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matter11
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#1
10-27-2011, 12:34 PM

I'm growing increasingly ashamed of my ignorance of current events. What do you consider to be the most unbiased/trustworthy news source on the internet? (I just threw out cnn and msnbc but please add what you use)


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#2
10-27-2011, 12:37 PM

Listen to NPR, if they have a internet radio system.

Wall Street Journal is also good.
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Dtrain323i
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#3
10-27-2011, 01:09 PM

foxnews.com is fine for news stories. Most of the online article are just Associated Press stories. The TV channel isn't great though.






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#4
10-27-2011, 01:27 PM

I go with NPR.


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10-27-2011, 01:43 PM

NPR or BBC. Both get state funding so they need to stay as objective as possible to keep from becoming a political lightning rod. AP also has incentive to be neutral so their stories can be carried by the maximum amount of news outlets. Everyone else depends on profits which are made better when being partisan and hyperbolic.


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10-27-2011, 03:07 PM

(10-27-2011, 01:43 PM)Surf314 link Wrote: NPR or BBC. Both get state funding so they need to stay as objective as possible to keep from becoming a political lightning rod. AP also has incentive to be neutral so their stories can be carried by the maximum amount of news outlets. Everyone else depends on profits which are made better when being partisan and hyperbolic.



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#7
10-27-2011, 03:43 PM

For a more aggressive take on events, I prefer Exiled Online.



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#8
10-27-2011, 04:58 PM

I go with BBC


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#9
10-27-2011, 05:08 PM

CBC.ca.

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Seconding BBC and for a different view: AJE
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#10
10-27-2011, 05:59 PM

Fark.com (seriously)
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#11
10-27-2011, 06:19 PM

listen to Podcasts like Planet Money and This American Life and you'll be set.


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#12
10-27-2011, 09:17 PM

Fox News is distilled, 200 proof this-will-melt-your-eyeballs shit.  CNN and MSNBC are sugar coated shit.  Most news organizations operate on a 24 hour cycle that depends on getting eyeballs, its all sensationalist crap that everyone will be forgotten as soon as the next "crises" appears.  I'm trying to phrase this as non-conspiracy crazy guy as possible, but the purpose of most news organizations is not to educate or inform.  They're publicly traded companies, trying to turn a profit every quarter.  Their purpose is to make money any way they can.

That said, like the previous posters I'd suggest NPR, BBC, and AJE (try to ignore the random omg-the-jews conspiracy stories that appear in AJE  :-\).  Also the Planet Money podcasts and On the Media.  Or The Atlantic Monthly and The New Yorker.

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