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Old 02-02-12, 11:56 AM   #39
joegrundman
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Originally Posted by tater View Post

People tend to only notice bias contrary to their own. So if you think there is little bias in your particular are of interest, it likely just means you share the same biases.
ain't that the truth.

thanks for the book recommendations tater. i will look into them.

I have one on the pacific war written in the 1970s by a BBC journalist called John Costello. The biases are pretty blatant by today's standards, but if you notice them you can work around them. Very interesting nonetheless.
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