well, to be strict, that is clearly *not* a statement about someone's
opinion, but rather about someone's actions; 'she says' does not imply
'she believes'. (01)
but ignoring these picky details, what would 'concerned with opinion
rather than with facts' mean, so that one could classify a statement as
subjective rather than objective? what should the form of a statement
be so that you would say 'that is clearly a subjective statement'? (02)
vQ (03)
John F. Sowa wrote:
> Wacek,
>
> That is clearly an objective statement about somebody's
> subjective opinion:
>
> > It sounds as if my saying 'the earth is flat' were
> > an objective statement, while 'i think that the earth
> > is flat' were a subjective statement. Is my saying
> > 'she says the earth is flat' an objective or a
> > subjective statement?
>
> In fact, journalists take advantage of that loophole:
>
> 1. Opinions in a newspaper are supposed to be confined
> to the editorial pages.
>
> 2. The news pages are supposed to be objective.
>
> 3. But the news pages can contain quotations by
> politicians who state their opinions.
>
> 4. Therefore, journalists can claim objectivity while
> biasing their reporting by their choice of quotations.
>
> John
>
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