On: Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for DNC emails – lawyer

[lallysingh]

I think part of it is the source. Fox News, or Huffington Post as another example, are arguably pretty biased in their coverage.

[dleslie → lallysingh]

It is the primary source; he made the claim while interviewed by Hannity.

[rs999gti → lallysingh]

Fox News actually reports news from the news wires and the local Fox new station affiliates. I think that gives Fox News a bit more credibility than HuffPo, which sometimes reads like Gawker.

Though they are still both very partisan.

[DangerousPie → rs999gti]

Then why not link to the news wires directly?

[dalbasal → DangerousPie]

Jeez! Click the link before criticizing it. It's a primary source, an interview with Assange. It's not a wire reprint.

[merpnderp → DangerousPie]

Because Assange made the claims on Fox News. This is the source.

[throwaway0a5e → DangerousPie]

Because the interview in question was conducted by Fox News.

[50ckpuppet → throwaway0a5e]

and Fox News wouldn't run the interview if they didn't like the results, so in that sense they are biased, just like NPR,PBS,CNN,MSNBC and everybody else.

[sudosysgen → lallysingh]

You always have to take bias in context. If the source is claiming that someone said something to them in an interview and the person agrees, then bias is irrelevant.