Repeatedly reporting accusations
and giving equal play to refutation
pollutes public opinion, results
in polls fluctuating around fifty-fifty.

Given the fleeting attention most folks
pay to news, and their having to choose
between total bias and perfect balance, it’s
no wonder minds are rarely changed.

An obsessively bi-partisan president adds
to the collective confusion, so we will
continue to teeter until someone succeeds
in untwisting spin into straight news.

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