APairofDocks

No we can't. The jeep patrol you are talking about is the same incident that I posted. Hamas fired the rocket at the jeep after it made an incursion into Gaza, during which it killed the kid.

Edit: mistake; the jeep incident occurred AFTER Israel had already killed a Palestinian boy; they are in fact, two different incidents, but the jeep incident still took place after Israel had already killed someone.

Incorrect; Israel broke the ceasefire.

According to Israeli negotiators, Jaabari was also in the midst of negotiating a comprehensive long-term ceasefire with Israel.

(2) We're democratic. Extreme views will tend to be ranked down. (3) If we're flooded with people from one point of view, we'll actively recruit people from opposing points of view, to make sure we have a balanced community. In a democracy, a balanced community will mean a balanced vote.

These say nothing about neutrality or bias.

An idea that is inaccurate can be popular, just as two opposing perspectives may not be equally valid. How many people are you going to recruit to show "the opposing view" the next time someone argues that Obama has been officially abducted by aliens?

This is not a policy for neutral or unbiased news, it is a policy for mediocrity and low standards.

You might even argue that a good journalist is someone who does cover unpopular or inconvenient stories -- the kind the public may not want to, but needs to, hear. Under this model, such a journalist would basically be buried, and/or you would go out of your way to undermine his views by attracting people from an opposing perspective to "balance" him out.

I think it's hilarious how Al-Jazeera's lack of bias in favor of Israel gets re-cast as bias against it. AJ's reporting is fairly consistent with the international record on Israel, it is media elsewhere (cough the United States) that is constantly distorting facts, casualty statistics, asking Israeli officials instead of doing objective research, etc.

Honestly the fact that this is top comment right now is a fucking embarrassment on Reddit's part.

Khali balak ya Sayed.