Posted by: drakino
News sources - 13/04/2007 13:42
I figured this topic deserved it's own thread separate of the Don whatever thread.
Over in the other thread, I stated:
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I stopped paying attention to CNN, FOX, and whatever other US ratings based "news" services years ago. The news services PBS offers, along with the BBC are quite good if you want news, and not ratings attracting stories about some Anna lady.
And SE_Sport_Driver responded:
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OT A more interesting conversation would be: Is it wise to rely on BBC and PBS for the bulk of your news coverage? BBC has admitted to their leftward slant and stong anti-US bias (although they let it be clear that they have no intention of doing anything about it) and PBS isn't a whole lot better (although I do love how in-depth they go into subjects). I read BBC online and occationally catch an interview show on PBS but I wouldn't want to rely on them too much.
Posted by: cushman
Re: News sources - 13/04/2007 13:47
The only two reliable news sources: Fark and the Daily Show.
Posted by: drakino
Re: News sources - 13/04/2007 13:56
I'd be curious to see a link to the BBC admitting to "leftward" slanting and being Anti-US. Now I can see that they would be proud of their home in the UK, and wouldn't see the US in the same way we do living here, but for me thats part of the appeal of their news. It provides me an outsiders view on what goes on here, and also one of what happens in the rest of this world we live in. I don't think being proud of your home country makes you Anti-another country.
My main point is that I prefer news from sources that aren't trying to gain higher ratings to attract more ad revenue. Almost all US news falls into this category. Instead of telling me what is really going on, the news focuses on political talking heads yelling at each other (O'Riley, Olbermann, and tons of others). Either that, or it's filled with stories of the killer escalators at the mall, or some fly by night hollywood star throwing up from a party last night. And then some are even heavily slanted in one political direction or the other, enough that even the most diehard of republicans or democrats would admit it.
I also believe in getting my news from multiple sources to get all the different view points. news.google.com is a big source for me online. It's been rather interesting over the past few years tracking how big world and US stores are promoted differently on the different sites. Something bad about the current administration is much more likely to come later, or with less emphasis on Foxnews.com then CNN.com for example. Because I wasn't paying as much attention to this prior to 2000, I can't really comment if this is reversed when the political alignment of the executive branch is flipped.
Posted by: bbowman
Re: News sources - 13/04/2007 14:16
Well there is no doubt in my mind that the "culture wars" have infected the news networks. That being said, I believe that news, like history (written by the victors), is always slanted. Not necessarily for just the Right or the Left, but for whatever the ideoligy of the journalist is. This ideoligiy seems to usually be composed of money and ratings. In a nutshell, news has become entertainment.
I personally believe that all news organizations should be liberal - not liberal in the sense of left-leaning - not politically liberal. But liberal in what is reported and how detailed the report is. Liberal in an impartial way. This way, a topic can be reported as well as it's impacts positive or negative and to whom.
Posted by: visuvius
Re: News sources - 13/04/2007 14:38
Totally agree on the Daily Show.
Fark however, not so much. Don't get me wrong, I visit the site pretty often but on certain issues, there seems to be a bit of a slant on the part of the moderators.