what media do you trust more alternative media or mainstrem media??

Question

personaly i like to watch mainstream news and prisonplanet witch gives you a excellent insight into the strange things that are going on into todays world

www.prisonplanet.com

Answer 1

Anything that Rupert Murdoch doesn't own.

Answer 2

A combination of both. I watch the news on Channel 4, BBC and Sky, read the Telegraph and Express, some poltical parties´ websites as well as a few blogs and forums which I have come to rely upon for an alternative view. The latter can be suprisingly good and use and provide links to a variety of sources.

My advice is to read a variety sites of differing political persuasions and make up your own mind! Watch out for adjectives that are hard to substantiate when descrining any party, people, ethnicity, group or organization.

For example the BNP are often described by the far-left as "evil", "wicked" and "scum" - are they referring to every member or the party´s ethos? The langauge is very subjective and clearly indicates bias. Similarly the far-right will often talk about zionists, and islamisits in a similar fashion with little subtance to support their reasoning. The same is true of Palestinians/Israelis, etc - you get the idea.

Answer 3

I don't trust either explicity because each media outlet has its own agenda and its own philosphies (and special interests and sacred cows) to espouse and protect, facts be damned -- or, worse, ignored. The "alternative" media is just as prone to ignore stories that don't follow their party line (not one word was written in Salon, for example, about onetime left press darling Cindy Sheehan giving up the antiwar movement the day after Memorial Day and going back to Cali) as the "mainstream" media (which has yet to discover that there's a Republican presidential candidate named Ron Paul who's been kicking as s in debates).

In short, go with the media outlets with which you feel most comfortable -- the ones you feel are giving you the most, and most accurate, information -- but keep a healthy skepticism about you ...

Answer 4

You asked this question really well, one should always use one's own judgement regarding any information presented. =)

I like the Comment is Free section in the Guardian and read The Independent daily but trust alternative news sites far more. I'll paste a few links here for people who may not know these sites.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/

http://www.alternet.org/

http://www.commondreams.org/

http://www.chris-floyd.com/

Answer 5

I favor alternative press:
For environmental issues, I prefer "E" - the Environmental magazine;
For world issues, I turn to "National Geographic" which, in its June issue, has an extraordinary article about global warming;
For political issues, I life "Mother Jones" - a fresh voice of reason, truthfulness and accuracy in a press full of lies, distortions, inaccuracies and government cover-ups.
-RKO- 07/08/07

Answer 6

al-jazeera english is wicked, its one of the few that isnt the dog which follows the sheep

Answer 7

neither. the media will do anything to get viewers. they cant be trusted.

Answer 8

Neither....TRUST NO ONE! Not even your own eyes! move to the cook islands...