Topic: News Sources

[greenleaf1]

Many of the major news sources such as CNN, BBC, MSNBC are often cited as biased and, worse yet, just flat out get the facts wrong.  So where does the informed person turn for reliable world news sources?   Please post some recommendations!
 :)
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[Astronuc]

One should try a variety of news sources and compare.  Some will be more accurate than others.

Look under - Politics/Good sources of Political Info -
http://www.everything-science.com/components/com_smf/index.php?topic=2552.from0

I look at the following sources:

www.worldpress.org - World Press contains news articles from a broad spectrum from far right to far left and everything in between.

Try also - http://www.worldpress.org/gateway.htm - access to several hundred online services from the world's newpapers.

www.motherjones.com - Mother Jones is an independent nonprofit whose roots lie in a commitment to social justice implemented through first rate investigative reporting.  Mother Jones Magazine and Motherjones.com are made possible, in large part, by the support of the Foundation for National Progress and through donations from general public.  Conservatives consider this organization 'Liberal'.

www.axisoflogic.com -  Axis of logic claims to be "comprised of an all-volunteer group of writers and editors who are committed to publishing news and commentary that is often not presented in the major news outlets.

More description in - http://www.everything-science.com/components/com_smf/index.php?topic=2552.msg47230#msg47230

To these I might add:

Christian Science Monitor - http://www.csmonitor.com/

Associated Press - articles appear in many on-line services like Yahoo ( http://news.yahoo.com/ ) or newspaper like NY Times, LA Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and others.  These newspapers are also online, but one must register - usually free.  The Washington Post should not be confused with the Washington Times, which is run by the Unification Church and expresses rather conservative views.

Reuters News Service - http://www.reuters.com/

Agence France-Presse - http://www.afp.fr/english/home/

US News & World Report - http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm

[greenleaf1]

Excellent, another Mother Jones reader  ;D

I hadn't discovered the World Press or Axis of Logic sites yet.  I'll check them out.  Thanks!

I also read the Christian Science monitor and material  from Reuters.  I'd also throw in NPR www.npr.org.

[Rxke]

*not* trying to be flippant, but i really like: Al Jazeera...

 http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage

They're more objective than people would like you to think. And sometimes editorials are interesting to see the news 'from the other side.'

And then there's The Moscow Times, sometimes scoring really high on the 'weird' scale, IMO...

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/indexes/01.html

And of course Google News, pick one story, read 200+ versions of it (of which 150+ are blatant copies, sigh...)

World Press and ChristianScienceMonitor are also on my list.

I always check Yahoo! Headlines and BBC first, the first always very quick with updates, the latter a good broad format, but lately quality of reporting going down the drain...

[greenleaf1]

Rxke,
Its so important to see news "from the other side" - that's how we can each come up with a balanced viewpoint!  Always gotta keep broadening those horizons!
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[Rxke]

Indeed, indeed...

BTW... Anyone knows of a good Japanese newssite? (in English, please)

Archie?

[Astronuc]

I usually got the English version of Asahi Shimbun when traveling in Japan.

http://www.asahi.com/english/english.htm

Also, please check http://www.worldpress.org/gateway.htm for international newspaper websites.  The gateway also provides some information on the political persuassion of some of the papers.

List of Japanese newspapers - http://www.worldpress.org/newspapers/ASIA/Japan.cfm

[Rxke]

Thx for the Asahi link. Sometimes impossible to judge what'srepresentative as a newspaper...

[Astronuc]

Not sure where to put this one - www.partialobserver.com - it's a mix of news, including politics, but it is largely interviews, editorials and opinions.

Seems to be a mixed bag.

I haven't checked it out thoroughly, since I only just discovered it - so reader beware!

[Astronuc]

Environmental news and humor.

http://www.grist.org/ - Politically green.

Definitely opposite of the Heritage Foundation (www.heritage.org) - very conservative site.

[Astronuc]

In addition to NPR, there is also PRI (Public Radio International) - www.pri.org,
http://www.pri.org/PublicSite/listeners/index.html

And if that's not enough, try Alternative Radio - very progressive or liberal:
http://www.alternativeradio.org/

Interviews with and commentaries by - Bill Moyers, Scott Ritter, Michael Moore, and others.

[Rxke]

"News" source...

http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm

(North-) Korean Central News Agency.

... Talk about parallel worlds... Phew. :033102unsmile_1_prv.gif:

[Astronuc]

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[Astronuc]

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[Astronuc]

American Journalism Review

http://www.ajr.org/