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^ This right here is why I don't even bother debating some issues with some people. I just know feelings/pride is going to be hurt and people will be offended.

by smtddr 13y ago

^ This right here is why I don't even bother debating some issues with some people. I just know feelings/pride is going to be hurt and people will be offended. I just wish I could somehow tell them, without telling them, that if they only knew the stuff American-corp/gov does to other countries directly and in-directly they would know what's really behind "Hate Americans because of their Freedom(TM)". But alas, any site that I get my news from will probably considered "Extremist Propaganda Against America" by the folks I'm thinking of.

jafaku 13y ago
Would you mind sharing some of those news sites?
- lemming 13y ago
  I've had a subscription to the Guardian for ages (on my Kindle, I don't live in the UK) because I think it's the best newspaper out there, period. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian#Ownership https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian#Ownership for how it maintains independence (and why supporting it financially is a good thing).
- Phlarp 13y ago
  Not the parent, but a personal example; My father thinks Al-jezeera is "terrorist propaganda".
  - tome 13y ago
    It may not be terrorist propaganda, but do you think Aljazeera will ever criticise the goverment of Qatar?
    - guelo 13y ago
      Which makes it a great source of non-Qatar news, which is probably 100% of the news I'm interested in.
- xaviorm 13y ago
  If you are a showtime subscriber check out Oliver Stone's untold history of the United States. From his point of view the reaction we get from the rest of the world should be expected. He goes into great detail about why.
- Create 13y ago
  http://www.understandingpower.com/ http://www.understandingpower.com/
- smtddr 13y ago
  just the basic huffingtonpost.com, bbc.co.uk(yes really, some partly consider this propaganda), freakonomics.com, HackerNews, Digg(yes I still check it from time to time), LinkedIn-News(this one is more based on who/what I subscribe to follow so this might be a special case)... oh and until GoogleReader disappeared I had TED.com feeds to read from time to time. I need to resubsribe with a different rss-reader. I think these sites are pretty balanced sources of info & news, but I do understand that huffingtonpost leans a very deep left-wing. Not extremist, but pretty deep. Though I don't recall them outright purposely lying about stuff.

by smtddr 13y ago

jafaku 13y ago

Would you mind sharing some of those news sites?

lemming 13y ago
I've had a subscription to the Guardian for ages (on my Kindle, I don't live in the UK) because I think it's the best newspaper out there, period. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian#Ownership https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian#Ownership for how it maintains independence (and why supporting it financially is a good thing).
Phlarp 13y ago
Not the parent, but a personal example; My father thinks Al-jezeera is "terrorist propaganda".
- tome 13y ago
  It may not be terrorist propaganda, but do you think Aljazeera will ever criticise the goverment of Qatar?
  - guelo 13y ago
    Which makes it a great source of non-Qatar news, which is probably 100% of the news I'm interested in.
xaviorm 13y ago
If you are a showtime subscriber check out Oliver Stone's untold history of the United States. From his point of view the reaction we get from the rest of the world should be expected. He goes into great detail about why.
Create 13y ago
http://www.understandingpower.com/ http://www.understandingpower.com/
smtddr 13y ago
just the basic huffingtonpost.com, bbc.co.uk(yes really, some partly consider this propaganda), freakonomics.com, HackerNews, Digg(yes I still check it from time to time), LinkedIn-News(this one is more based on who/what I subscribe to follow so this might be a special case)... oh and until GoogleReader disappeared I had TED.com feeds to read from time to time. I need to resubsribe with a different rss-reader. I think these sites are pretty balanced sources of info & news, but I do understand that huffingtonpost leans a very deep left-wing. Not extremist, but pretty deep. Though I don't recall them outright purposely lying about stuff.