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In an alternative scenario you could have the state-run media, cough insert-name-here cough, simply forcing every single outlet to run with their version of the
by 6stringmerc 10y ago
In an alternative scenario you could have the state-run media, cough insert-name-here cough, simply forcing every single outlet to run with their version of the headline:
"There still is no Facebook, only use National Party Communication Gathering Website!"
- mmanfrin 10y agoStudies have found that state run media in democratic nations are the least biased. NPR, BBC.
- chris_va 10y agoPublically financed and state run are two very different things.
- damptowel 10y agoCan you give some references? Might be a good read.
- maxerickson 10y agoNPR is an independent organization. It receives some flow through federal dollars, but it isn't state run. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR#Funding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR#Funding
- bpodgursky 10y agoIf you genuinely think NPR is the least biased news source available in the US, you have more serious problems.
- kbenson 10y agoSo what's an example of a less biased news source, and why do you think it's less biased?
- bpodgursky 10y agoI find the CSMonitor to be a good source for review articles (not breaking news, but breaking news is rarely that informative IMO): http://www.csmonitor.com/ http://www.csmonitor.com/ I read the Economist and while I won't call it unbiased, it's honest and usually presents both sides. For day-of news it's tougher but direct Reuters pieces usually have minimal interpretation and are pretty good.
- protomyth 10y agobut the Reuters' headline writer has a hate on for Israel. "Palestinian Dies in Ramming Attack" was one such title.
- JupiterMoon 10y agoWay to start a flame war.
- protomyth 10y agoNo, I just believe calling Reuters unbiased is not true. They do have a lot of anti-Israel headlines to the point its become a joke.
- JupiterMoon 10y agoOr maybe they have a lot of unbiased headlines on the topic and you are biased?
- protomyth 10y agoI think pointing out the death of a attempted murder over the people he was trying to kill would be an outrage in any city in the US.
- tremon 10y agoOut of curiosity, what would "unbiased" look like to you if "usually presents both sides" doesn't make the cut? Are you looking for more sides than two, or less than one? Something else entirely?
- wwweston 10y agoHow would you describe NPR's bias?
- daveguy 10y agoWell, if judged by the criteria of "which listeners are the most accurately informed" then, yes, npr is the least biased news source. http://www.businessinsider.com/study-watching-fox-news-makes-you-less-informed-than-watching-no-news-at-all-2012-5 http://www.businessinsider.com/study-watching-fox-news-makes... Of course, reality has always had a liberal bias.
- 6stringmerc 10y agoWell sure, that wasn't the intended brunt of the joke. It's an alternative reading that you've put forward, which in some way, is related to the parent comment's observation. Hence picking the term 'forcing' - that was on purpose.
- Uhhrrr 10y agoFrom just today, evidence of NPR bias: http://www.mediaite.com/uncategorized/emails-show-npr-cancelled-interviews-with-anti-iran-deal-congressman/ http://www.mediaite.com/uncategorized/emails-show-npr-cancel...