Faux News is about stirring up controversies that don't really exist and keep repeating them until their viewers are convinced they're true. Those falsehoods linger for years, while the truth is overlooked by those who don't want to believe it.
There's MSNBC, which is towards the liberal end of the spectrum, as well as the original cable news network, CNN, which tries to be middle-of-the road from what I've heard, but it's not doing them any favors.
I've found I only watch local news, which gives a bit of world news, but to truly get the news picture, I go online. Not only can I go to various sources, such as the BBC and Al Jazeera, but I can use news aggregators, such as Google News, to pull news from a multitude of sources. If you have an account, you can fine tune things, so mine very rarely has sports news, unless it makes it way into the national or world news section.
The talking heads on the cable news stations don't report the news anymore, they're trying to make the news, in one way or another. Their rants just make my blood pressure go up, yet they're laughable as sources of news. It's a real irony that I can actually get more actual news from a parody news show, The Daily Show. They can actually "go there" with their commentary, and I've heard real journalists are envious of the freedom to mock the stupidity of the talking heads, politicians, celebrities, etc.
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Date: 2011-07-18 04:38 pm (UTC)There's MSNBC, which is towards the liberal end of the spectrum, as well as the original cable news network, CNN, which tries to be middle-of-the road from what I've heard, but it's not doing them any favors.
I've found I only watch local news, which gives a bit of world news, but to truly get the news picture, I go online. Not only can I go to various sources, such as the BBC and Al Jazeera, but I can use news aggregators, such as Google News, to pull news from a multitude of sources. If you have an account, you can fine tune things, so mine very rarely has sports news, unless it makes it way into the national or world news section.
The talking heads on the cable news stations don't report the news anymore, they're trying to make the news, in one way or another. Their rants just make my blood pressure go up, yet they're laughable as sources of news. It's a real irony that I can actually get more actual news from a parody news show, The Daily Show. They can actually "go there" with their commentary, and I've heard real journalists are envious of the freedom to mock the stupidity of the talking heads, politicians, celebrities, etc.