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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: 5, Informative) by edIII on Saturday December 29 2018, @12:52AM (4 children)

    by edIII (791) on Saturday December 29 2018, @12:52AM (#779539)

    Blah, blah, blah, fucking blah. If you can't figure out why Trump is an absolute piece of shit, there's no reason to have a discussion. You're Tribal. Period. Before you accuse me of the same, I have a great dislike for Obama and the Clintons as well.

    Trump is a corrupt narcissistic piece of shit that is a complete embarrassment to all Americans. From how he treats women, minorities, immigrants, and anybody that he perceives has offered the slightest of criticisms. He has zero respect for the office, tearing up documents and refusing to abide by the Presidential Records Act, ignores the recommendations of the US intelligence community for his own "intelligence", and flouts the corruption of him and his evil spawn. Our taxes paid to take his children-of-the-corn to the Middle East to negotiate properties, and also pay for his business trips to his resort. Where you can pay money to influence the President of the United States. A fucking travesty is what it is.

    Dear Lord, I don't have enough time to go through it all. From his utter disrespect to the military, his cowardice in escaping the draft, his politicizing of presidential duties and visits that should be dignified, solemn, and bipartisan. He whines like a complete fucking toddler that "poor me is all alone in the White House for Christmas", where his narcissism and complete disconnect from reality makes him fucking oblivious to all the pain he caused with the shutdown. He further compounds that with lying about whether or not federal workers support him, a completely fictional raise for the military, and then gloats saying most of the people losing a paycheck are Democrats and therefore is okay.

    The emoluments clause alone should have him impeached. Whether there was Russian collusion or not, he's never released his taxes and divested himself of his wealth. Jimmy Carter had to give up a peanut farm that wasn't making him rich. Orange Anus cannot even be bothered to disclose his taxes, or to not abuse his position to further his own wealth.

    Instead of doing his fucking job, he golfs and rages on Twitter, while blaming everyone else for his failures. The great negotiator? Gimme a break, that assclown and a fully Republican Congress and Senate couldn't get shit done. Making Mexico pay for the wall was his whole shtick, and now because that was patently absurd, he's terrorizing American politics until he gets what he wants. That's not a negotiating, but strong arm tactics to force other people to do what you want. Which doesn't work outside of his little empire of abused and unpaid contractors/employees.

    He is not only the worst president the US could ever have, but a truly disgusting human being, and a pox on humanity.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by stretch611 on Saturday December 29 2018, @04:31AM

    by stretch611 (6199) on Saturday December 29 2018, @04:31AM (#779593)

    I'm saddened by the fact that by the time I got to read this that you were at max mod points and I could not mod you up any higher.

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 29 2018, @05:29AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 29 2018, @05:29AM (#779608)

    He treats women, minorities, immigrants with the same cruel ridicule that he dishes out to everybody else.

    You want him to treat them nicer? Heh. That would be sexist and racist. It seems you feel that such people are less able to cope with cruel ridicule than other people, such as white males. You assume that white males have a superior ability to tolerate cruel ridicule. Shame on you for being so sexist and racist.

  • (Score: 2, Troll) by VLM on Saturday December 29 2018, @03:24PM (1 child)

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Saturday December 29 2018, @03:24PM (#779698)

    The whole rant seems to be a projection of what the Clintons objectively historically did, rather than anything "Orange Man Bad" ever did. No, the Clintons were not Trump wearing a mask the whole time.

    Do you have anything thats no thinly veiled "Bill and Hillary" ? They are somewhat different in a few ways, Trump isn't merely one of Hillary's kids.

    • (Score: 2) by edIII on Saturday December 29 2018, @10:08PM

      by edIII (791) on Saturday December 29 2018, @10:08PM (#779820)

      Fuck you, and your whataboutism. This isn't about the Clintons or Obama, and I made that statement to make it CLEAR that I'm not Tribal and hate Trump simply because I'm "Left" or Democrat.

      This is about Donald Trump, and the behavior of Donald Trump. Period.

      Provide retorts to the specific claims, or shut the fuck up. I already know that you can't, because I didn't state opinions. I stated facts. Most of documented on social media, or in sparingly few press conferences at the White House.

      I'm not the only one saying it. GOP members say these things often in public, and more often off the record. "Toddler Logic" perfectly describes Trump, and some of the most scathing critiques come from conservatives. The only people that refuse to admit he is a fucking dumpster fire, are the people like you that have all the hate and fear boxes checked off by the man's repugnant behavior and statements.

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