Sunday, February 06, 2005
This is news. This is truth.
You get a point if you can name the movie line above. I just finished watching "Jon Stewart's Brutal Exchange with CNN Hosts" (Crossfire). Wow! I'm contemplating getting my news from Comedy Central from now on.
Seriously though, I've been watching "Red state" news, and it's pretty easy to see the spin they put on stories. They've really gotten sloppy with that recently. It's probably because those in charge have gotten sloppy in how they do business. I remember a day when an operative would go in and get out with nothing so much as a dead sparrow to show their path.
So, I decided to switch my news source. Since the network news is all pretty much right wing, I wanted a different opinion so I could make up my own mind. I started with NPR around September, but that proved to be either too mainstream (i.e. politically sanitized) or just plain wrong (radical conspiracy theorists). I moved on to Pacifica Radio and Air America, but they also have their own agendas.
So far I've yet to find a "fair and balanced" non-partisan, unspun news feed. Even my C-SPAN is tainted because I can't hear any counter arguments to whatever is being proposed short of some senator from Whosits with their own agenda (and spin).
I feel a desire to be informed, but as a busy person, I rarely have the opportunity to sit down with all news feeds worldwide and weed through the chaff to find the wheat.
Suggestions?
Seriously though, I've been watching "Red state" news, and it's pretty easy to see the spin they put on stories. They've really gotten sloppy with that recently. It's probably because those in charge have gotten sloppy in how they do business. I remember a day when an operative would go in and get out with nothing so much as a dead sparrow to show their path.
So, I decided to switch my news source. Since the network news is all pretty much right wing, I wanted a different opinion so I could make up my own mind. I started with NPR around September, but that proved to be either too mainstream (i.e. politically sanitized) or just plain wrong (radical conspiracy theorists). I moved on to Pacifica Radio and Air America, but they also have their own agendas.
So far I've yet to find a "fair and balanced" non-partisan, unspun news feed. Even my C-SPAN is tainted because I can't hear any counter arguments to whatever is being proposed short of some senator from Whosits with their own agenda (and spin).
I feel a desire to be informed, but as a busy person, I rarely have the opportunity to sit down with all news feeds worldwide and weed through the chaff to find the wheat.
Suggestions?
