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Wow, this is stunningly ridiculous...
Jul. 2nd, 2013 09:01 pmCNN apparently decided to ask which was worse: the N-word or the term cracker?
And it reminded me of the idea of a bias towards fairness, which I heard about on The Newsroom. Basically, it means that reporters and news stations feel the need to present two sides of an issue even when there are not two sides to the issue. The N-word and cracker are not even remotely comparable; as several people have pointed out since this hit the internet, if you can only say one of them it should answer your question about which is worse right out of the gate.
And it reminded me of the idea of a bias towards fairness, which I heard about on The Newsroom. Basically, it means that reporters and news stations feel the need to present two sides of an issue even when there are not two sides to the issue. The N-word and cracker are not even remotely comparable; as several people have pointed out since this hit the internet, if you can only say one of them it should answer your question about which is worse right out of the gate.
