The subject is effectively decentred, depersonalised and emptied of its ideological, subjective content, through training and socialisation, but also via automation and laboratory equipment.
"It's an ideological issue".
You know, documentaries: those high-minded, rule-bound and often densely ideological single-subject nonfiction specials that now appear on virtually every channel, on topics ranging from rich people to evangelicals to fast food.
He is looking for ways to erase ideological divides, a subject matter so much in his thoughts that when he issued a statement Friday about a natural disaster in India, he said, "Earthquakes know no political boundaries".
Those who approach the subject from outside, attempting to impose an ideological grid on a subject they do not try to understand are bound to make serious mistakes.
The MRC would never subject its ideological fellow travelers at Fox News to such a study — in addition to not wanting to jeopardize future appearances on Fox News and Fox Business by MRC talking heads, the fact is that even conservative-leaning researcher Robert Lichter admits Fox News' coverage of Trump has skewed negative.
And Lula has pledged not to take an "ideological stance" on the subject.
In addition to these methodological criticisms, the functional approach has also been subject to ideological, political criticism.
Among them was the leader of the Communist Party, Aleka Papariga, who said Greeks were being subjected to "ideological terrorism" and should not give in to "coercive dilemmas".
In short, both Mr. Romney and Mr. Obama have adopted the favored position of their ideological base on a subject that profoundly animates both of those camps.
