Which news outlet best represents your political views?

[urban genie]

I mean you say it in your very post. "Political views." Political views are a completely separate thing from news. TV news isn't perfect, but it largely manages to tell the news and is generally regulated reasonably well. A lot of newspaper stories on the other hand are barely disguised opinion pieces or 100 page campaign adverts for a particular political party or policy.

All news has a political slant.

For example the events last year in venezuela are reported in western papers one way and differently in south american countries .

I expect what we call the major protests in HK are reported in china as happening in one area of a university.

What is happening in france isn't even reported as it will be too politically sensitive so close to home.

News is political, as it will slant and be aimed towards the readerships own views left, right or centre

 

[Ban-jani]

All news has a political slant.

For example the events last year in venezuela are reported in western papers one way and differently in south american countries .

I expect what we call the major protests in HK are reported in china as happening in one area of a university.

What is happening in france isn't even reported as it will be too politically sensitive so close to home.

News is political, as it will slant and be aimed towards the readerships own views left, right or centre

I think the France point is because it’s now old news and has been going on for so long.

With Venezuela, I work with a girl from there, who still has family there including her mother.

She describes the situation as exactly the same as the Western media have.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

All news has a political slant.

For example the events last year in venezuela are reported in western papers one way and differently in south american countries .

I expect what we call the major protests in HK are reported in china as happening in one area of a university.

Well yeah, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't attempt to have unbiased reporting. Obviously stories are chosen by perceived relevance to the local community. But you fail to make a distinction between intentional and unintentional bias, and the problem with that is that you then equate, for example, the BBC News attempting to honestly report on an event and possibly being slightly biased because of uncareful use of language, with the Chinese government setting up an entire infrastructure to conceal the truth and then publishing propaganda contrary to the facts in their 'news' outlets. They're simply not the same thing, just as TV News in the UK isn't 'just as biased' as newspapers. It reminds me of an interview with a Breitbart journalist who thought he had an incredible point when he said "Name a news source without bias" and then used that as reasoning to justify them deliberately being as biased as possible. The difference is intent, and good journalism should be reporting of the facts, with any embellishment meant to add context, not drive a political view home.

What is happening in france isn't even reported as it will be too politically sensitive so close to home.

What's happening in France? And how did you hear about it?

 

[urban genie]

I think the France point is because it’s now old news and has been going on for so long.

With Venezuela, I work with a girl from there, who still has family there including her mother.

She describes the situation as exactly the same as the Western media have.

Whay is happening in france has escalated from a group in hi-viz to a general strike and bigger protest against the government, one that makes Hong Kong seem like a minor event compared.

And the venezuela point was about the reporting in the press not one persons own opinion.
Here the protests are reported as an atempt to gain freedon from a despot, at the time in peru, bolivia, paraguay etc it was being reported as a right wing coup d'etat backed by the US, so as I said the reporting is politically motivated dependong on the opinion of the situation.

What's happening in France? And how did you hear about it?

Mass protests agains the government nationwide and though reported initially on the news it now has been ignored even though it has grown, a general strike has been in effect also, and I get most of thos news from european news channels and social media e-news.

Same as with the mass protests in chille against the capitalist right wing governemt where civilians have been executed by the police and army in the streets, yet we never hear of it unlike Hong Kong which suits the narative about big bad china.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

I'll stick this out there with no sense as to what you in the its home country think, but I am quite partial to The Economist. I also like National Public Radio.

 

[malg]

Not Bluemoon....

 

[Ardwick Green Blue]

I'll stick this out there with no sense as to what you in the its home country think, but I am quite partial to The Economist. I also like National Public Radio.

I was amazed a few months back to see the circulation of The Economist....it's huge. I've just checked again and it's1.5 million, with around half of that in the States. It is very profitable too.

 

[inbetween]

None, I get all my news from Russian Twitter bots...

 

[Saddleworth2]

If I want to read anything sensible and reasoned I normally look at the Guardian.

 

[FCBarca]

I don't believe there's a one stop resource any longer for unadulterated news, you really have to effectively seek out multiple outlets to get a sense of any topic/issue/event. I read something recently that said 30-40 years ago 90% of news outlets were run by more than 50 distinct entities whereas today it's down to 5 or 6 which should tell you everything.

Guardian used to be a decent bet but their influences are quite palpable on a variety of fronts yet they are the English paper I look to most, esp. since Independent is largely behind paywall

Else I frequent the following: Truthout, Intercept, Alternet, Global Research & Off-Guardian (Founded by disillusioned Guardian columnists)