Many folks like to decry the main stream media as biased and untrustworthy.
Yes. They are.
Many OGers blame the main stream media for misinforming the public but then turn around and post articles from news sites.
So, which news sources are without bias? Aren’t the non-mainstream media sources prone to the same biases as their network counterparts?
Post your reliable sources so I can begin to trust again!
There used to be this widespread thing called journalism.......
You are approaching this wrong. All media has always been biased, it is now more biased than before. It’s up to you to visit multiple sources and then deduce what is the most accurate.
Reports from an unnamed source always makes me chuckle.
This isn’t getting any clearer, guys...
So far it seems the consensus is we should all make up our own minds about what’s true.
That’s a lot of truths.
NPR is pretty good
Every person has some sort of bias which is why the news should only be facts based on evidence but that does not get the ratings that the ‘every day is the end of the world’ channels get. Every story has 3 sides.
If the program or website relies on ‘clicks’ or ad revenue, that right there is a red flag and the reader should expect some type of bias or subjective spin.
I like NPR and as another poster said, visit an aggregate or a varying range of news sites to get all the angles.
Because all points of view are human and it takes multiple human beings with varying degrees of beliefs and influences to compile news, there has never been nor is there now an unbiased media source.
I even doubt if there’s ever a purely AI based news source, that it will be unbiased.
You could also argue that it’s impossible for any human being to be unbiased. There is no accepted truth in which to compare yourself.
Martin Inguensu - NPR is pretty goodIf you live and operate in a leftist bubble maybe .
JohnMc1 -Fox is biased as well , not to the extent of others but still biased . We need to get back to the simple facts of who , where ,what ,how ,when ,and why . Leave the slant and agenda out . But that won’t happen .sofazucchini -Fox is unbiased. That’s an unbiased factual opinion.
Fox is Conservative leaning [or atleast it was]but atleast they make an effort to be fair. A debate on Fox is 1 Liberal and 1 Conservative. And the host usually stays Neutral. The others have 1 Conservative against 4-5 Liberals along with Liberal leaning hosts gang up on the one Conservative.
crashingwaves -If the program or website relies on ‘clicks’ or ad revenue, that right there is a red flag and the reader should expect some type of bias or subjective spin.
I like NPR and as another poster said, visit an aggregate or a varying range of news sites to get all the angles.
Which websites don’t rely on clicks or ad revenues?
Isn’t that standard internet shit?
OmarsOwnGoal -JohnMc1 -sofazucchini -Fox is unbiased. That’s an unbiased factual opinion.
Fox is Conservative leaning [or atleast it was]but atleast they make an effort to be fair. A debate on Fox is 1 Liberal and 1 Conservative. And the host usually stays Neutral. The others have 1 Conservative against 4-5 Liberals along with Liberal leaning hosts gang up on the one Conservative.
Stop it. This is complete utter bullshit. Fox News is to the right as CNN is to the left. Suggesting otherwise is just plain stupid.
I always thought that was conventional wisodom. Common knowledge.
I don’t think they even hide it.
Lots of great posts.
So what differentiates “main stream media” for all other forms of biased media. Bigger platform, I suppose? More damage because they reach more viewers with their bias?
It almost sounds like the consensus is media is biased. Perhaps that bias balances out and no one evil is greater than another.
In other words, maybe Fox/NBC/CNN are no better or worse than POLITICO/Breitbart/MPR, etc. It’s all the same or, perhaps better said, no more or less harmful?
fastnotch331 -JohnMc1 -Fox is biased as well , not to the extent of others but still biased . We need to get back to the simple facts of who , where ,what ,how ,when ,and why . Leave the slant and agenda out . But that won’t happen .sofazucchini -Fox is unbiased. That’s an unbiased factual opinion.
Fox is Conservative leaning [or atleast it was]but atleast they make an effort to be fair. A debate on Fox is 1 Liberal and 1 Conservative. And the host usually stays Neutral. The others have 1 Conservative against 4-5 Liberals along with Liberal leaning hosts gang up on the one Conservative.
People must be really fucking stupid if they have trouble finding the who, what, how, when etc. in news reports.
Martin Inguensu - NPR is pretty good
LOL are you joking?
banco -fastnotch331 -JohnMc1 -Fox is biased as well , not to the extent of others but still biased . We need to get back to the simple facts of who , where ,what ,how ,when ,and why . Leave the slant and agenda out . But that won’t happen .sofazucchini -Fox is unbiased. That’s an unbiased factual opinion.
Fox is Conservative leaning [or atleast it was]but atleast they make an effort to be fair. A debate on Fox is 1 Liberal and 1 Conservative. And the host usually stays Neutral. The others have 1 Conservative against 4-5 Liberals along with Liberal leaning hosts gang up on the one Conservative.
People must be really fucking stupid if they have trouble finding the who, what, how, when etc. in news reports.
It’s great to break everything down to who what where when why, but those are precisely the pieces that news outlets take their liberties with.
Martin Inguensu - NPR is pretty good
MSNBC, CNN, and NPR are about the least biased of all news networks...