Yes, it's not quite as bad as US propaganda.
Of course, that depends. If you read the Spiegel, it's maybe even worse.
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Yes, it's not quite as bad as US propaganda.
Of course, that depends. If you read the Spiegel, it's maybe even worse.
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While you can still get a newspaper anyways.
One of our major newspapers shut down several years ago leaving only one. That one is the Denver Post and they are on borrowed time as well. The Sunday paper used to be massive but now with the lack of advertisers who have moved online, the paper is half the size it used to be on that day. It is also magazine thickness early in the week, it is that bad.
They've also resorted to agreeing to throw out other newspapers during the week at the same time such as worthless thing called Viva Colorado and the Catholic Register.
I stopped getting any papers about four years ago and just go online wither through my local news channel using their app or other apps like NBC news.
The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian mainly.
Google News always provides plenty of alternatives though.
Google News always provides plenty of alternatives though.
Al Jazeera America (go to aljazeera.com from an American IP address) offers very strong reporting on both domestic and international news. The backers (Qatar Royal Family) have made a huge push to bring unbiased news to the U.S.
They're under intense scrutiny right now to keep bias out, so I don't think they will even be able to introduce bias without a huge backlash.
They're under intense scrutiny right now to keep bias out, so I don't think they will even be able to introduce bias without a huge backlash.
Download the CNN app on your phone and enable notifications. I find out a lot about what is going on in the world just by reading the headlines on those notifications.
Now if I want to read more about it, I normally just type the topic into google and click on a few links that come up
But I like CNN, BBC UK, NYT and Al Jazeera to name a few. But before you even get into that, I guess your main issue is not even knowing about events that are happening. Like I said... The CNN app is pretty helpful with that.
Now if I want to read more about it, I normally just type the topic into google and click on a few links that come up
But I like CNN, BBC UK, NYT and Al Jazeera to name a few. But before you even get into that, I guess your main issue is not even knowing about events that are happening. Like I said... The CNN app is pretty helpful with that.
Yup, when something just happens. I usually find out from a CNN notification on my smartphone. Sometimes I find things out on Twitter first which is usually a famous death.
If you're going to get your news from Twitter, make sure you're following news reporters who tweet a lot. In fact, this is why I follow Jayson Stark, "Buster" Only, Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter from ESPN on Twitter--they post the latest MLB and NFL headlines on Twitter very quickly.
BBC News site and sometimes Al Jazeera, bounce between these two sites and you can pretty much get a reasonable view as to world events. Difficult to find any one site which gives totally accurate and impartial views. Maybe Reuters too.
http://uk.reuters.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
http://www.aljazeera.com/
http://uk.reuters.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
http://www.aljazeera.com/
BBC has a similar app that I use.
I like Reuters, BBC, and the NY Times.
As papers go, the NY Times is the only "full service" newspaper left in the U.S. Lots of articles on the website are behind the paywall, though.
I am liberal but enjoy reading Drudge Report to get a perspective of opposing views.
I enjoy NYTimes and WSJ as well for their professional reporting and in depth coverage.
I enjoy NYTimes and WSJ as well for their professional reporting and in depth coverage.
BBC = Government extension
BBC cannot be trusted, it is simply an extension of the government propaganda wing. Approach with extreme caution with a view to NOT believe what you are about to see and hear (read).
...same goes for them all really here in UK, I usually have a look at independent.co.uk and guardian.co.uk just for fun to see what they are on about, again with an extremely sceptical tendency, as a safeguard to sanity.
BBC cannot be trusted, it is simply an extension of the government propaganda wing. Approach with extreme caution with a view to NOT believe what you are about to see and hear (read).
...same goes for them all really here in UK, I usually have a look at independent.co.uk and guardian.co.uk just for fun to see what they are on about, again with an extremely sceptical tendency, as a safeguard to sanity.
By far the fastest way to get breaking news long before the "big guys" (CNN/AP etc.) decide to tell you about it-
GODLIKEPRODUCTIONS
Yes, it's a forum that says it's all about "UFO's- Conspiracy Theorists- Lunatic Fringe" but I'm telling ya... they are FAST with breaking news.
There's probably more false information than not, but after awhile you can pretty easily figure out what's BS or not. (Who posted it, etc.)
Good entertainment, as well.
GODLIKEPRODUCTIONS
Yes, it's a forum that says it's all about "UFO's- Conspiracy Theorists- Lunatic Fringe" but I'm telling ya... they are FAST with breaking news.
There's probably more false information than not, but after awhile you can pretty easily figure out what's BS or not. (Who posted it, etc.)
Good entertainment, as well.
A little off-topic: Are you a broker or salesman in real estate? How long have you been in real estate? How do you like it?
i get the majority of my news from twitter, and the radio on my way to work and school.
In my new semester I'm in a current events class and we were having a discussion on what was going on in the middle east and i had no idea.. guess i have to start reading the news more often if i want to pass.
In my new semester I'm in a current events class and we were having a discussion on what was going on in the middle east and i had no idea.. guess i have to start reading the news more often if i want to pass.
I get my news from multiple sources and forms of media. I do this because there is so much filtering of topics and spin.
I have seen HUGE bias in reportage that references Associate Press and Reuters and then again the Huff, BBC, FOX and MSNBC (to name a few). I think the real art to getting the news is being able to get through all the blathering opinions and biased choice of language and just get the facts and make up our own minds.
It is always fun to catch a heavy hitting story on both FOX and MSNBC. It seems like they are covering two entirely different events. Sadly, most readers/viewers and the like are not really getting news but often facts blanketed in some idiot's opinion who we are supposed to trust*...
I have seen HUGE bias in reportage that references Associate Press and Reuters and then again the Huff, BBC, FOX and MSNBC (to name a few). I think the real art to getting the news is being able to get through all the blathering opinions and biased choice of language and just get the facts and make up our own minds.
It is always fun to catch a heavy hitting story on both FOX and MSNBC. It seems like they are covering two entirely different events. Sadly, most readers/viewers and the like are not really getting news but often facts blanketed in some idiot's opinion who we are supposed to trust*...
I didn't see any one mention the Young Turks. They are the "progressive" youtube channel they are supposedly one of the biggest news shows on youtube.
Alex Jones goes the other way of "conspiracy" stuff.
They seem to each tell different versions of truth.
but both seem to know they are the right one.
lol.
both are interesting. but who knows what's true.
still probably better than mainstream news.
The FT email briefing for US readers comes out somewhere around midnight or anyway well before I get up in the morning, so I just start with that and a cup of coffee, usually clicking through one to of the stories and then just cruising around the FT for awhile. Then I make breakfast, then have a look at NY Times and then the Washington Post.
That's more than enough news for me for the morning anyway. Sometimes I quit with the Times if I just can't face another morning of dysfunctional Washington DC in the level of detail that reading the wonkbook briefing provides.
I take a local newspaper that is delivered early in the morning but I download its PDF in the morning and generally glance at the hardcopy in the kitchen, and only right before it gets used to wrap trash or cat litter...
That's more than enough news for me for the morning anyway. Sometimes I quit with the Times if I just can't face another morning of dysfunctional Washington DC in the level of detail that reading the wonkbook briefing provides.
I take a local newspaper that is delivered early in the morning but I download its PDF in the morning and generally glance at the hardcopy in the kitchen, and only right before it gets used to wrap trash or cat litter...
