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Originally Posted by JavaBlack
It strikes me that most people have their opinions before the media are involved. The media reports tend to just affirm them. It's either "This backs up what I think" or "That (*)(*)(*)(*) biased media!"
I don't think soldiers are any different in this regard, other than the type of bias they are likely to have pre-media.
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I fully acknowledge that this is how I am. I have tried to be more objective than "That (*)(*)(*)(*) biased media," and try to determine what the real truth is, but I am definitely biased toward news sources that habitually confirm what I had already thought about the situation.