "truth lies in the middle" fallacy.

Let's take global warming. Some people on the right may say it doesn't exist. Some people on the left may say it exists and it is a great danger. The "middle ground" would probably be something like "It exists, but it is not such a great danger". The "unbiased" view would be whatever the science says.

> I wonder if you apply your standard for quality to everything you read in an unbiased way?

No. I don't apply it to HN comments, for instance.

You're agreeing with my point.

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