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05-06-2011 , 06:43 PM

#51

T50_Omaha8

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Al Jazeera's TV network is way better than their website imo. But their iPhone app is most of my international day-to-day news reading.

A lot of The Economist is reporting on topical issues, since they are a weekly publication and all, and they aren't as focused on whatever the hot story is at the moment. So it's not really an ideal news source if you want to know about that big thing that happened last night or whatever.

AJC for local news. Which is terrible.

05-06-2011 , 08:35 PM

#52

analyze_this

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Not_In_My_Name

I won't be able to read anywhere near as much as I do at the moment when I graduate in a few months and have to actually start work

Is this a joke or are you serious?
been reading you for a while now, had you figured for a 40 year old lawyer or something like that

05-07-2011 , 04:45 AM

#53

Not_In_My_Name

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Quote:

Originally Posted by analyze_this

Is this a joke or are you serious?
been reading you for a while now, had you figured for a 40 year old lawyer or something like that

I don't know if that's a good or bad thing

05-07-2011 , 08:29 AM

#54

analyze_this

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Lol
Well let's just say I'm even more impressed now

And just not to completely derail this thread I'm gonna propose Yahoo news, it's all there really
http://uk.news.yahoo.com
and of course it's american alter
http://news.yahoo.com
kind of complementary I find

05-07-2011 , 09:01 AM

#55

KneeCo

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Daily Show.

05-08-2011 , 12:14 AM

#56

Riverman

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For actual, you know, what happened stuff - wall street journal and ny times (stay away from the op-ed pages)

For analysis:

glenn greenwald

05-08-2011 , 11:34 AM

#57

Vecernicek

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Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,781

Has anyone said "All of them" yet?

(Or more specifically, "All of them, any of them that um, have, um, been in front of me over all these years.")

05-08-2011 , 12:09 PM

#58

The 13th 4postle

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I'll admit that I thought Al Jazeera was a shady news organization until I actually watched it. It's good news though and I think most people will change their mind about their news after they see it as well. People just haven't been exposed to Al Jazeera enough to know better.

1.) Drudge Report
2.) Twitter
3.) Huff Post
4.) Nytimes

05-08-2011 , 12:22 PM

#59

Not_In_My_Name

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I still haven't got into this twitter thing. I've heard that too much tweeting makes one a ****, but I'm willing to give it a shot. How do I go about getting good news on twitter?

05-08-2011 , 12:31 PM

#60

MrWookie

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Not_In_My_Name

I still haven't got into this twitter thing. I've heard that too much tweeting makes one a ****, but I'm willing to give it a shot. How do I go about getting good news on twitter?

I'm not really sure. I benefit from twitter news mainly by way of legit news organizations capitalizing on and reporting tweets by the common man there on the ground at the site where whatever-it-is is going down.

05-08-2011 , 03:12 PM

#61

FlyWf

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I don't tweet but I follow various reporters and bloggers, greenwald likes to tweet interesting links and stuff.

05-08-2011 , 03:27 PM

#62

Jonaspublius

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Quote:

Originally Posted by The 13th 4postle

I have problems with 1&3 even though I load and glance there. Aggregators simply sexy up headlines and try to get hits for their own revenue. They are NOT a news SOURCE. Most modern nations have a well-funded reliable state-sponsored news network. Its about time to ditch the current news part of PBS from the kids shows and niche boredom stuff, and start over. One of the most shaming things I've experienced as an American is turning on NPR or PBS and they have bought programming from the BBC.

05-08-2011 , 05:27 PM

#63

ALawPoker

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonaspublius

One of the most shaming things I've experienced as an American is turning on NPR or PBS and they have bought programming from the BBC.

That's it?

05-08-2011 , 05:44 PM

#64

Not_In_My_Name

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Why the **** would that shame you? Why shouldn't American networks buy BBC programming? The BBC is a world-class media network and makes great shows. Did it shame you when 'Merkin movie theatres were showing Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? Goddamn Chinese takin over these days amirite?!

05-08-2011 , 05:58 PM

#65

analyze_this

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to any 24 fans out here, try watching spooks
its a BBC series
freakin awesome

05-08-2011 , 06:48 PM

#66

kowboys4

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Al Jazeera hands down.

05-08-2011 , 08:12 PM

#67

analyze_this

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The problem with Al Jazeera is that they still have some "red lines"
like the saudi royals for example

05-08-2011 , 10:54 PM

#68

HarmonicaMan

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Borodog

http://www.zerohedge.com/

A bit too much doom & gloom - even if that's a possible future scenario.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Not_In_My_Name

You performed as well as tv news: spectacle without facts or logic

I won't be able to read anywhere near as much as I do at the moment when I graduate in a few months and have to actually start work

Then I'll see if I stick by my criticism of tv news and people who watch it

Big Mac and fries please

05-09-2011 , 10:45 AM

#69

mosdef

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Quote:

Originally Posted by analyze_this

The problem with Al Jazeera is that they still have some "red lines"
like the saudi royals for example

Right, but if you know this and take it into account they add a valuable perspective and cover things that aren't covered at all in the west.

05-09-2011 , 11:34 AM

#70

analyze_this

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Oh I have no doubt about it
plus their sport network is just top top notch

05-09-2011 , 12:47 PM

#71

riverfish1

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yeah I thought Al Jazeera was pretty much terrorist propoganda right up until I was traveling in Africa and it was pretty much the only news station ever on (occasionally I would come across the BBC, or if the place was really nice, CNN International). No joke, I was surprised not only that there were women news anchors, but that they were dressed in Western clothes with no head coverings. Being forced to watch it made me realize that it's a legit news source.

05-09-2011 , 04:31 PM

#72

Jonaspublius

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Not_In_My_Name

Why doesn't it shame you? Maybe I have some residual American exceptionalism
mythos I haven't rooted out yet, but I find it galling that a nation the size of Louisiana can churn out quality news on a scale and depth of nothing in this country, public or private. The Economist has no peer left, if you could have called Time, Newsweek, or USNews&World Report peers in the good old days. When NYT falls, or sells out, there won't be a single large source news gatherer left in this country. Why isn't it shaming or alarming that no hunger for information exists in the nation as a whole to the point of paying for it?