2007-03-31 15:46:34 · 20 answers · asked by Ignorant Guy. (Is Back) 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
C-SPAN.
Watch the original hearings and deliberations, unedited.
2007-03-31 15:49:15 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
The only way is to watch as many of them as you can. 90% of them are biased towards one side of the political agenda and Fox is just pure propoganda.
Watch them all and compare how they present their material, keep a close eye on the language the use, this will reveal more than anything which side of the debate they favour if they have a bias.
The best news channels will present you with opinions from all sides of the issue and will only report the facts and not speculation so that you can form your own opinion on the issues presented to you.
2007-03-31 16:00:53 · answer #2 · answered by Shakespeare 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find variety to be the key. The channels I like are: C-SPAN (I'm a huge "Washington Journal" fan) the BBC, CNN, Fox, and the nightly news line-up (NBC, ABC, CBS). Also, keep in mind the news on television is meant for brevity, so look into newspapers and other written publications for more info on stories.
2007-03-31 15:52:39 · answer #3 · answered by Sangria 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
News Channel?
C-SPAN, live feeds into Congressional meetings unedited, but you may wanna bring a few Red Bulls so you don't fall asleep.
BBC-least biased news channel, period, just the facts.
MSNBC- Biased, but only depending on the host. (Tucker Carlson, Joe Scarborough= conservative, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann= mod-left) But all of the hosts are fair, they use facts to come to their conclusions.
CNN= I trust them, but there is a bit of a liberal bias, but it doesn't have a huge impact on the networks credibility.
ABC- yes, they have the View, Rosie o'Donnell, that's really left-wing for you, almost crazy left. No, definitely crazy.
Fox News, EXTREMELY BIASED, very right-wing. Only Alan Colmes isn't a conservative, and he's a self-admitted moderate, even though Fox News bills him as a "hard-hitting liberal".
2007-03-31 16:00:12 · answer #4 · answered by Liberals love America! 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Reliably wrong, or reliably right?
FOX is reliably correct, of course. NBC is most often reliably wrong. And The Washington Post.
2007-03-31 15:57:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hop around and you will get an idea of how things work. Train yourself to listen for both sides of an issue. If a station only gives one side, move on. For cable TV, FOX NEWS is most balanced. For non-cable major networks, ABC is best for balanced opinions. No single station is best for anyone.
2007-03-31 15:53:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
FOX news of course (extends arm in a horizontal fashion to salute pics of a mustachioed guy, and Ann Coulter).
JUST KIDDING!
I used to get LINK TV via satellite (DirectTv). They showed clips of news from different middle eastern countries (Israel, Iran, Jordan, UAE, etc.) as well as Germany. You can't get a real idea of whats happening just by watching American tv.
2007-04-03 12:07:44 · answer #7 · answered by doubt_is_freedom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to learn about politics, start reading books or go to school.
You are not going to learn anything from watching CNN that is for sure.
2007-03-31 15:50:32 · answer #8 · answered by Bubba 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Not the Clinton News Network (CNN) I try to watch Fox, at least you get another side of the issues of today.
2007-03-31 15:57:54 · answer #9 · answered by HAGAR!!! 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I like the MSNBC website for their in depth stories. They'll be three web pages long versus one for CNN and fox news.
2007-03-31 15:50:46 · answer #10 · answered by soldier_of_god 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
C-SPAN, without a doubt. No commercials, no bias. Live, unfettered long-winded legislative lunacy. The full meal deal, no sound-bites.
2007-03-31 15:51:47 · answer #11 · answered by Lonnie P 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