News sources you use

[Gold Dragon]

In this era of "fake news" where do you get your "real news" from?

I don't have much time to read news so I download podcasts to listen to on my commute. I have ties to US, Canada and Australia so I listen to news from all these countries to try to keep informed but my top choice is still:

BBC - Global News

It is hard to compete with their breadth of coverage from different countries and they do a good job of highlighting smaller stories, arts, sciences and human interest stories that others often miss.

After that I also listen to

PBS Newshour - World
CNN Amanpour
SBS World News Radio
ABC The World Today (Australian Broadcasting Corp)
CBC News: World at Six

I'm sure my sources are all fake news to many folks here but what are your real news sources?

 

[Rolfe]

Re the cries of Fake News. Seems like some think it only acceptable to get their news from sources that cater to their political opinions. I think that is narrow headed.

 

[Salty]

I like to listen to a variety of sources - yes, even MSNBC - then compare notes.

One way, I look at it - is that it is easy to complain about a news source - but unless you actually listen to it - normally how can you complain about it.

Sure, Rush Limbaugh loves to mention "PMSNBC" - though I do like Rush- I do not agree with him 100% of the time. ( my goal in life is to Call Rush on his radio show and say "88.8% dittos).

So just because the values he has about MSNBC, does not mean I fully share his values.

 

[HankD]

In this era of "fake news" where do you get your "real news" from?

I don't have much time to read news so I download podcasts to listen to on my commute. I have ties to US, Canada and Australia so I listen to news from all these countries to try to keep informed but my top choice is still:

BBC - Global News

It is hard to compete with their breadth of coverage from different countries and they do a good job of highlighting smaller stories, arts, sciences and human interest stories that others often miss.

After that I also listen to

PBS Newshour - World
CNN Amanpour
SBS World News Radio
ABC The World Today (Australian Broadcasting Corp)
CBC News: World at Six

I'm sure my sources are all fake news to many folks here but what are your real news sources?

I like www.drudgereport.com - It has links to about 100 or so news agencies with about as many news commentators.

All on one site.

HankD

 

[carpro]

In this era of "fake news" where do you get your "real news" from?

I don't have much time to read news so I download podcasts to listen to on my commute. I have ties to US, Canada and Australia so I listen to news from all these countries to try to keep informed but my top choice is still:

BBC - Global News

One of the worst in the world.

But probably topped by just about anybody from CNN, especially Amanpour

 

[Rolfe]

I like www.drudgereport.com - It has links to about 100 or so news agencies with about as many news commentators.

All on one site.

HankD

Drudge has gone downhill fast in the last year or so. Evidently they now think s*x and sensationalism sells.

 

[Gold Dragon]

One of the worst in the world.

But probably topped by just about anybody from CNN, especially Amanpour

Always reliable carpro.

I tried to listen to anderson cooper and wolf blitzer podcasts and they were a complete waste of time. A 45 minute podcast would have 43 minutes of talking heads from the two parties trying to defend the latest foot-in-mouth comments from their leaders before 2 minutes of something trying to resemble news.

Amanpour gets world leaders, elected/appointed officials and eye witnesses on her show and asks them directed questions. It is understandable you don't like her since her views are polar opposite to yours.

What are your criticisms of BBC and amanpour so I can consider them? What are your suggestions for examples of "quality journalism" so we can consider them?

 

[carpro]

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[InTheLight]

I get most of my news from an app on my phone called SmartNews. It has a variety of news providers from different perspectives. You can also designate sources that you want in your news feed.

I have a widget on my PC for Google News that comes in awfully handy.

As to TV news, I rarely watch it, but when I do it's usually Bret Baier's hour on Fox News and/or The Eleventh Hour on MSNBC. The main reason I see these two shows is that they are airing at a time when it's convenient to watch TV News.

As to BBC World News, I think they do a good job, but a lot of their stories are from far flung areas of the globe that don't interest me. I would say there is a left bias to BBC News, not so much in their reporting but in the stories they choose to cover. If the Labour Party was running Britain I would perceive a slight right bias to BBC News. Basically, the BBC News is like a watchdog agency for the British government.

 

[InTheLight]

I wonder what changed in 6 weeks? Oh.

Sent from my Motorola Droid Turbo.

 

[Gold Dragon]

As to BBC World News, I think they do a good job, but a lot of their stories are from far flung areas of the globe that don't interest me. I would say there is a left bias to BBC News, not so much in their reporting but in the stories they choose to cover. If the Labour Party was running Britain I would perceive a slight right bias to BBC News. Basically, the BBC News is like a watchdog agency for the British government.

