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Name a media outlet from the opposition POV that is trustworthy

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As above, if your liberal, or democrat, name a media outlet that you can honestly call "trustworthy".

Republican's and conservatives, please do the same.

If your an independent or libertarian, are there any trust worthy media outlets at all? If so name them.
 
Conservative here. On the left I like Dave Ruben of the Ruben Report, Tim Pool (journalist) and Amy Goodman (Democracy Now)

Also, Phillip Defranco is turning his show into a News Network soon, IIRC he's left of center.
 
I am on the side of Truth, I dont have anything good to say about those who push lies, even to get to UTOPIA.

SORRY
 
The economist is decent... it's at least not a propaganda machine.

I like some youtube podcasts that do a better job than most media outlets...
 
Hawkeye10 said:
I am on the side of Truth, I dont have anything good to say about those who push lies, even to get to UTOPIA.

SORRY
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To be on the other side of truth would imply your in favor of lies. Therefore you can't speak well about yourself??? Don't be sorry, if you lie all the time your not telling the truth on this so you are actually in favor of the truth.
 
lefty louie said:
To be on the other side of truth would imply your in favor of lies. Therefore you can't speak well about yourself??? Don't be sorry, if you lie all the time your not telling the truth on this so you are actually in favor of the truth.
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If you want to be well rounded, if you want to give yourself the best chance of spotting the BS, read first (in no particular order):

The Week
Politico
Deutsche Wella
Der Spiegel
BBC
Either WP/NYT's/WSJ (actually it is best if you pick one of these each day, change it up).
 
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Hawkeye10 said:
If you want to be well rounded, if you want to give yourself the best chance of spotting the BS, read first (in no particular order):

The Week
Politico
Deutsche Wella
Der Spiegel
BBC
Either WP/NYT's/WSJ (actually it is best if you pick one of these each day, change it up).
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No offense, but at best the BBC is center, at best every other one you list leans left. I can read between the lines just fine and I actually enjoy listening to the left because it's that much easier to spot the BS IMO, so if that's your goal, we agree, if it's not your goal, well we don't agree on where to get my media from
 
I've been watching a lot of i24news lately, being a night owl. Based out of Israel, I see world-wide events I cant get anywhere, along with such items as the domestic corruption scandals in Nations like Israel.

US Newspapers - US Newspaper List is a great source along with World Newspapers and Magazines on your Finger Tip | World-Newspapers.com

For elections, ballotpedia is the easiest to deal with; no blogs; the green papers are excellent; if you can scan over the snark, dailykos is outstanding with data mining and continuous updates on elections at every level ...
 
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NPR, and The Economist.
 
lefty louie said:
As above, if your liberal, or democrat, name a media outlet that you can honestly call "trustworthy".

Republican's and conservatives, please do the same.

If your an independent or libertarian, are there any trust worthy media outlets at all? If so name them.
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No I don't believe there is.
 
The BBC was independent, though tending to be the voice of the establishment, rather than the government in power. More recently it's been cowed by the Tories. In the last few years, most of it's political reporters are Conservatives, the last political editor left to be Theresa May's spokesperson. They've been outspokenly anti-Corbyn too.
I find Channel 4 News the most even-handed of the UK TV broadcasters. The Independent newspaper tends R of centre, but don't actively propagandise like some.
 
lefty louie said:
As above, if your liberal, or democrat, name a media outlet that you can honestly call "trustworthy".

Republican's and conservatives, please do the same.

If your an independent or libertarian, are there any trust worthy media outlets at all? If so name them.
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In political diagrams I am always almost at center and somewhat libertarian.
If you compare info from a number of news sources, you can usually get close to the probable reality of a matter. On a stand alone basis there are platforms like The Economist, Bloomberg or bbc that are pretty reliable outside of small areas of bias. But is important to have an understanding of the fundamental way of thinking and expression to be able to pick up on the ideological shift.
 
Manc Skipper said:
The BBC was independent, though tending to be the voice of the establishment, rather than the government in power. More recently it's been cowed by the Tories. In the last few years, most of it's political reporters are Conservatives, the last political editor left to be Theresa May's spokesperson. They've been outspokenly anti-Corbyn too.
I find Channel 4 News the most even-handed of the UK TV broadcasters. The Independent newspaper tends R of centre, but don't actively propagandise like some.
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I have felt that bbc was not very conservative nor anything other than friendly about Corbyn. It might be that speaking the truth sounds nasty.
 
joG said:
In political diagrams I am always almost at center and somewhat libertarian.
If you compare info from a number of news sources, you can usually get close to the probable reality of a matter. On a stand alone basis there are platforms like The Economist, Bloomberg or bbc that are pretty reliable outside of small areas of bias. But is important to have an understanding of the fundamental way of thinking and expression to be able to pick up on the ideological shift.
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I'm just trying to establish that, if the left feel they cannot trust the right and vise versa, we will never find a common ground.

That's also why I sit where I do, they are both untrustworthy.
 
I like the centrist views of Sean Hannity and Rachael Madow.
 
lefty louie said:
I'm just trying to establish that, if the left feel they cannot trust the right and vise versa, we will never find a common ground.

That's also why I sit where I do, they are both untrustworthy.
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This is not church, you are not supposed to trust, you are supposed to know.
 
lefty louie said:
I'm just trying to establish that, if the left feel they cannot trust the right and vise versa, we will never find a common ground.

That's also why I sit where I do, they are both untrustworthy.
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IMO, the more credible media outlets from both sides of the aisle make a point of at least occasionally publishing a POV from the opposite side. In those instances (an article totally inconsistent with the publication's usual bias), I sometimes, out of curiosity, take time to research the reporter/author of the article.

https://www.debatepolitics.com/us-p...183-evaluating-and-fact-checking-sources.html
 
Hawkeye10 said:
This is not church, you are not supposed to trust, you are supposed to know.
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And that is precisely why I didn't like the media outlets you mentioned.

Trippy Trekker said:
IMO, the more credible media outlets from both sides of the aisle make a point of at least occasionally publishing a POV from the opposite side. In those instances (an article totally inconsistent with the publication's usual bias), I sometimes, out of curiosity, take time to research the reporter/author of the article.

https://www.debatepolitics.com/us-p...183-evaluating-and-fact-checking-sources.html
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I call it throwing the other side a bone to appear neutral.
 
lefty louie said:
And that is precisely why I didn't like the media outlets you mentioned.


I call it throwing the other side a bone to appear neutral.
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And yet I do, so you have missed something.
 
lefty louie said:
As above, if your liberal, or democrat, name a media outlet that you can honestly call "trustworthy".

Republican's and conservatives, please do the same.

If your an independent or libertarian, are there any trust worthy media outlets at all? If so name them.
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I don't know of any that are trustworthy.
 
a poster here suggested Economist, and I'm glad he did. So that and BBC
 
Right-leaning but fair news sources:

The American Conservative, The Economist, The BBC, Deutsche Welle, Foreign Affairs, Global Security.

Left-leaning but fair news sources:

The Intercept, The Guardian, Democracy Now, Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio.

News sites worth avoiding all together or viewing with great scepticism:

CNN, FOX, MSNBC, Breitbart, Zerohedge, RT, Global Research, Reason.

Cheers.
Evilroddy.
 
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