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I think we should clarify what "bias" means...

Submitted by gretavo on Wed, 2010-01-27 21:11.

And it can mean several things.  I think you're using the word in the sense I've italicized below, whereas we're concerned with the meanings in bold.

3 a : bent, tendency b : an inclination of temperament or outlook; especially : a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment : prejudice c : an instance of such prejudice d (1) : deviation of the expected value of a statistical estimate from the quantity it estimates (2) : systematic error introduced into sampling or testing by selecting or encouraging one outcome or answer over others

I don't think anyone here is arguing that a bias in the sense that you describe, in favor of sound research and polite behavior, should not in fact inform the policies in effect at 911blogger.  I think that it should be clear by now that the biases we are concerned with are those reflected in the tendency for certain claims to be exempt from standards to which other claims are stringently held.

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