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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eddiespin, post: 450399, member: 4920&quot;]Don&#039;t know exactly where you&#039;re getting your usage of the term from but you&#039;re certainly entitled to think what you want. As far as the relevance of that analogy goes, you might consider both the producer/director and owner have personal stakes in the matter and as such can be supposed to exhibit some degree of distortion due to personal prejudices and biases. Here it is (emphasis supplied)...the dictionary-definition...should you still remain unconvinced as to the accepted usage of the term and/or relevance of the analogy...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ob·jec·tive</b>&nbsp; (b-jktv), adj.</p><p>1. Of or having to do with a material object. </p><p>2. Having actual existence or reality. </p><p>3a. Uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices: an <b><i>objective critic</i></b>. </p><p>3b. Based on observable phenomena; presented factually: an <b><i>objective appraisal</i></b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/objective" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/objective" rel="nofollow">http://www.thefreedictionary.com/objective</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>EDIT</b>: Just some further FYI, FWIW...</p><p><br /></p><p>Google: &quot;<b><i>degree </i></b>of objectivity&quot;</p><p>Results 1 - 10 of about 23,000</p><p><br /></p><p>Google: “<b><i>more </i></b>objective”</p><p>Results 1 - 10 of about 945,000</p><p><br /></p><p>Google: “<b><i>less </i></b>objective”</p><p>Results 1 - 10 of about 84,900[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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