Word: biases
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...SPIKE ITSELF is a newspaper term that refers to the metal spike on which editors impale copy they decide not to print--for different reasons, including when they do not sympathize with its politics. It implies bias by omission, and calls into question the meaning of "objectivity" in journalism. The two celebrated writers who wrote the book have a straightforward answer: Objectivity doesn't exist. When Hockney first discovers the Soviets may be influencing the American media, his editors shelve the story. In the authors' bipolar world, if you're not with us, you're against...
...Democratic Convention, the press stands united-not only on its editorial pages but also among the clamorings of political columnists -in its lack of enthusiasm for any presidential candidate. The result is to give the 1980 campaign a remarkably honest coverage, free of that bias that critics of the press so often lament. The only difficulty is that no one is providing much advice but simply mirroring the nation's own reluctance to come to judgment...
...neighboring areas that may be the consequence of various difficulties. Says Murray Goldstein, deputy director of the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke: "All treatments are controversial, and the reason is an almost complete lack of controlled clinical trials. Treatments have been based on the bias of the particular physician...
...there is indeed bias, among those responsible for it are orthopedists, who are conventional medicine's chief authorities on the back. When consulted by patients, these and other back specialists will usually start off with some rigorous questioning. When and how did the pain begin? Where is it now located? What treatments have been tried? Do other family members have similar difficulties? The doctor will also inquire closely into the patient's general health, past illnesses, work and leisure activities, even sexual habits. Orthopedic Surgeon J. William Fielding of New York City's St. Luke...
...sessions at the $2 window. Barich reports that during his six-week betting binge he never lost more than $128-or made more than $192. In fact, he gained far more. He wrote an enchanted book and found a soul-sustaining insight: "What was any renaissance but a sudden bias in favor of hope?" Readers can only be biased in favor of more from this gifted centaur...