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Bogie said:
I rarely watch the news anymore because it's all yellow journalism and sensationalism, but when I do I just watch The Fox Report with Shepard Smith and maybe a bit of O'Reilley if any of the topics seem interesting.
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Then you should go to BBC news.

I know what you mean too. When I go abroad and stuck with CNN I get worried that people rely on this kind of overexcited journalism.
 
I think getting news from various sources, both nationally and internationally, provides a good balance. I've even gotten news from outlets that some might consider less trust worth or biased. To them I say, sometimes is not always about the news, its about the perspective, if that makes any sense :eek:

Don't flame me... please!



:)
 
raggedjimmi said:
Then you should go to BBC news.

I know what you mean too. When I go abroad and stuck with CNN I get worried that people rely on this kind of overexcited journalism.
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Well I think that vast majority of the news media has shifted well into the realm of subjectivity. They play to the fears and hate of their audiences in order to score ratings spikes. My view of the news is more or less like that of CS Lewis in his day. Namely, if there's anything worth knowing about, someone will tell me. Otherwise I'm perfectly content to live my quiet life and not get caught up in the drama (quite literally) of the news.
 
iMacZealot said:
Yeah, in the last few months, my biggest source of news has been the Late Late Show. :p
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Considering they've been showing only reruns because of the WGA strike I hope you aren't totoally confused about what's going on in the world. ;)

themadchemist said:
Television news generally nauseates me.
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Well the good thing to know is that the most visited news sources on the 'net are owned by the same people...:eek:


Lethal
 
news.google.com and latimes.com mostly. i don't watch tv but i watch cnn at the gym while i'm on the treadmill.
 
raggedjimmi said:
Then you should go to BBC news.

I know what you mean too. When I go abroad and stuck with CNN I get worried that people rely on this kind of overexcited journalism.
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I think the BBC is now a much worse source for unbiased information, thanks to Blair - the BEEB is much more over a Barrel than ever before.

The current management reeks of cronyism and I find a lot of their articles to be poorly written or inaccurate.

That said, it's better than most news networks out there.

I usually glance at googlenews as it's on my homepage - although I find it weird that every other week there is always a link for news about the XBOX360 - even if there is seemingly nothing to report.

It's in everyone's interest to take whatever they are told with a pinch of salt be it from the government or from the 'news media'.

:(
 
LethalWolfe said:
Well the good thing to know is that the most visited news sources on the 'net are owned by the same people...:eek:


Lethal
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What I think bothers me is more a limitation of the format. TV has to repeat things over and over and works best on rampant sensationalism. While these can be problems for newspapers, too, the written format creates more space for deep analysis, the presentation of multiple viewpoints, and the removal of patent emotion from the conveyance of information.
 
Naimfan said:
You can tell them apart? How, pray tell, do you manage that incredible feat?

;)
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KUSA (9 news) and KMGH (7 news) are too cutesy for me. I don't care who the "7 Everyday Hero" is or about Drew Sochier's stupid bobbleheads (He's the most annoying person in Denver TV.) I don't really watch KDVR (Fox 31) much. KWGN's (channel 2) production values are about the same as WJM, but their news is usually pretty good.

News4 has always been pretty consistent and their stories aren't too cutesy and fuzzy.

iSaint said:
I'll have to check out CNNi.
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CNNi is just the international edition of CNN. On television, it has less squawk boxes like Larry King and more news with less glitzy graphics than the CNN US edition. Comcast used to carry it, but I can't find it anymore.

You'll get the equivalent of it online if you change your preference on CNN.com to the International edition.
 
Newspaper - Anchorage Daily News
Television - FOX News and KTUU ch. 2 (NBC affiliate)
Radio - 650 KENI
At school - Google News

That pretty much sums up my sources.
 
BBC News - Usually pretty straight-down-the-line. Occasionally they'll have a try at trashy sensationalism, but they're so bad at it that it's easily recognised and adjusted for. BBC being sensationalist is a bit like your granddad dancing at a party -- everyone else is doing it, but the attempt is poor.

The Guardian - Standard lefty fayre, but thankfully usually manage to avoid hand-wringingly lame journalism. I might not agree with some of it, but it's usually well written and sparks discussion. Very good media news coverage, too. And their over-by-over cricket coverage is hilarious.

EuroNews - Usually covers European stories which don't make the national or international sections of other outlets. They have a fantastic feature called No Comment which simply plays raw footage of an event without any talking heads, narration or other presentation. Often really captures the feel of a situation much more effectively than usual reporting. Some of their footage from the streets of war-torn places is absolutely chilling - a million miles from the sanitised stuff of other channels.

Channel 4 News - Pretty much the only TV news I can stand to watch - Jon Snow is a fantastic journalist. Proves that ITN can still string together a sensible news programme and not just the tosh they spew out for ITV News.
 
Local newspaper every morning when having breakfast. Otherwise the internet, canada.com for the "important" news. Other sites I frequent for more "tech" news are macrumors.com, and slashdot.org, among others.
 
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