Argonath RPG - A World of its own
Argonath RPG Community => Speakerbox => World and local news => Topic started by: Link9rly on April 09, 2012, 06:49:12 am
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Where do you get your news from? I use these sites:
The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk): Really nice neutral articles. Always a nice source for when a very important event happens. Also, it keeps me updated about news around the world since the networks here don't.
Al Jazeera (http://www.aljazeera.com): I personally think they have bias-free articles/ reports but some have reported that they do. They have a giant amount of articles and reports, not to mention that they have done some superb documentaries and they have a great 24/7 stream.
Russia Today [RT] (http://rt.com/): Great news stories that cover everything and is usually very accurate/ bias free. Similar to Al Jazeera, they have a live stream that you can watch. Also includes some really eye-opening news stories.
BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/) A respectable news outlet, but not my preferred. Great to check up on, though.
NMA.TV (English Edition of NMA) (http://www.youtube.com/user/NMATV): A very entertaining news outlet which presents everything in humorous 3D animations. Some stuff might be offensive, but is still very funny.
Encyclopedia Dramatica (http://encyclopediadramatica.se/Main_Page): THIS SITE IS NOT SAFE-FOR-WORK! 18+
When something big happens, I know that Encyclopedia Dramatica will also report on it in a very harsh look, which I usually find funny. If you like The Onion but want something even more extreme, you'll probably enjoy some of the news related stuff that's on here. Please note that ED is not only a news site but also a site of archived Chan-Lore, so I'd be careful and would NOT browse this while at work, if you're underage, easily offended, squeamish, have a light stomach, or other similar reasons.
The Chicago Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/): I only browse this since I live in Chicago and it offers more in-depth stories about where I live. Not really a good site to get international news, in my opinion.
In my opinion, stay away from FOX, MSNBC, and CNN. Those are the worst news outlets and have a LOT of bias, not to mention that they make the US look bad.
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BBC: Prob only news agency I really trust with international news
CBC: Canadian news
CP24: Toronto News
A Channel: local news
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/ (http://www.guardian.co.uk/)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/)
http://www.lemonde.fr/ (http://www.lemonde.fr/) in French
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I've never understood why people, especially those not from the UK trust the BBC so much. It's party owned by the government, and if you watch tv, you pay a TV licence, of which the money goes to the BBC. They tend to have quite a lot of discrepancies in the news reports and miss out key info often. But then again; it's only really an issue in the UK. It's often (obviously) very pro-uk and has very selective reporting, and tends to miss out things here and there.
But granted.. on a whole, it is a fairly reliable news source.. most of the time, which is why I do use it pretty often, just have to chop trough the bullshit they put out sometimes.
The Guardian can be very Left wing when it comes to politics, which isn't a bad thing, but the only people in the Left wing they really support is Labour, even though they are Centre-Left. As a whole though, when not close to elections, they are a great paper and pretty reliable.
Al Jazeera are great as a source of information and are pretty reliable.
I like the Associated Press, they are very reliable and have little bias.
The Independent is great and they generally include little-to-no opinions on things.
But then again, seeing they are not bias isn't really accurate, all news sources are bias. It's just how predominant they make it.
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BBC: Prob only news agency I really trust with international news
CBC: Canadian news
CP24: Toronto News
A Channel: local news
Canadians have 'British broadcasting' (BBC)? :wow:
But yeah BBC News is probibly one of the worlds best most trusted news broadcasters.
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BBC Broadcast to just about every country in the world.
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I've never understood why people, especially those not from the UK trust the BBC so much. It's party owned by the government, and if you watch tv, you pay a TV licence, of which the money goes to the BBC. They tend to have quite a lot of discrepancies in the news reports and miss out key info often. But then again; it's only really an issue in the UK. It's often (obviously) very pro-uk and has very selective reporting, and tends to miss out things here and there.
But granted.. on a whole, it is a fairly reliable news source.. most of the time, which is why I do use it pretty often, just have to chop trough the bullshit they put out sometimes.
The Guardian can be very Left wing when it comes to politics, which isn't a bad thing, but the only people in the Left wing they really support is Labour, even though they are Centre-Left. As a whole though, when not close to elections, they are a great paper and pretty reliable.
Al Jazeera are great as a source of information and are pretty reliable.
I like the Associated Press, they are very reliable and have little bias.
The Independent is great and they generally include little-to-no opinions on things.
