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posted by Fnord666 on Friday December 28 2018, @05:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the who-do-you-trust? dept.

For on-line news, what sites do you avoid and which ones do you seek out as being trustworthy?

Thanks to my position as an editor on SoylentNews, I've had the privilege of viewing story submissions which have referenced a veritable plethora of different sources. It has been a privilege to serve you these past few years. My goal has been to provide stories that cover a diversity of areas but always with an attempt to provide level-headed background. I strive to avoid shrill in-your-face!!!!elevnty! diatribes. To invoke a common mis-quotation "Just the facts, ma'am." Full confession: I'm not above posting an occasional funny or feel-good story, either.

Over time, I've come to learn that some sources are more reputable than others. News outlets are comprised of people who have their own biases; some try to remain objective whereas others use their position to push an agenda.

For example, I've learned here that RT is a mouthpiece for the Russian government (A modern-day Pravda, if you will).

The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), on the other hand, is funded primarily through a television license costing £147 per year per household. But, it has received a funding boost from government to expand its global reach.

Fox News has had complaints about its content and has had its share of controversies. But even some commonly-held beliefs about Fox News have proved exaggerated and not fully supported by the facts.

ScienceDaily, phys.org, CNET, Quora, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), ESA (European Space Agency), Spaceflight Now, weather.gov, and Hurricane Prediction Center are just some of the sites that I have found especially helpful.

So, I turn to the SoylentNews community:

  • What biases have you found with MSM (main-stream media)?
  • what 'news' sites do YOU avoid? Why?
  • where do YOU find trustworthy, unbiased, fact-supported news?

Bonus question: What would you think of a news story on SoylentNews whose only supporting link is CNN? Fox News? Breitbart?


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 28 2018, @08:05PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 28 2018, @08:05PM (#779445)

    When CNN bashes trump, it is not news because CNN bashes trump. When CNN praises trump it in news, even without any supporting links needed. When CNN bashes trump my default assumption is they got everything wrong. When CNN bashes Hillary Clinton my default assumption is that it is really bad because they are trying to put it in the best light. When CNN Talks tech or science . . . well almost everybody but hackaday and a couple others get tech and science wrong.

    But in general if someone is reporting against their bias, it is worth looking at. Just consider what if the Daily Stormer put up a piece that was pro Israel?

    P.S. for all those who think Fox is hard Right, What do you say to those who think fox is too liberal?

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 28 2018, @09:22PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 28 2018, @09:22PM (#779466)

    To answer your question at the end, "Please move to North Korea where you will find a solid gov job.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 28 2018, @09:28PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 28 2018, @09:28PM (#779470)

      um, isn't north korea communist, you know on the left?

      • (Score: 5, Interesting) by edIII on Friday December 28 2018, @10:34PM

        by edIII (791) on Friday December 28 2018, @10:34PM (#779496)

        Let me guess..... you're on the idiots who fell for the propaganda that Communism = Socialism, even though North Korea is not Communistic? :)

        Don't go by what others label a country, but by the actions of that country. North Korea = Totalitarian Dictatorship under the guise of Communism, which isn't Left. USA = Advanced Feudalism under the guise of Free Market Capitalism.

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        Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 29 2018, @01:19AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 29 2018, @01:19AM (#779545)

    "P.S. for all those who think Fox is hard Right, What do you say to those who think fox is too liberal?"

    They are out of touch and need to get out more. Much more.

  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Saturday December 29 2018, @03:12PM

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Saturday December 29 2018, @03:12PM (#779689)

    P.S. for all those who think Fox is hard Right, What do you say to those who think fox is too liberal?

    Fox is hard neocon which is dead outside of well funded propaganda outlets. The modern "alt" "mainstream" "new" "trump" right finds them kinda funny in the sense of laughing at grandpa yelling at the TV.

    There are hard neocon positions that are pretty leftist-cucky in the old fashioned sense but this is a traditional anecdote vs average argument. On average they're right, but they have weird single issues where they're synoptic with the NYT or 80s era Pravda.

    I recall one specific anecdote from the last election where a whole panel of trashy Fox newsreaders were crying on camera (literally) when Trump crushed Jeb in some primary or another, LOL.

  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Saturday December 29 2018, @03:17PM

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Saturday December 29 2018, @03:17PM (#779693)

    Just consider what if the Daily Stormer put up a piece that was pro Israel?

    They have. I don't have a specific link but generally the New Right loves Israel's ethnostate policy, their racial superiority complex and apartheid-like laws, and their big beautiful border walls. For some odd reason white taxpayers need to fund Israel to support those policies but we're not permitted to implement those same policies to support ourselves, what an interesting thing to think about.

    The idea of a Jewish ethnostate is quite appealing as a role model for other ethnic groups, although I'd prefer it be geographically located in Israel, far far away, than the current attempt at creating it in the USA.