annewandering Posted October 11, 2011 Report Posted October 11, 2011 (edited) Each news source has its on agenda. Find out what the agenda is then you can see where they want to sway you. BBC is not unbiased at all. I like to read it but its not unbiased. CNN set to international is interesting. Their slant changes if you change that setting. Fox news will never be the least biased. It does however have faster news and it gives more military news. If you stick to Shepard he keeps it fairly unbiased but human. Msnbc will give you social issues and more emotional news. I do not like their wanting to know how a person feels about their baby being beheaded kind of interviewing at all. Still I want to hear about how the social programs are doing. CNN is kinda boring a lot of the times but that makes me think they are probably trying to be less biased. They do carry more news about religion and have people trying to explain what the church really believes. I give them lots of credit for that even if they dont always get it quite right. Of course there is always Deseret News which I go to a lot. Mostly because they cover issues I am going to be interested in. There is political bias there but I have seen it go both ways. Edited October 11, 2011 by annewandering Quote
Spartan117 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Posted October 11, 2011 But Roger Ailes is right wingIt's hard to get much more right than Roger Ailes. Quote
prisonchaplain Posted October 11, 2011 Report Posted October 11, 2011 It's hard to get much more right than Roger Ailes. Not so hard. Conservative News, Views & Books - HUMAN EVENTS Quote
prisonchaplain Posted October 11, 2011 Report Posted October 11, 2011 Years ago I enjoyed a C-Span show, hosted by Brian Lamb. Brian Lamb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I'm thinking this is still a relatively objective source: C-SPAN | Campaign 2012, The Latest From Congress, American History, Nonfiction Books Quote
Spartan117 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Posted October 11, 2011 Not so hard. Conservative News, Views & Books - HUMAN EVENTSThe first thing I see is giant picture of a black guy with a caption about firing him at the bottom. Now THAT is right wing news. Well done Quote
annewandering Posted October 11, 2011 Report Posted October 11, 2011 I think what we are all really looking for is a news source that agrees with our own opinions, therefore unbiased. Somehow I had misunderstood but now I have it! kidding you guys but it is true though. We do want news that doesnt slant in ways that make us mad. People that agree with us are much more agreeable. Quote
Spartan117 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Posted October 11, 2011 People that agree with us are much more agreeable.Agreed. Quote
lewistechno Posted April 17, 2012 Report Posted April 17, 2012 BBC as has previously been stated. The BBC world news is balanced, insightful and thankfully mostly devoid of the editorializing that makes up so much infotainment.Oh, BBC - Where would I be without you?I agree with you! BBC is deserved reputation for news broadcasting, honest, fair, balanced and comprehensive. I often try to maintain an archive of the BBC news front page, which can be used to generate some interesting data. Quote
zenbones Posted April 17, 2012 Report Posted April 17, 2012 zerohedge.com, read it and learn something Quote
FunkyTown Posted April 17, 2012 Report Posted April 17, 2012 zerohedge.com, read it and learn somethingIsn't that the conspiracy theory website where everyone writes under the pseudonym Tyler Durden, the guy who sought to bring down the entire financial system in Fight Club?That's... Hardly what I'd call independent and trustworthy news devoid of editorializing. While it's no doubt independent, so is the crazy guy who I used to live next to who published his own newspaper. Quote
zenbones Posted April 17, 2012 Report Posted April 17, 2012 Because a site doesn't repeat the propaganda that everyone else does, it is conspiracy theorists? Are you aware that you can be charged with conspiracy by the government? If the government thinks conspiracy is legit I don't know it has to be mocked. Maybe it is because sometimes those theories turn out to be true. Yes, zerohedge is focused on the financial system. Like exposing the fraud that is ongoing in it. The corruption and lies. But it must be crazy to talk about how what you are officially told isn't always correct. I guess I should start watching CNBC instead. Quote
NeuroTypical Posted April 17, 2012 Report Posted April 17, 2012 Because a site doesn't repeat the propaganda that everyone else does, it is conspiracy theorists?No. But having "liberate oppressed knowledge" as part of a site's "manifesto" sure the heck makes it one.Come on zenbones - you believe a fringe conspiracy website is a good source of news. I honestly don't automatically disagree with you. But when people refuse to admit what something is, that's can be a red flag. Quote
zenbones Posted April 17, 2012 Report Posted April 17, 2012 "liberate oppressed knowledge" I can think of a gentleman around 180 years ago that liberated oppressed knowledge. I for one am grateful for him doing that. If not believing the official version of things makes me a conspiracy theorist then I proudly call myself that. Funny, I see lots of people claiming the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a vast conspiracy because we don't tow the line in regards to the Council of Nicea. I guess we better get back in line and stop being so fringe! Quote
FunkyTown Posted April 17, 2012 Report Posted April 17, 2012 "liberate oppressed knowledge" I can think of a gentleman around 180 years ago that liberated oppressed knowledge. I for one am grateful for him doing that. If not believing the official version of things makes me a conspiracy theorist then I proudly call myself that. Funny, I see lots of people claiming the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a vast conspiracy because we don't tow the line in regards to the Council of Nicea. I guess we better get back in line and stop being so fringe!Yes. That is exactly what we're saying. You don't sound crazy at all.See? We can both use sarcasm to state the exact opposite of what we intend. Hurrah! Quote
NeuroTypical Posted April 17, 2012 Report Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) [draws analogy between his website and the restored church]Actually, I think that's not a half bad analogy. One reason something is at the fringe of something, is because everyone and their dog is all somewhere else. It's why I refer to myself lightheartedly as "one of those crazy mormons" in conversations with people who don't know anything about us. It helps break the ice, and it works a whole lot better than demanding to be looked at as mainstream, and then sarcastically arguing with anyone who isn't willing to immediately accept everything I have to say.We used to be real big on telling everyone "we are a peculiar people". Are you sure you can't bring yourself to do the same thing with your nutty website? Edited April 17, 2012 by Loudmouth_Mormon Quote
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