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Stat, you know what is cool is to see the stories as printed in the foreign press and then compare the differences in perspectives to the US media. especially on international issues
The media issue is a tricky subject, because there will always be bias in those articles.
Maybe it's part of human nature to convey events other than what they really are?
I prefer a simplistic approach of the events, without trying to spin it one way or another. Even worse is when news is fabricated. Repetitive news is boring, too, which is why I stopped watching CNN because they won't shut up about that missing plane.
News ought to be conveyed simply, briefly, fairly, and accurately.
A big difference, that you can't see in screen shots, is in the comments sections....
Hey [MENTION=46168]Statistikhengst[/MENTION]...I'd like to see you do the same thing you did here with the "major" news orgs, but dig a little deeper. Capture Drudge, ThinkProgress, DailyKos, Free Republic, etc.
Nicely done, sir.
The people commenting on Yahoo...are usually yahoos.
You forgot the Jerusalem Post. ...
So, in spite of the nasty intent of your posting, as usual, I will give you an adult response:
Yes, I also read the JP as well as Haaretz, but I also read Al Jazeera every day. In terms of accuracy of reporting of most stuff, excluding the PA/Israeli conflict, Al Jazeera actually puts out very, very good reporting a lot of the time.
I hit about 9 other German news outlets, including ARD Tagesschau, ZDF Heute Journal, Berliner Morgenpost, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Phoenix, Deutsche Welle.
I also hit about 4 french news sites a day, including Le Monde.
I also hit the Guardian and BBC sometimes, also SKY.
But I decided to limit this thread to news sites that are primarily focused on the USA, since the bulk of the membership of USMB reads and watches mainly US-American news outlets.
You forgot the Jerusalem Post. ...
So, in spite of the nasty intent of your posting, as usual, I will give you an adult response:
Yes, I also read the JP as well as Haaretz, but I also read Al Jazeera every day. In terms of accuracy of reporting of most stuff, excluding the PA/Israeli conflict, Al Jazeera actually puts out very, very good reporting a lot of the time.
I hit about 9 other German news outlets, including ARD Tagesschau, ZDF Heute Journal, Berliner Morgenpost, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Phoenix, Deutsche Welle.
I also hit about 4 french news sites a day, including Le Monde.
I also hit the Guardian and BBC sometimes, also SKY.
But I decided to limit this thread to news sites that are primarily focused on the USA, since the bulk of the membership of USMB reads and watches mainly US-American news outlets.
My current RSS feeds number 422! That's a combinations of news, writing, religion, science and technology, military, and local. And, if you really want to see what the different headlines are, check out the Drudge Report or BadBlue.
A dozen different sites will report the exact same story in 12 different ways.
The media issue is a tricky subject, because there will always be bias in those articles.
Maybe it's part of human nature to convey events other than what they really are?
I prefer a simplistic approach of the events, without trying to spin it one way or another. Even worse is when news is fabricated. Repetitive news is boring, too, which is why I stopped watching CNN because they won't shut up about that missing plane.
News ought to be conveyed simply, briefly, fairly, and accurately.
Are they STILL going on about that plane at CNN? Really? Geez....
The people commenting on Yahoo...are usually yahoos.
The media issue is a tricky subject, because there will always be bias in those articles.
Maybe it's part of human nature to convey events other than what they really are?
I prefer a simplistic approach of the events, without trying to spin it one way or another. Even worse is when news is fabricated. Repetitive news is boring, too, which is why I stopped watching CNN because they won't shut up about that missing plane.
News ought to be conveyed simply, briefly, fairly, and accurately.
Are they STILL going on about that plane at CNN? Really? Geez....
For crying out loud, you'd think CNN owns that plane and every single member on board was a personal family member of one of the news casts. CNN has gone down the tubes with their coverage. It's the problem with a lot of the local cable news networks. It's all for entertainment with very little real news. You have to go find that for yourself.
Are they STILL going on about that plane at CNN? Really? Geez....
For crying out loud, you'd think CNN owns that plane and every single member on board was a personal family member of one of the news casts. CNN has gone down the tubes with their coverage. It's the problem with a lot of the local cable news networks. It's all for entertainment with very little real news. You have to go find that for yourself.
I love the running wolf[?] in your signature.
Comparative news analysis is a great topic, and right up my alley! Thank you so much for the mention, and I'll come back when I can post something substantive. Meanwhile, an excellent source of information is Michael Parenti:
Inventing Reality: The Politics of News Media - Michael Parenti - Google Books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-SK8bUsshQ
Nice! Love the Deutsch spam!
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I wanted to invite you especially just to take a look and notice the many differences in the type of things that are being reported and how they are being reported.
I personally go to about 15 news outlets a day, browse - and then delve, and I go to as many Conservative-leaning sites as I do to Liberal-leaning sites, alongside what we generally called the "mainstream media". In other words, I have a pretty healthy diet of everything in my daily news consumption.
In the past, such threads have received OUTSTANDING commentary from people from all over the spectrum, not only about stuff that appears to be missing from one site, but to be found in abundance on another site, but also comments about format, use of graphics, story placement on a page, etc.
And in the past, I have discovered just as many enlightening and helpful comments from Conservatives as from Liberals - so nothing about this OP is supposed to be a potshot at one site or another, because for every single one of the outlets above, even the ones that lean strongly in one ideological direction, I can find at least one very, very positive thing to say and remember about that particular headline page.
See what differences you can find, ones that please you and also the ones that don't. What would you perhaps do differently? What do you expect of a good news outlet? If you could tell the Editor of said news outlet what he should change, what would you tell him? Say it here, let us know. Let's get a good conversation started on news "production", taking a very average day in the month, like April 26th, 2014, to speak about it.
Remember, we are being inundated and influenced by this stuff from all corners every day, so this kind of thing, imo, helps the process of discernment.
Have fun!
-Stat
PS. If you quote the OP, you might want to edit out the graphic http's from the screenshots that you are NOT talking about, otherwise, the postings may get very, very lonnnnnngggg.....
