2007-06-15 11:36:42 · 25 answers · asked by Lindsey G 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I don't believe it's as much about credibility as it is about how and what is reported. News sources all have different styles and opinions in their reporting. You just need to gather information from different multiple sources and form your own opinion on the information you gather.
2007-06-15 11:40:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
You need many sources. Once you start reading AND listening to MANY sources you will begin to see through the fog. I learned this when I started a sales job and during my travels read many different news papers.
IO soon began to laugh at them all as after reading a story in one I could accurately guess what the others would sound like. It was bad trust me. (USA Today, NY Times and the Cincinnati Post) It was so bad sometimes that although you were simply reading another account of the same event if it were not for the times dates and names being the same you would hardly believe that these reporters had seen the same thing...
Multiple sources trust me. It will open your eyes.
2007-06-15 11:46:24 · answer #2 · answered by Jeff Engr 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It absolutely boggles the mind to see so many people who believe that Fox's "infotainment" is anything approaching real "news". You might as well form your opinions from a Suzanne Somers infomercial.
I agree that you need to utilize a variety of sources to form a true sense of what is going on, but if you had to pick one...the Wall Street Journal is the single best news source out there. Its was real intellectuals in the real world turn to for news and information. Thats not just my opinion btw. Walk into any business school in the country and ask.
Fox? ha! You crazy kids make me laugh. Do the Powerpuff girls lead into Bill O-Really?
2007-06-15 18:54:10 · answer #3 · answered by Moderates Unite! 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Reuters. Actually anyone who only consults one and only one news source is a fool and very misinformed. I look at 3 or 4 daily and switch them around from a list of about 8 or 10 souces. Some lean left, some lean right. The same story reported by each can be different. Somewhere between them is probably the truth.
2007-06-15 11:48:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Al Jazeera
2007-06-16 08:58:55 · answer #5 · answered by Antoine J 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It isn't exactly that they aren't "credible". They all just present facts in a fashion to support their own slant. Be that conservative, or liberal. The best idea is to read/watch a wide variety of news programs and try to sort it out yourself.
2007-06-15 11:44:55 · answer #6 · answered by kitty_cat_claws_99 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Free Speech TV and Link TV
They show the news the networks don't want you to see
Also sometimes Frontline will do a good expose.
I never trust anything owned by Rupert Murdock like Fox and just about everthing else in media. They want to keep us afraid and stupid.
If you believe Fox I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
2007-06-15 11:42:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
Truly, I don't know one major news source that doesn't slant it's stories one way or another.
Maybe the BBC when covering the world.
2007-06-15 12:02:40 · answer #8 · answered by Uncle Pennybags 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
HAM radio. straight off the wire just the facts no editing or special correspondence from reporters who are paid 6 figures to make the news interesting.
2007-06-16 08:19:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think you have to get it from multiple sources, compare, dissect and try to decide what the real truth may be.
2007-06-15 11:47:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