What IS a good news source?

[Blarg]

I will also refer to the Wall Street Journal if I'm looking for more straightforward reporting on news stories. They have a more practical business angle than political slant on world events.

[Taylor]

PioDeportes

[Taylor]

In all seriousness, most of you need to put away your tinfoil hats and admit that CNN, Washington Post, etc. are legitimate news sources. I'd say even Fox News generally presents factual information. There is no such thing as an unbiased news source, but there are several that have a long history of being credible and professional.

Far-partisan sources like Breitbart (on the right) or Mother Jones (on the left) are not reliable.

[halobob]

LOL at CNN as a legitimate news source.  

[Brandon]

4 hours ago, Blarg said:

OAN called the election for Trump at 177 electoral votes at 9pm pacific time while all of the other networks refused to budge from 144 after midnight.

OAN was the flip of CNN/MSNBC/ABC/NBC/CBS in that they were pro Trump the whole way but in the final analysis the other major networks drug their heals on announcing Trump the victor even though they had the exact same elections results in front of them.

 

yeah, but then you would have missed the meltdown they had on msnbc

[Blarg]

I flipped between all the channels and watched Rachel Maddows slow burn. It was actually funny as the telecasts became more and more somber and excuse making was in full swing. It was more likened to televising the funeral of a statesman than an election result.

[the dude abides]

NPR, BBC, WaPo*

* Admittedly I'm a huge fan of Marty Baron and love the fact that his persistence gave the Catholic Church a kick in the balls and a black eye.  

 

 

[Taylor]

17 hours ago, the dude abides said:

NPR, BBC, WaPo*

* Admittedly I'm a huge fan of Marty Baron and love the fact that his persistence gave the Catholic Church a kick in the balls and a black eye.  

He was awesome in Spotlight. Played by Liev Schreiber (from Ray Donovan).

[Taylor]

21 hours ago, halobob said:

LOL at CNN as a legitimate news source.  

You can LOL all you want, and sure, they have a liberal bias. But the reason they're so prominent is that they have been professionally reporting the news for decades. Compare them to, say, Breitbart or InfoWars, and tell me which news source is more accurate and professional.

[mtangelsfan]

If they have a liberal bias, then they aren't reporting accurately, are they?

[Taylor]

2 minutes ago, mtangelsfan said:

If they have a liberal bias, then they aren't reporting accurately, are they?

No news source is unbiased. If you use bias as a gauge for legitimacy, then there is no such thing as an accurate news source. That's why we need to read the news with a critical eye and fact-check what's reported with other news sources. Still, in the chain of "legitimate" news sources, it's hard to argue that CNN isn't more legitimate than InfoWars and Breitbart.

[mtangelsfan]

That's like saying that someone is a better hitter than Mathis.

[Adam]

I like the Sidney Gazette

[mtangelsfan]

It's the Herald ya big lug.

[Spirit]

The Twitter feed of losing Vice Presidential candidates is always a good source for news.

 

[gotbeer]

@Geoff I see what you did there.  LOL.

[Spirit]

30 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

@Geoff I see what you did there.  LOL.

 

Gun violence has gotten so bad in America that it's now popping up even when no gun is used!

 

 

 

[mtangelsfan]

I see the school stabbing has gotten a lot of push on AW.  Its as if they don't use a gun then.............................

[Jay]

3 hours ago, Geoff said:

 

Gun violence has gotten so bad in America that it's now popping up even when no gun is used!

The senseless act of gun violence was committed by the cop silly.

 

[ScruffytheJanitor]

Honestly, it depends on what you mean by "news". Most news sites will (eventually) be right about the specifics of an event-- the "who," "what," and "where" of a particular event. 

If you are talking about  interpretation ("why" and "how,") it's almost impossible to find a consistent source, since those things are definitionally biased. I usually just try the smorgasbord approach: A little from the left (MSNBC, Daily Kos, Slate, Salon, Huff Post), a little from right leaning sources (Daily Wire, Fox, Daily Caller, Town Hall, Red State). While it leans left, LOVE 538.  I should mention here that I am not a fan of "watching" news, so I stay away from CNN, Fox News, and the like.

I also am a huge podcast fan too, so I listen to Ben Shapiro, 538 Politics, and the Escape Velocity podcasts. I have heard good things about Ace of Spades and Ricochet (on the right) and the Majority Report and the Professional Left (on the left) but I haven't listened enough to have my own opinion.

[mrwicked]

WSJ is one of the few I noticed during the election wasn't just always ridiculously pandering towards Hillary.

But I think this election cycle proved that journalism is nearly dead.

For the time being, if you want decent news, pay for it. Don't use free sites. Buy a subscription to a newspaper you respect and keep journalism alive for a few years. 

[Ordos]

Not sure if this was in the thread yet, but here's a good write-up on manufacturing news, for anyone interested:

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/503146770/npr-finds-the-head-of-a-covert-fake-news-operation-in-the-suburbs

 

I did enjoy this part:

"Coler says his writers have tried to write fake news for liberals — but they just never take the bait."

[InsideThePark]

So cons are more gullible.

[Lou]

3 hours ago, InsideThePark said:

So cons are more gullible.

Perhaps. Then again, the libs were 99% sure that Hillary would win when Trump won the republican nomination.  They laughed at the cons and declared the GOPs Season Over. To be 100% certain, however, they then went out and spent $1.2 BILLION on her campaign. 

good times...

[InsideThePark]

Lol, that has nothing to do with the subject of who's more gullible. It was a good try, though. Btw, my comment was in jest to what Ordos quoted.

Anyway, most people were pretty confident that Hillary would beat Trump, including you. Were you gullible for believing that? I don't think so. The National polls actually weren't too far off in the final days. The Battleground State polling on the other hand weren't all that accurate, needless to say.