Best news source

h.g.Whiz · Jan 31, 2009

Savage Nation and FSTV get my votes

shadron · Jan 31, 2009

If you don't mind opinions for news, I suppose that works. Sorta explains some of the threads, as well.

Mainly I use Reuters outlets in the Internet and NPR on the radio for depth. I don't watch TV.

UnrepentantSinner · Jan 31, 2009

h.g.Whiz said:
Savage Nation...

On what planet do the semi-topical ravings of a Bedlamite constitute a "news" source?

Skeptic Ginger · Jan 31, 2009

No Question, Democracy Now!.

Skeptic Ginger · Jan 31, 2009

How can you equate Michael Savage's anti-gay rabid right wing ramblings with FSTV? Sounds like you are pulling our legs.

Francesca R · Jan 31, 2009

The BBC is a dreadful news source, and is one of the worst.

With the possible exception of all the others.

cwalner · Jan 31, 2009

shadron said:
If you don't mind opinions for news, I suppose that works. Sorta explains some of the threads, as well.

Mainly I use Reuters outlets in the Internet and NPR on the radio for depth. I don't watch TV.

I actually prefer opinion based news since the bias is openly acknowledged rather than hidden and I can then filter the story as presented through what I know about the presenter's bias.

As such, I get most of my news from NPR and The Daily Show since the liberal bias of those sources tends to be less vitriolic than equivalent conservaterve sources.

h.g.Whiz · Jan 31, 2009

skeptigirl said:
How can you equate Michael Savage's anti-gay rabid right wing ramblings with FSTV? Sounds like you are pulling our legs.

Are you echoing an opinion other than your own.

geni · Jan 31, 2009

BBC and wikipedia (got to love a source where http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Malagasy_protests is one of the lead items)

Skeptic Ginger · Jan 31, 2009

h.g.Whiz said:
Are you echoing an opinion other than your own.

As in no one else would see FSTV and Savage Nation as polar opposites? Not sure which part of my post you are inquiring about.

zooterkin · Jan 31, 2009

Francesca R said:
The BBC is a dreadful news source, and is one of the worst.

BBC radio news is vastly superior to the TV news, partly because they are not obliged to show distracting and often irrelevant pictures. The current affairs programmes (Today, PM) tend to go to greater depth, too.

With the possible exception of all the others.

Indeed.

luchog · Feb 1, 2009

The Onion.

Or Naked News.

Depending on my mood, and whether I'm at home or at work.

jimtron · Feb 1, 2009

cwalner said:
I actually prefer opinion based news since the bias is openly acknowledged rather than hidden and I can then filter the story as presented through what I know about the presenter's bias.

As such, I get most of my news from NPR and The Daily Show since the liberal bias of those sources tends to be less vitriolic than equivalent conservaterve sources.

I don't doubt that the majority of NPR personnel are liberals. And NPR, like every other news source, is biased. But I don't know of a more balanced or better news source than NPR. There was another thread about bias in the media, and I recall asking those who criticized NPR for a more balanced news source, and I don't believe anyone came up with one.

Damien Evans · Feb 1, 2009

The SBS.

Klimax · Feb 2, 2009

I read Reuters,BBC (on-line editions) and ihned.cz and each morning Czech Radio 2 - Prague.

plus various blogs on millitary.(They are covering Afghanistan and Iraq in depth very well)

JoeyDonuts · Feb 2, 2009

h.g.Whiz said:
Savage Nation and FSTV get my votes

Savage has some interesting stuff on his show from time to time...unfortunately it's hard for me to lend it any creedence because it gets drowned out in a flood of his jackassery.

He throws fits almost as well as Mark Levin.

Policenaut · Feb 2, 2009

FARK of course.

h.g.Whiz · Feb 17, 2009

I regret not mentioning this one in my first post.
The Wells Report with J.D. Wells on the AM radio station KLIF 570.

gdnp · Feb 17, 2009

I like NPR because they tend to cover things in more depth, as well as the BBC because it gives a non-American perspective. They also tend the leave out the sensationalist BS.

quarky · Feb 17, 2009

I get my news here.

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