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Re: Ender's Game Review

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The idea that the media is biased in general is decried only by conservatives. I've yet to hear one person claim that there's a conservative bias. Conservative TV and radio networks use it to play the ref. They get a segment of the population to watch them that way. Orson Scott Card should be smart enough to know better. I wouldn't even mind if he pointed out factually accurate examples (though that's still mistaking…

I'm not going to continue the attack/defense of Card, because I think its in poor taste. I will, however, correct your statement about media bias. Google "Conservative Media Bias" -- lots of folks see conservative media bias. We have a few liberal friends that fall into this category, just as we have a few conservatives lambasting the liberal bias. Try visiting Media Matters for America, an entire non-profit "dedicat…

I don't know why you think pointing our that Card is harming America is in bad taste. A bit off-topic perhaps. The guy is a decent writer and persuasive, but repeatedly writes articles full of blatant fallacies to convince people of harmful things. Homophobia, liberal media bias, global warming, etc. He's like a conservative Michael Moore.

Re: Ender's Game Review

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This is utterly unfair. There aren't any ads on that site and the author does not market himself or his site at all.

I disagree. Is money the only motivation? A ton of people blog for the attention, to feel smart, SEO for future endeavors etc. Forums, blogs, and blog comments are full of people tossing out trollish or evocative statements for all sorts of motivations. This post exists for the same reason that any trollish forum post exists.

We are both in the realm of speculation about the author's motives here. I don't like this particular essay either, in fact I think it's horrible.

However, my troll detector is silent on this one. I agree with pg that the author isn't deliberately dishonest.

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