Originally posted by SaburoS
I hate using absolutes. It would be interesting to find documentaries where the finished film was in direct contrast of the starting points/ideas.
Regards,
Nuke aka SaburoS 
changing your bias doesn't mean you don't have one.
I suppose you could make something without bias. but nobody would watch it, because it would have to be a subject that nobody gives a crap about.
if a topic is worth investigating, people have opinions about it, and if you have an opinion it effects how you present the work, you tend to ignore or discount evidence that 'doesn't fit' with the way you see the world, while giving undue weight to things that justify your beliefs. it's just the way we work, you couldn't avoid it if you tried.
take this BBS as an example. most Dems (myself included) have no problem seeing these accusations of Bush as true. speaking for myself I didn't much trust him to begin with, and a lot of the statements and reasons (or lack of) for the Iraq war, combined with his VP's involvement in a company that is profiting from it, and receiving preferential treatment, only goes to reaffirm what we already suspected.
while the republicans think he's a good guy (I guess), and see any allegations of scandal or immoral activity as so below the man that they find it ridiculous and not worthy of considering, let alone actually investigating.
I thinks the Reps are more than a bit naive, where this administrations conduct is concerned, but thats my bias, to my way of thinking if they where capable of clear logical thinking we wouldn't even be having this discussion, because they'd be seeing things my way.
