2-PART POLL - Part 2: What is the Most Reliable News Source?

[Gringo]

Poll question: 2-PART POLL - Part 2: What is the Most Reliable News Source?

Which news source would give a citizen the best overall understanding of current events?

[La_Serpiente]

1. What about Pacifica radio?

[Red_Storm]

9. great source for news

WBAI is the only radio station I listen to for news ......

[La_Serpiente]

2. What about Pacifica radio?

[La_Serpiente]

3. What about Pacifica radio?

[DuctapeFatwa]

4. In general, any non-US source is going to be better for news

if by news you mean who where when where kind of stuff.


but when you want to know how Washington wants an issue or a story presented, you can't do better than US news sources.

[Gringo]

5. Good Point. I added that as a choice.

Sorry, I didn't consider radio (proabably since other than ie america radio and npr, I avoid it like the plague).

[DuctapeFatwa]

11. Cool! then take one from news sources on net and put it there

:D

[IrateCitizen]

6. No such thing as a single "most reliable" source

The most reliable METHOD, however, is to take in as many different sources as possible. Depending on a single source, no matter how much you may trust them, will inevitably lead to acceptance of EDITORIALIZING as news.

[Jack Rabbit]

7. Internet

Specifically, I look at the British press (mostly the BBC and the Guardian), a few alternative sites like Znet and CommonDreams, and I call fringe establishment sites like Salon. I also follow some individual jouralists like Greg Palast, Joe Conason and Robert Scheer on the Net. I get some establishment balance by looking at the site for the New York Times, but I thought its coverage of the Iraq war was ridiculous.

A good news source on the Israeli/Palestinian is very difficult to come by. The English language site of Ha'aretz, a left/liberal Israeli paper, is far and away the best; one may also want to look at a Palestinian site like ElectronicIntifada to balance the slant, although EI isn't nearly as good as Ha'aretz. The English language site for al-Jazeera is relatively new, but may be worthwhile for balance.

I seldom look at CNN's site, and don't waste my time with garbage like Drudge, NewsMax or Murdoch sites.

[Red_Storm]

8. The most reliable and unbiased news source IMO ................

Newsworld International

[Gringo]

10. OMG! Someone quietly edited my poll! I had "News Channel" in quotes!

If it was a DU mod, fine, but shouldn't you give people some notice that you're doing it?

They changed (with parentheses to show sarcasm - there is almost no "NEWS" on Fox) to just

WTF is up with that?

[lostnfound]

12. Pacifica Radio: Democracy Now! (like a daily aspirin but better)

[UrbScotty]

13. Who, in God's name, voted for FAUX?

?!