New Website: www.foxisbias.com - Democratic Underground

stewert

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jul-14-10 10:05 AM
Original message

New Website: www.foxisbias.com

Hey folks, a friend of mine has just started a new website. He is going to document the bias at Fox, and try to update it every day. Now all he needs is some hits and for people to bookmark the site and check it once in a while.

www.foxisbias.com

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

MineralMan

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jul-14-10 10:12 AM
Response to Original message

1. Tell your friend that bias is a noun.

Edited on Wed Jul-14-10 10:15 AM by MineralMan

Fox isn't bias. Fox cannot be "bias." Bias is a noun, meaning fixed ideas based on emotion.

The word he/she wants for this website is "biased." That's the adjective.

foxisbias is meaningless. Fox is biased makes sense. Much better would be: www.foxisbiased.com That URL is taken, though, as you might expect.

Just a suggestion. Another suggestion is proofreading. The site could definitely use some. For example:

"The audio of the Mel Gibson racist insane rant to hiss girlfriend is out, including this from Gibson:"

Is his girlfriend a snake? A cat? That's the first sentence of content on the site. A pity.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

rocktivity

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jul-14-10 10:15 AM
Response to Reply #1

3. Fox News HAS ideas based on emotion

Edited on Wed Jul-14-10 10:18 AM by rocktivity

Foxbiases.com would be a little more accurate, but I think Foxbias is snappier. It can work.

:headbang:
rocktivity

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

MineralMan

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jul-14-10 10:17 AM
Response to Reply #3

5. It's a competitive world out there. Quality rises.

This is what I do for a living....website content.

The expectations are high out there. It's important to get things right, or you're just wasting your time.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

EOTE

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jul-14-10 10:15 AM
Response to Reply #1

4. Nouns can be other nouns.

For instance, I can be a nun or a priest. I know saying "Fox is bias" sounds a bit odd, but if Fox is nothing but bias, it could make sense to say it.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

MineralMan

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jul-14-10 10:22 AM
Response to Reply #4

7. True, but not in this case.

If I say, for example, "EOTE is bias," that's simply ungrammatical. "EOTE is biased" is not. Bias is not something that can be used that way. It's just not.

It's a very common error, but it's an error, nevertheless. Equivalence requires comparable nouns.

For example, "I am Everyone." is grammatical, since both I and Everyone are examples of human beings.

"Fox is News" is grammatical, if incorrect.

"Fox is Bias" is just damn poor English.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

EOTE

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jul-14-10 10:37 AM
Response to Reply #7

9. It's like saying that Fox is equal to bias. It's called a metaphor.

And it is grammatically correct. Metaphors are not meant to be taken literally.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

11 Bravo

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jul-14-10 10:17 AM
Response to Reply #1

6. It can be construed as Fox personifies bias (and ain't that the truth).

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

MineralMan

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jul-14-10 10:24 AM
Response to Reply #6

8. It can, if you really, really stretch it.

However, it's such a common grammatical error that it won't be seen that way by anyone who has reasonable English skills.

I see that misuse all over the internet. "Rush Limbaugh is bias," does not mean the same thing as "Rush Limbaugh is biased." Construe all you want. Grammar counts.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

LeftinOH

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jul-14-10 10:14 AM
Response to Original message

2. "Fox is bias" suggests that the definition of 'bias' should be changed to include Fox News;

Edited on Wed Jul-14-10 10:16 AM by LeftinOH

if the website was called "Fox is biased" it is stating that Fox News' reporting is biased. Which shall it be?

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Wed May 08th 2024, 03:26 PM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.