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I don't really keep up with the news online but occasionally I hit the Latest Headlines tab in Firefox and skim through the headlines that are listed there.
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i like democracy now. they just sat and asked a homeless guy what his situation was like. they're kind of goofy and make little mistakes alot.
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I don't think the bias in news matters too much, so long as you can separate the bullshit from the facts.
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I guess by asking about objectivity I meant to say

is their perspective is not one that is influenced by the system of ideological control thats in place to disseminate only the information that the powers that be have determined are okay for mass consumption but rather whats really happening in the world

thats an entirely different beast I guess

part of me wishes I could have like noam chomsky, umberto eco, and joseph campbell as little angels/devils that travel around with me on my shoulders to interpret current events and help make sense of daily life for me lol
Last Edit: March 31, 2009, 01:43:45 am by Wash Cycle
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well now you're asking for it which ones are angels and which are devils.
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Macleans for politics, but it's all Canadian. I hate it when people pass by and read the title thinking it's a porn magazine, especially when the covers are of faces of politicians.

http://www2.macleans.ca/

It really is one of the better news sources that is available where I live (I actually read the magazines). The other two being newspapers, one of which is The Canadian Sun which you can imagine how reliable that is.
this is a right-wing news source, fyi.


I do feel obligated to mention that I was written about in Nov. 2008's issue 8)
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Now if you could point to me a left wing source that I can get access to in the country that'd be perfect!
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This is where I've been getting mine recently;
http://rawstory.com/

I occasionally get linked to here. It seems like a pretty decent site. Interestingly, right now there's a big banner at the top of the page that says "it's not too late -- fiat currency or REAL MONEY??"

As for objective news: the difficult part is being able to tell when someone is letting his ideology get in the way. Some say you should read both left-wing and right-wing sites to get an accurate idea, but in my experience the high-quality left-wing sites are usually quite good on their own, as a fundamental part of the right-wing ideology is to simply be ideological. Everywhere in the world, conservatism is linked to narrowmindedness and favoritism towards old and long disproven ideas, whereas progressivism is essentially the advocacy of reform.

What I'm saying is that you shouldn't be fooled into thinking that newspapers, blogs or media outlets that have proven themselves to be tainted, like virtually all the self-proclaimed right-wing sites that I've ever seen, have a valid opinion. The point of these sites is to hide or distort information from you so as to make their ideology work in practice. Some are very seriously open about that goal too.

Personally, I think http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ is good, as is http://thinkprogress.org/. I also occasionally watch the Countdown (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/) because it's a good and entertaining daily source of information about the political process, despite Olbermann's in my opinion unnecessary habit of making fun of people he disagrees with.
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well now you're asking for it which ones are angels and which are devils.
well I was just using that to illustrate little spirit guys that chill on my shoulders but I guess that would make chomsky and campbell angels and eco a devil lol

also zatham, I met the editor of high times last quarter after a marijuana legalization debate that he had with some really famous nark. he is a petulant child of a man. he is basically just a really baked dude who likes to say things without backing them up and then defending his points by saying well everyone has a right to their opinion blah blah. I know its a bit off topic but man all I have to say is, dont read high times because a magazine run by a man who has the rhetorical abilities of a middle schooler cant be any good. that said hes a nice guy and I wish I coulda smoked with him but it was like 11 oclock when the shit was over and they had another debate the next day in chicago so yeah
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Macleans for politics, but it's all Canadian. I hate it when people pass by and read the title thinking it's a porn magazine, especially when the covers are of faces of politicians.

They have made some controversial covers before that almost did look like porn mags. According to the editors those also happened to be some of their best selling weeks, 3x as much as usual. :|
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A funny thing I've noticed in the american far right news is that in their rush to find things to criticize about obama is that they've been bringing to light a lot of valid criticisms of international finance capital and the cedeing of economic soveriegnty that imperialist organizations like the world bank/imf have demanded.

Meanwhile papers like huffington post that are seen by a lot of folks to have a 'left' perspective have a picture on their websites front page of presidents of the us italy russia and china grinning and giving a thumbs while right underneath it says "g20 proposes giving the imf/world bank $1 trillion" without a critical peep in sight.
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Whoever mistook it for porn covers must've been pretty disappointed.

And European news or atleast the english news is pretty bad from what i've read around here.
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there was a good joke on 30 rock where alec baldwin says IF I WANTED TO KNOW SOMETHING OBVIOUS I'D GO TO THE HUFFINGTON POST.

christ that site. when daily kos makes you look good you're in trouble.

edit: i must be really out of touch when i get more of a kick out of people poking fun at dumb politics shit than actually caring about it. oh ron paul! what won't you do next.
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Even the nation is losing its edge these days.

Counterpunch.org is still a great site for editorials, they won't go soft on us(ihope)

Labourstart.org occasionally has some good stories that slip through the cracks but its focused exclusively on trade union news
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www.guardian.co.uk is a very good source, usually many well written articles and despite being in the UK, it's world-centric
Just gunna point out that for a supposed "green" paper, the guardian pals around with motor and oil companies, bringing into question it's credibility. I think it's also a tax evader, but then all our papers are.
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A funny thing I've noticed in the american far right news is that in their rush to find things to criticize about obama is that they've been bringing to light a lot of valid criticisms of international finance capital and the cedeing of economic soveriegnty that imperialist organizations like the world bank/imf have demanded.

Meanwhile papers like huffington post that are seen by a lot of folks to have a 'left' perspective have a picture on their websites front page of presidents of the us italy russia and china grinning and giving a thumbs while right underneath it says "g20 proposes giving the imf/world bank $1 trillion" without a critical peep in sight.

i don't even know what the IMF and the world bank do. aren't they basically some kind of loan shark to 3rd world countries run by a bunch of neocons?
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'Neoliberalism' not neocons

And yeah, it was basically first world finance capital using conditional loans to bust open markets in the third world
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I guess by asking about objectivity I meant to say

is their perspective is not one that is influenced by the system of ideological control thats in place to disseminate only the information that the powers that be have determined are okay for mass consumption but rather whats really happening in the world

thats an entirely different beast I guess
It depends on what you're looking for in news. It's impossible for any station to be completely objective, so you've just gotta play what you're dealt. Yeah, they cater to their demographic, but that doesn't mean that their news is shit. As biased as it may be, it's still relevant. Obviously, the best thing to do is look as many sources as you can, but no one has the time to do that. So the best solution is to develop a discerning eye for any ideological nuance in your news, and be aware of the bias.

Y'know though, I really wouldn't mind a website that links to hundreds of sources for any given current event, sources of course organized by ideology and relevance. Oh wait, that's google!
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