Where do you get reliable news?

uncledrz · 10-13-2006, 05:08 AM

Had a discussion about where to get news that is actually reliable. We agreed that FOX has a bias in its reporting and therefore can't rely on their news. CBS and NY Times have recently had verification problems. As FinanceDude has pointed out in another threat, you cannot believe postings on the internet. So the question is, where to you go for reliable news sources?

I'll start. I look to CNN, C-Span, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal and Business Week for news. How about others?

Mr._johngalt · 10-13-2006, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by tio z

Had a discussion about where to get news that is actually reliable. We agreed that FOX has a bias in its reporting and therefore can't rely on their news. CBS and NY Times have recently had verification problems. As FinanceDude has pointed out in another threat, you cannot believe postings on the internet. So the question is, where to you go for reliable news sources?

I'll start. I look to CNN, C-Span, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal and Business Week for news. How about others?

Limbaugh, Hannity, Bill O'Reilly and The NRA (Just kidding folks)

I do like FOX (fair and balanced?)
very much though, as I think the terrible bias lies elsewhere (no surprise there).
Fav. newspaper is WSJ. No cable here.
Lately it seems to me that almost all the news sources I am personally
exposed to have an "agenda".

JG

bruce1 · 10-13-2006, 06:53 AM

Interesting Topic. Radio More than TV Catch a BBC Rebroadcast and local news from Local Stations. TV - I may watch 15 minutes of BBC, PBS, and Local News from CHCH (Local TV Station). TV news takes too much time. Intenet - Local Newspaper, CNN and CBC.

BRuce

F-One · 10-13-2006, 06:54 AM

BBC - radio and online. Gives different perspective with a more global view IMHO. Reporters don't let the people interviewed just get away with talking points, actually challenges there points.

donheff · 10-13-2006, 07:56 AM

Start with McNeill Lehrer for a dose of reality. Then flip back and forth between O'Reilly (on FOX for the right wing spin) and Oberman (on MSNBC for the fair and balanced)

Then watch Scarborough for a moderate Republican who is pretty distressed with his party (also MSNBC). Finish up the evening with John Stewart and you are good to go. Do it all on TIVO and it is easy to keep up.

donheff · 10-13-2006, 07:59 AM

I forgot to add, during commercials with Scarborough you can pop over to watch Hannity and Combs make asses of themselves -- but that can prove a painful excercise. How did the "fair and balanced" channel ever permit Hannity to hand pick a dunce as an opponent? They should be drummed out of ligitimate news for that alone.

grumpy · 10-13-2006, 08:50 AM

Why right here, of course!

yakers · 10-13-2006, 08:52 AM

CNN, The Economist, my wife........

yelnad · 10-13-2006, 09:00 AM

NPR mostly, although it has a slight liberal bias.

azanon · 10-13-2006, 09:22 AM

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I do like FOX (fair and balanced?)

I have a personal rule of only one understatement per day, so i'm going to use it early;

ummmm, no.

justin · 10-13-2006, 09:27 AM

Inside Edition and Entertainment Tonight. I kid.

foxnews.com, wral.com for local news and weather. Economist. Otherwise, don't really care. MSNBC.com for occasional browsing. I find tv news deplorable in general.

saluki9 · 10-13-2006, 09:28 AM

I know that CNN is just as bad if not worse than FOX so I can pass them up. The NYT is a joke too.

I believe the WSJ, I still like the BBC although they too have been infected by their socialist overlords in the British govt. I like their TV news because they actually spend more than 30 seconds on a story unlike our national news.

Chicago tribune isn't too bad either.

azanon · 10-13-2006, 09:31 AM

I have found CNN to be the news station most representative of our collective world culture and the most free of religious zealotry and dogma.

(ok i'm going to make 2 understatements) The US is a bit out of touch with general world views. I'm reminded of the joke after the last presidential election and the Iraq war where it was stated that 49% of Americans agrees with 99% of the rest of the world. So true. So sad.

Azanon

Mr._johngalt · 10-13-2006, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by saluki9

Chicago tribune isn't too bad either.

I kind of like the Trib. Yesterday I was sitting in the local library
reading the Trib. and what to my wondering eyes should appear but
a letter to the editor from my daughter's boyfriend. It was a well
reasoned argument opposing bringing back the draft. If we did he would be potential cannon fodder so I've decided he's a pretty smart kid.

JG

lazyday · 10-13-2006, 12:24 PM

NPR, BBC on the radio.

Once in a while, the Lehrer News Hour on public TV.

http://news.google.com is nice for offering a page of links to different coverage of the same story, like this:
example google news page

can also search news:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ne...nG=Search+News

Oldbabe · 10-13-2006, 12:42 PM

CNN, NY Sunday Times, local news, Lehrer News Hour, and occasionally I go to this site for an interesting perspective on the middle east. www.debka.com.

kcowan · 10-13-2006, 01:11 PM

CNBC, CNN, BBC

Meet The Press, The Daily Show, WSJ Report

Lena · 10-13-2006, 01:25 PM

Lou Dobbs. Used to like O'Reilly, but needed a break from him.

Lena

haha · 10-13-2006, 01:30 PM

From the guys down at the Legion.

Ha

dusk_to_dawn · 10-13-2006, 01:38 PM

I get news from a lot of sources (Fox, CNN, CNBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, NPR, etc.). I don't ignore any news source because I don't like their bias or point of view, but I try to understand where they are coming from when listening or reading their news.

