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PotatoBoy Donating Member (364 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-04 03:42 PM
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Looking for reliable, honest news sources
CNN and MSNBC are obviously not it. Which news sites do you all frequent to get your daily scoop?
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-04 03:43 PM
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1. Jeez, I go to all this trouble
To make these posts, and you're STILL looking for reliable news sources?!

Insist on genuine gratuitous posts. Accept no substitutes.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-04 03:44 PM
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3. News Hour with Jim Lehrer
and the Christian Science Monitor online.
google it
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-04 03:44 PM
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2. Well, for one thing
anything you see on the "boob tube" is, by definition, not credible IMO. I suggest some written sources like the NY Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and LBN on DU.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-04 03:45 PM
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4. Hey, a fellow CSM reader.
Online, every morning M-F.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-04 03:49 PM
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5. Seriously, though
Yeah, yeah, quit laughing.

Get your information from a variety of sources. Don't just accept the word of one publication or one station. In this age of instant information, you can check and re-check reports from several different sources without even leaving your desktop. What was left out of the Times' report? Why did MSNBC include that sentence?

Read with a critical eye; if something strikes you as not quite right, wait a news cycle or two. Often, the real story comes out a couple of days later; it just doesn't run on page A1. More like C12.
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displacedtexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-04 03:51 PM
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6. For world news and thoughtful anti Bush* headlines...
http://www.positiveuniverse.com/
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DaveSZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-04 03:53 PM
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9. Get your news online
After Dean said not to trust the TV news, I started getting my news online.


NY Times, Washington Post, Google News, they are all good.
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duhneece Donating Member (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-04 03:51 PM
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7. Information Clearing House
Everyday I receive a list of articles (from various sources) and I usually find some of those articles being discussed on DU.
I'm not sure of url, but if you google...and sign up for daily delivery, it is well worth it.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-04 03:54 PM
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11. url:
www.informationclearinghouse.info

:thumbsup:
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kaitykaity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-04 03:52 PM
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8. Try Buzzflash.
Buzzflash

They pull together news stories from all over the
world, from a variety of sources. I like that site
very much.
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Jacobin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-04 03:54 PM
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10. You might check this out
talkingpointsmemo.com

Not comprehensive, but very well written and insightful and I've found it to be very accurate over time.
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-04 04:00 PM
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12. CBC, BBC and believe it or not, Pravda
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