# Unbiased America 2017 awards

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbiased-america-2017-awards/805773>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 2, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbiased-america-2017-awards/805773 "2018-01-02T22:34:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbiased-america-2017-awards/805773/1 "2018-01-02T22:34:26Z")

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And the Media Personality of the year goes to: [Tucker Carlson](https://www.facebook.com/UnbiasedAmerica/photos/a.130184327167571.1073741828.123061011213236/735663716619626/?type=3&theater)!

_Unbiased America_ claims their goal is

> [@](#):
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> 1. To create a platform for discussion and debate available to all, regardless of ideology.
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> 2. To analyze the social, political, and economic issues of the day using facts and sources instead of empty ideological platitudes.
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> 3. To discuss our conclusions without the animosity, rhetoric, and anger that permeates most online debate these days.
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> What “biased” means:
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> - Merriam-Webster: “Having or showing an unfair tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc., are better than others”
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> - The Cambridge Dictionary: “Showing an unreasonable preference or dislike based on personal opinion.”
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> - American Heritage Dictionary: “prejudiced (holding unreasonable preconceived judgments or convictions)”
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> - Oxford Dictionary: “Unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something”

I’m not seeing any active web presence of theirs other than the facebook feed, which has over 100k likes.

Seems like a haven for the right-leaning anti-anti-Trump crowd where any outrage or protest against the president is an immediate cue to hone in on and expose whoever is saying the most unhinged, wacky sounding thing.

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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbiased-america-2017-awards/805773/2 "2018-01-02T22:52:12Z")

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So they’re claiming that Tucker Carlson is unbiased? HAHAHA!!!

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**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbiased-america-2017-awards/805773/3 "2018-01-02T23:11:19Z")

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Conservative media critics focus on bias, by which they mean the facts hurt their feelings. Check out today’s Accuracy in Media page:

> **[Accuracy In Media](https://aim.org/)**
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> Accuracy in Media uses citizen activism and investigative journalism to expose media bias, corruption, and public policy failings.

[INDENT]Here’s what AIM is outraged about. None of them involve factual accuracy:

Top 2 stories, Brian McNicoll:

“Washington Post: Tax Cuts Will Embolden Dems to Take Trump On in 2020”

“Here Are the Four Most Hysterical Reactions to the Tax Bill Passing”

Biaswatch:  
CNN’s New Year’s Eve Coverage Goes to Pot

Top Bias Watch Blogs in 2017: Tucker Carlson Slaughtering Ratings in Replacing Megyn Kelly

On Target Blog:  
CNN Criticizes Trump’s ‘Visceral’ Tweets, Defends Obama’s ‘Caution’

NBC News: ‘Trump Welcomes New Year With Lavish Party at Private Club’  
[/INDENT] (MfM: I thought Carlson replaced Bill O’Reilly. 😕)

Liberal media critics focus on accuracy, bigotry, and batshit insane claims. Check out the front page of the watchdogs Media Matters for America: [https://www.mediamatters.org/](https://www.mediamatters.org/)

[INDENT] Lead story:  
Alex Jones: “Old lizard” Carrie Fisher may have been murdered to increase Star Wars revenue. Alex Jones suggests he won’t see another Star Wars movie because of “every bad guy being a man and all of the commanders being women”

Top 2 below:

Fox News report on Colorado gunman ignores his white supremacist connections

The president spent his holiday tweeting at the television

Under Latest:

Fox News reported on proposed monument to black South Carolina Confederates. There actually were none.

New study: Facebook “the most important mechanism facilitating” fake news  
[/INDENT] Ok, one of the MMA headlines didn’t involve accuracy or bigotry. Still, the weight of the evidence is clear: modern movement conservative whining papers over an inner fragility with regards to factual reporting.