10-13-2006, 05:08 AM	#1
uncledrz Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 548	Where do you get reliable news? Had a discussion about where to get news that is actually reliable. We agreed that FOX has a bias in its reporting and therefore can't rely on their news. CBS and NY Times have recently had verification problems. As FinanceDude has pointed out in another threat, you cannot believe postings on the internet. So the question is, where to you go for reliable news sources? I'll start. I look to CNN, C-Span, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal and Business Week for news. How about others?

10-13-2006, 06:53 AM	#3
bruce1 Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 323	Re: Where do you get reliable news? Interesting Topic. Radio More than TV Catch a BBC Rebroadcast and local news from Local Stations. TV - I may watch 15 minutes of BBC, PBS, and Local News from CHCH (Local TV Station). TV news takes too much time. Intenet - Local Newspaper, CNN and CBC. BRuce __________________ I wish I was half as good as my dog thinks I am!

10-13-2006, 06:54 AM	#4
F-One Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 141	Re: Where do you get reliable news? BBC - radio and online. Gives different perspective with a more global view IMHO. Reporters don't let the people interviewed just get away with talking points, actually challenges there points.

10-13-2006, 07:56 AM	#5
donheff Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,694	Re: Where do you get reliable news? Start with McNeill Lehrer for a dose of reality. Then flip back and forth between O'Reilly (on FOX for the right wing spin) and Oberman (on MSNBC for the fair and balanced) Then watch Scarborough for a moderate Republican who is pretty distressed with his party (also MSNBC). Finish up the evening with John Stewart and you are good to go. Do it all on TIVO and it is easy to keep up. __________________ Every man is, or hopes to be, an Idler. -- Samuel Johnson

10-13-2006, 07:59 AM	#6
donheff Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,694	Re: Where do you get reliable news? I forgot to add, during commercials with Scarborough you can pop over to watch Hannity and Combs make asses of themselves -- but that can prove a painful excercise. How did the "fair and balanced" channel ever permit Hannity to hand pick a dunce as an opponent? They should be drummed out of ligitimate news for that alone. __________________ Every man is, or hopes to be, an Idler. -- Samuel Johnson

10-13-2006, 08:50 AM	#7
grumpy Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 975	Re: Where do you get reliable news? Why right here, of course!

10-13-2006, 08:52 AM	#8
yakers Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,611	Re: Where do you get reliable news? CNN, The Economist, my wife........ __________________ A slave is someone who waits for someone else to free them

10-13-2006, 09:00 AM	#9
yelnad Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 491	Re: Where do you get reliable news? NPR mostly, although it has a slight liberal bias. __________________ Yelnad --"What you're paying for is an education, not a room at the Sheraton,and sometimes that education is uncomfortable."- Jim Terhune, Dean of Student Affairs, Colgate University

10-13-2006, 09:27 AM	#11
justin Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 4,010	Re: Where do you get reliable news? Inside Edition and Entertainment Tonight. I kid. foxnews.com, wral.com for local news and weather. Economist. Otherwise, don't really care. MSNBC.com for occasional browsing. I find tv news deplorable in general.

10-13-2006, 09:28 AM	#12
saluki9 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,771	Re: Where do you get reliable news? I know that CNN is just as bad if not worse than FOX so I can pass them up. The NYT is a joke too. I believe the WSJ, I still like the BBC although they too have been infected by their socialist overlords in the British govt. I like their TV news because they actually spend more than 30 seconds on a story unlike our national news. Chicago tribune isn't too bad either.

10-13-2006, 09:31 AM	#13
azanon Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,505	Re: Where do you get reliable news? I have found CNN to be the news station most representative of our collective world culture and the most free of religious zealotry and dogma. (ok i'm going to make 2 understatements) The US is a bit out of touch with general world views. I'm reminded of the joke after the last presidential election and the Iraq war where it was stated that 49% of Americans agrees with 99% of the rest of the world. So true. So sad. Azanon

10-13-2006, 12:24 PM	#15
lazyday Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 457	Re: Where do you get reliable news? NPR, BBC on the radio. Once in a while, the Lehrer News Hour on public TV. http://news.google.com is nice for offering a page of links to different coverage of the same story, like this: example google news page can also search news: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ne...nG=Search+News

10-13-2006, 12:42 PM	#16
Oldbabe Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,130	Re: Where do you get reliable news? CNN, NY Sunday Times, local news, Lehrer News Hour, and occasionally I go to this site for an interesting perspective on the middle east. www.debka.com.

10-13-2006, 01:11 PM	#17
kcowan Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pacific latitude 20/49 Posts: 1,545	Re: Where do you get reliable news? CNBC, CNN, BBC Meet The Press, The Daily Show, WSJ Report __________________ For the fun of it...Keith

10-13-2006, 01:25 PM	#18
Lena Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 60	Re: Where do you get reliable news? Lou Dobbs. Used to like O'Reilly, but needed a break from him. Lena

10-13-2006, 01:30 PM	#19
haha Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Seattle Posts: 8,482	Re: Where do you get reliable news? From the guys down at the Legion. Ha __________________ "Show 'em just enough to win the turkey."- Former KY Governor Bert Combs

10-13-2006, 01:38 PM	#20
dusk_to_dawn Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 163	Re: Where do you get reliable news? I get news from a lot of sources (Fox, CNN, CNBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, NPR, etc.). I don't ignore any news source because I don't like their bias or point of view, but I try to understand where they are coming from when listening or reading their news. __________________ The way I see it, you got two choices. You either gotta get busy livin'...or get busy dyin'.

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