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Greetings from a political noob[W:18]

Learis

Learis

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I'm 30 years old and have never followed politics too well, but I've recently taken a strong interest in it. I'm happy to be a part of this debate forum and look forward to the interesting and heated debates that occur here. In addition to debating on this site, my primary goal is to find sources of unbiased news... something I worry is impossible in this day and age. But if anyone has any recommendations for news sources that they feel are unbiased or closer to unbiased than others, then I would appreciate it. Once again, happy to be here and hello to you all.
 
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Learis said:
I'm 30 years old and have never followed politics too well, but I've recently taken a strong interest in it. I'm happy to be a part of this debate forum and look forward to the interesting and heated debates that occur here. In addition to debating on this site, my primary goal is to find sources of unbiased news... something I worry is impossible in this day and age. But if anyone has any recommendations for news sources that they feel are unbiased or closer to unbiased than others, then I would appreciate it. Once again, happy to be here and hello to you all.
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Welcome to DP! This place is full of all kinds of people, so you'll fit in with us just fine! :)
 
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Learis said:
I'm 30 years old and have never followed politics too well, but I've recently taken a strong interest in it. I'm happy to be a part of this debate forum and look forward to the interesting and heated debates that occur here. In addition to debating on this site, my primary goal is to find sources of unbiased news... something I worry is impossible in this day and age. But if anyone has any recommendations for news sources that they feel are unbiased or closer to unbiased than others, then I would appreciate it. Once again, happy to be here and hello to you all.
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welcome!

unbiased news sources, try reuters and AP.
 
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Welcome to DP... :) Good luck on the news source... I expect you'll get a lot of different answers, but I tend to agree with Winston...then again, I agree with a lot of what he says, so that could be our bias showing...haha :)
 
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OlNate said:
Welcome to DP... :) Good luck on the news source... I expect you'll get a lot of different answers, but I tend to agree with Winston...then again, I agree with a lot of what he says, so that could be our bias showing...haha :)
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The current theme among the right, is that all news is out to sabotage Trump. This plays into the Bill O'Reilly/Hannity/Limbaugh/Jones worldview that there is a vast network of evil liberals hatching ghastly plots from their liberal lair of lies.
 
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Thank you for the recommendations. After skimming over reuters, it does seem to be more language neutral in its tones for story titles, so I'll definitely add it to my news source list.
 
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Learis said:
I'm 30 years old and have never followed politics too well, but I've recently taken a strong interest in it. I'm happy to be a part of this debate forum and look forward to the interesting and heated debates that occur here. In addition to debating on this site, my primary goal is to find sources of unbiased news... something I worry is impossible in this day and age. But if anyone has any recommendations for news sources that they feel are unbiased or closer to unbiased than others, then I would appreciate it. Once again, happy to be here and hello to you all.
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Hey, better a little late than never!

I believe,

"Politics is the sports of real life"

Enjoy!
 
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Learis said:
I'm 30 years old and have never followed politics too well, but I've recently taken a strong interest in it. I'm happy to be a part of this debate forum and look forward to the interesting and heated debates that occur here. In addition to debating on this site, my primary goal is to find sources of unbiased news... something I worry is impossible in this day and age. But if anyone has any recommendations for news sources that they feel are unbiased or closer to unbiased than others, then I would appreciate it. Once again, happy to be here and hello to you all.
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Welcome! Your sincerity shines through. Your inexperience provides us a clean canvas to work with. I find myself curious how much your opinions and your lean changes over time. May our Best Times lie ahead!

As to rating websites and publications for bias, I suggest you begin with Media Bias Fact Check and AllSides.

For instance, take MSNBC, CNN and FOX NEWS......

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/msnbc/
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/cnn/
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/fox-news/
 
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Winston said:
The current theme among the right, is that all news is out to sabotage Trump. This plays into the Bill O'Reilly/Hannity/Limbaugh/Jones worldview that there is a vast network of evil liberals hatching ghastly plots from their liberal lair of lies.
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lol...well, we *are* a spicy bunch! haha
 
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Learis said:
Thank you for the recommendations. After skimming over reuters, it does seem to be more language neutral in its tones for story titles, so I'll definitely add it to my news source list.
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Reuters is my go to source. It's outlandish for people to discredit them because they are so middle of the road.
 
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Learis said:
I'm 30 years old and have never followed politics too well, but I've recently taken a strong interest in it. I'm happy to be a part of this debate forum and look forward to the interesting and heated debates that occur here. In addition to debating on this site, my primary goal is to find sources of unbiased news... something I worry is impossible in this day and age. But if anyone has any recommendations for news sources that they feel are unbiased or closer to unbiased than others, then I would appreciate it. Once again, happy to be here and hello to you all.
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Welcome to DP and hope you like it here as well as I do.

