the leap you need to explain is how you get from your assertion of not what the source said to bias the source said of one set of critics gardeners are quite bitchy aren't they of another there was only a handful of grand english lady designers and the bitchiness i encountered was unbelievable these would seem to support an assertion that she dismissed critics as bitchy how many times in one piece must we read such dismissals before we conclude that she dismisses critics as bitchy and how however you view my sentence construction does it amount to bias you have made the assertion it is now down to you to explain yourself talk