But then again, seeing they are not bias isn't really accurate, all news sources are bias. It's just how predominant they make it.
hey stop complaining
I hardly see any source lying or shooping stuff except al jazeera
but again, it's up to you to interpret the news, you don't need them to give you theirs
if you do then i'm sorry for you
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This is a board for serious discussion and I put across some points I had regarding some sources others had mentioned. I gave my opinion and view; the idea of this board.
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Time to crack a joke: The Sun is very reliable, truthful and factual! :lol:
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Time to crack a joke: The Sun is very reliable, truthful and factual! :lol:
Yes, completely.
I fully trust everything on the sun, including the date.
/saracsm off
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Yes, completely.
I fully trust everything on the sun, including the date.
/saracsm off
A few weeks ago a giant meteor was seen streaking across the WHOLE of the UK, guess the only paper that went with 'UFO spotted over the UK'.... :lol:
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lol ED
how's it like being 12 still
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Canadians have 'British broadcasting' (BBC)? :wow:
But yeah BBC News is probibly one of the worlds best most trusted news broadcasters.
We get BBC World and BBC Canada
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Russia Today [RT] (http://rt.com/): Great news stories that cover everything and is usually very accurate/ bias free. Similar to Al Jazeera, they have a live stream that you can watch. Also includes some really eye-opening news stories.
Be careful. While they at times have good stories, in general this is the Fox News for Russians.
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Oh, I forgot to add this guy. As Canadians he is our best news source. (This is both awesome yet sad XD)
RMR: Russia Arctic Tensions (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_L1QZuy1f0#ws)
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Be careful. While they at times have good stories, in general this is the Fox News for Russians.
I've stumbled across Russia Today as well as Al Jazeera while creeping up the 'unknown regions' of freeview.
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Al Jazeera for instance did so many falsifications about the 'revolution' going on in Syria. I've watched quite a few myself.
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Guardian (http://guardian.co.uk), OSNews (http://osnews.com) and New Scientist (http://newscientist.com).
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AdelaideNow (http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/) for my local news, which I view the most.
ABC News (http://www.abc.net.au/news/) (Australian equivalent of BBC) I occasionally check as well, but not as often.
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Al Jazeera for instance did so many falsifications about the 'revolution' going on in Syria. I've watched quite a few myself.
Like every other news source, they colour them selves to whom they suppport
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- Guardian
- CNN
- Gizmodo
- Engadget
- Facebook (I'm subscribed to MANY news channels from local area as well as national)
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Everyone please look at this !!
(http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/523962_254160391340232_194891727267099_516740_1611390925_n.jpg)
Media have power,they can judge people in fast way just by change the camera direction !!
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Everyone please look at this !!
(http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/523962_254160391340232_194891727267099_516740_1611390925_n.jpg)
Media have power,they can judge people in fast way just by change the camera direction !!
The media would say: British soldiers seen aiming what appears to be an M4 at soldiers head and forcing him to drink poison. :razz:
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The media would say: British soldiers seen aiming what appears to be an M4 at soldiers head and forcing him to drink poison. :razz:
If you look carefull in CNN image then there is no GUN. But in Al-Jazzera there is a gun,that force war between country. My idea is to stop all those Media enter a country that there is war. Beacuse Al-Jazzera fucked up the Revolution in all Arabic country and also in Syria. That is very sad.
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If you look carefull in CNN image then there is no GUN. But in Al-Jazzera there is a gun,that force war between country. My idea is to stop all those Media enter a country that there is war. Beacuse Al-Jazzera f**ked up the Revolution in all Arabic country and also in Syria. That is very sad.
Wow, I didn't even notice that! :wow:
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If you look carefull in CNN image then there is no GUN. But in Al-Jazzera there is a gun,that force war between country. My idea is to stop all those Media enter a country that there is war. Beacuse Al-Jazzera f**ked up the Revolution in all Arabic country and also in Syria. That is very sad.
Correct.
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Typical example.
CNN portrays the picture of Western troops helping a wounded soldier, omitting the gun to make it look like pure humanitary aid.
Al-Jazeera shows the gun, implying Western troops commit possible atrocities.
In reality they are taking the guy prisoner, and want to ensure he does not pull his combat shotgun...
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BBC
Facebook
CNN
Skynews.
Radio BBC 1
Radio 538
Le Nouvelle Republique (for in my regional shit)
Telegraaf
AD --> Algemeen Dagblad.
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Typical example.
CNN portrays the picture of Western troops helping a wounded soldier, omitting the gun to make it look like pure humanitary aid.
Al-Jazeera shows the gun, implying Western troops commit possible atrocities.
In reality they are taking the guy prisoner, and want to ensure he does not pull his combat shotgun...
Hmm... i can agree a little bit with you ,Gandalf! =)