As for sources, I recommend you put an icon on your desktop for "The Drudge Report", "Real Clear Politics", "The Rasmussen Report", and "Forbes" for starters. The first two don't offer a lot of commentary themselves, but provide links to a broad variety of political news and opinion on all sides of just about every current topic out there. Forbes offers essays pro and con on most major issues, and Rasmussen provides running polls on most of the major issues that will give you ideas of what to research.

Those will keep you busy without being strongly partisan in any direction. And you can broaden your horizons from there.
 
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Trippy Trekker said:
Welcome! Your sincerity shines through. Your inexperience provides us a clean canvas to work with. I find myself curious how much your opinions and your lean changes over time. May our Best Times lie ahead!

As to rating websites and publications for bias, I suggest you begin with Media Bias Fact Check and AllSides.

For instance, take MSNBC, CNN and FOX NEWS......

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/msnbc/
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/cnn/
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/fox-news/
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Did you just make this guy a DP science experiment? :2razz:
 
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AlbqOwl said:
Welcome to DP and hope you like it here as well as I do.

As for sources, I recommend you put an icon on your desktop for "The Drudge Report", "Real Clear Politics", "The Rasmussen Report", and "Forbes" for starters. The first two don't offer a lot of commentary themselves, but provide links to a broad variety of political news and opinion on all sides of just about every current topic out there. Forbes offers essays pro and con on most major issues, and Rasmussen provides running polls on most of the major issues that will give you ideas of what to research.

Those will keep you busy without being strongly partisan in any direction. And you can broaden your horizons from there.
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Drudge?

As an unbiased source?

Yow! :doh
 
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Chomsky said:
Did you just make this guy a DP science experiment? :2rBusazz:
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IDK? My accredited Science degree indicates Business Administration acumen, not Political Science.

I admit to having a bit more political interest in Learis due to the apparent lack of entrenched thinking common with most of us when we first joined DP. All grins!
 
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Winston said:
The current theme among the right, is that all news is out to sabotage Trump. This plays into the Bill O'Reilly/Hannity/Limbaugh/Jones worldview that there is a vast network of evil liberals hatching ghastly plots from their liberal lair of lies.
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Well, liberals are proof of Jones's assertion that we've been interbreeding humans and animals. All you have to do to see evidence of this is to look at a photo of Anthony Wiener. And he and Hummus have a child. God help us all.
 
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Moderator's Warning:
In the context of welcoming a new member, can we please avoid derailing the thread with back and forth debate over unbiased news sources. A thread can be opened in a more appropriate forum for that purpose.

Thank you!
 
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Hello and welcome to DP! I hope you are enjoying yourself in the forums! :)
 
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Chomsky said:
Drudge?

As an unbiased source?

Yow! :doh
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It really is objective. Nobody is 100% unbiased but you can be biased and still be even handed, fair, and objective. You will find links to just about every syndicated columnist from the far left to the far right there and you will find links to articles pro and con on most issues of the day. Virtually EVERY news source consults Drudge at least once a day to see what the most important stories of the day are likely to be as he seems to be able to anticipate that better and earlier than most others. Drudge is just as quick to skewer somebody on the right as he is somebody on the left, and President Trump has certainly not escaped his disapproval.
 
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AlbqOwl said:
It really is objective. Nobody is 100% unbiased but you can be biased and still be even handed, fair, and objective. You will find links to just about every syndicated columnist from the far left to the far right there and you will find links to articles pro and con on most issues of the day. Virtually EVERY news source consults Drudge at least once a day to see what the most important stories of the day are likely to be as he seems to be able to anticipate that better and earlier than most others. Drudge is just as quick to skewer somebody on the right as he is somebody on the left, and President Trump has certainly not escaped his disapproval.
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I would not go that far but Drudge is much better than some would have you believe. Better is TheWeek lately, their attempts to be fair have been unusually awesome.
 
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Hawkeye10 said:
I would not go that far but Drudge is much better than some would have you believe. Better is TheWeek lately, their attempts to be fair have been unusually awesome.
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I'll have to check them out.
 
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Hawkeye10 said:
I would not go that far but Drudge is much better than some would have you believe. Better is TheWeek lately, their attempts to be fair have been unusually awesome.
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Okay I did check it out and if today's offering is any indication, I wouldn't call their reporting exactly objective or comprehensive. Not as bad as some though.
 
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AlbqOwl said:
It really is objective. Nobody is 100% unbiased but you can be biased and still be even handed, fair, and objective. You will find links to just about every syndicated columnist from the far left to the far right there and you will find links to articles pro and con on most issues of the day. Virtually EVERY news source consults Drudge at least once a day to see what the most important stories of the day are likely to be as he seems to be able to anticipate that better and earlier than most others. Drudge is just as quick to skewer somebody on the right as he is somebody on the left, and President Trump has certainly not escaped his disapproval.
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It seems to me you're tossing around terms and phrases to obfuscate the issue.

The OP specifically and categorically requested assistance in finding "unbiased sources". You're response recommending Drudge, is anything but unbiased. No matter how you couch it, Drudge is a conservative significantly Right leaning source.

Let's be realistic here.
 
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