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NYPD podcasts
Heard about this on NY1 this morning: The NYPD has started podcasting. The first 6:44 podcast gives details of traffic rerouting for this week's UN General Assembly, some advice on preventing identity theft (nothing new to most, but a nice touch), and a phone interview with the commander of the 300 NYPD officers in New Orleans. The plan is to make this a regular feature for advisories and news about the NYPD. The news, of course, is a little biased, but it's nice to see the outreach effort, and being able to listen to the street closings on demand in the car is a great thing.
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Adam said 12:07PM on 9-15-2005
When does a podcast become biased as opposed to 'from the viewpoint of the NYPD?
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Jay Savage said 12:51PM on 9-15-2005
When it takes less time to type one word than a 5-word phrase that means exactly the same thing.
bi·as P Pronunciation Key (b?'?s)
n.
1. line going diagonally across the grain of fabric: Cut the cloth on the bias.
2. a. preference or an inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment. (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bias)
I don't think it's unfair to call the news included in the podcast biased. The producer made some very careful choices about what to mention, carefully calculated to paint the NYPD in the best light. That's fine; obviously they have a good PR person. I'm all for that. We wouldn't know much about anything if it weren't for press releases.
Notice I didn't use the word I would have used for most Federal press releases coming out of NOLA at the moment, "propaganda". That's because I don't think the NYPD is trying to cover any thing up or make the situation appear otherwise than it is, nor do I think that NYPD officers have been involved in the atrocities that are being committed.
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