Word: bias
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...long ago, the nation's tire industry was traveling a bumpy road. Safety crusaders had undermined public confidence in its standard product, the so-called "bias ply" tire, and worried manufacturers began experimenting with new designs and materials. That led to one of the most rapid, jarring turnabouts in the industry's history...
Goodyear, the biggest wheel in the business, swung over to safer, more durable and costlier "bias belted" tires. The company's $20 million advertising campaign, featuring sporty cars and racy women, created a runaway demand for its belted models. In 1968 more than 93% of new cars came with the old bias-ply tires; but 85% of the 1970 models were equipped with the new belted ones...
THERE is a definite pragmatic bias in Foreign Policy articles. They all tend to argue a case, a series of recommendations for immediate policy actions rather than vague speculation about international problems, and they all deal directly with American foreign policy, not with the internal problems of other countries. But Foreign Policy to this point has reflected one prevailing bias, a sort of liberalism which argues for solutions within the current governmental structure, and the magazine is preoccupied with the problem of manipulating the government internally...
Often TV editing actually makes subjects look better rather than worse. People who speak redundantly and in non-sentences in an interview may appear articulate and convincing after editing. One former CBS producer recalls how "I spent much of my time making Eisenhowers sound like Demostheneses." But bias, conscious or unconscious, sometimes leads an editor to play down those parts of a speech, news conference or interview to which he is unsympathetic. Bias aside, TV cutters frequently overplay the sensational element in a statement and miss the sense...
Decision to punish will reflect what is already an established bias for the rights of academicians to undisrupted peace and quiet over the rights of Third World people to life itself. This bias can be seen in Harvard's continuing sponsorship of Henry Kissinger, and those at Harvard who would eagerly take his place. The two rights come into conflict...