I like the fact that BBC tells me about stuff that happens in places I would never care or hear about otherwise. Too often the important but subtle stories are drowned out by the loud and frivolous ones.

Every news source and person has bias. There are those who try to be professional, recognize their bias and try to minimize its effect on their reporting (with mixed success), and there are others who go out of their way to push their biases.

I'm thankful to my grade 9 history teacher who basically spent the entire year telling us to read the news and look for bias. I read the newspaper more that year than any other in my life.

 

[Gold Dragon]

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Definitely not one of her finer moments. She was right about her point that the leave campaign did sell a vague notion of immigration and closing borders as a primary feature of Brexit while it was not a major part of Hannan's personal position. And it is true that those who voted for brexit for the reason of closing immigration (of which there were many) had the wool pulled over their eyes. She did a poor job of presenting her argument and allowed an expected line of debate to derail the interview. It happens sometimes.

 

[carpro]

Definitely not one of her finer moments. She was right about her point that the leave campaign did sell a vague notion of immigration and closing borders as a primary feature of Brexit while it was not a major part of Hannan's personal position. And it is true that those who voted for brexit for the reason of closing immigration (of which there were many) had the wool pulled over their eyes. She did a poor job of presenting her argument and allowed an expected line of debate to derail the interview. It happens sometimes.

This is what biased "reporters" do, They have a narrative and they try to make the subject agree with, or fit, their narrative. Hannan paddled her good.

That's Amanpour...all the time. Her subjects are usually more pliant. A good reporter doesn't have an "argument". They want to get to the truth. Amanpour is not interested in the "truth" unless it fits her "argument".

She would make a good left wing talk show host. As a "reporter", she just doesn't cut the mustard.

 

[Gold Dragon]

This is what biased "reporters" do, They have a narrative and they try to make the subject agree with, or fit, their narrative. Hannan paddled her good.

That's Amanpour...all the time. Her subjects are usually more pliant. A good reporter doesn't have an "argument". They want to get to the truth. Amanpour is not interested in the "truth" unless it fits her "argument".

She would make a good left wing talk show host. As a "reporter", she just doesn't cut the mustard.

Sure she has her biases and she is pretty up front with them. And if your bias is to expose the deception of people in power who mislead the masses to get what they want, that is the type of bias I want in my reporters. Not ones who roll over and tow the party line when people in power mislead and take advantage of an unwitting voiceless populace.

Christiane Amanpour

I was questioned early on about my objectivity. And I was very upset about it because objectivity is our golden rule, and I take it very seriously. But I was forced to examine what objectivity actually means, and I realized that in a situation such as the one in Bosnia, where you had ethnic cleansing—genocide—you have a duty to call it like it is and to tell the truth. Objectivity, in that regard, means giving all sides a fair hearing but never drawing a false moral equivalence. So I called who were the aggressors and who were the victims, and I’m very, very proud of that now, because that was what we had to do. I think we did the right thing as journalists and eventually managed to be part of the reason that the world intervened.

 

[Rob_BW]

I used to like NPR. Kinda like McDonalds, even if they weren't my flavor, they had wide coverage and I could usually find a station anywhere.

But they have been unlistenable for a while now.

 

[InTheLight]

I used to like NPR. Kinda like McDonalds, even if they weren't my flavor, they had wide coverage and I could usually find a station anywhere.

But they have been unlistenable for a while now.

I agree.

I do like their Planet Money podcasts. Interesting 15-20 minute segments of economics in action.

 

[Revmitchell]

Sure she has her biases and she is pretty up front with them. And if your bias is to expose the deception of people in power who mislead the masses to get what they want, that is the type of bias I want in my reporters. Not ones who roll over and tow the party line when people in power mislead and take advantage of an unwitting voiceless populace.

Christiane Amanpour

I like this as well, kind of like what is going on with this so called climate change and the paris agreement. In that case it took the current President of the US to call a spade a spade. However, Amanpour and other extreme far left liberals do not want to tell the truth they want to create the truth

 

[carpro]

Sure she has her biases and she is pretty up front with them. And if your bias is to expose the deception of people in power who mislead the masses to get what they want, that is the type of bias I want in my reporters. Not ones who roll over and tow the party line when people in power mislead and take advantage of an unwitting voiceless populace.

Christiane Amanpour

What it amounts to is you don't mind dishonest "reporters" or "reporters" with a bias as long as their biases match yours.

You're not interested in the truth. Stick with "reporters" like her and you don't have to put up with the truth at all. Just their bias

Got it.