I could not agree more with you. I have found that people commit emotionally to a series of stances some of often contradict each other and once thus committed no facts or arguments , no matter how compelling will shift their views. I will personally admit to being one of these persons while watching my local football team where the opposition team use all sorts of underhand methods to stop the Jags from scoring. However once the match is over I can take a more reasonable view and see that my team employ similar tactics.
I find that many take personal offence at having their views challenged.
Perhaps it is my love of a good argument that welcomes someone challenging my views and although I may not admit it at the time my views can be moderated by a sufficiently good set of facts or argument except when it comes to referees.
"Mishal Husain later defended the BBC’s reporting on the Today programme by saying that the BBC were simply broadcasting competing claims. But that’s not the job, as Robin Day pointed out 30 years ago." Well said. Now how many journalists does it take to figure out that Hammas might be lying about an attack on a hospital?
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I could not agree more with you. I have found that people commit emotionally to a series of stances some of often contradict each other and once thus committed no facts or arguments , no matter how compelling will shift their views. I will personally admit to being one of these persons while watching my local football team where the opposition team use all sorts of underhand methods to stop the Jags from scoring. However once the match is over I can take a more reasonable view and see that my team employ similar tactics.
I find that many take personal offence at having their views challenged.
Perhaps it is my love of a good argument that welcomes someone challenging my views and although I may not admit it at the time my views can be moderated by a sufficiently good set of facts or argument except when it comes to referees.
"Mishal Husain later defended the BBC’s reporting on the Today programme by saying that the BBC were simply broadcasting competing claims. But that’s not the job, as Robin Day pointed out 30 years ago." Well said. Now how many journalists does it take to figure out that Hammas might be lying about an attack on a hospital?