Which is the best news service? [Archive]

Bilbo Baggins

26th January 2002, 23:31

I considered putting this in GT, but since this is the News forum, i thought that it would be better placed here.

Which do you think is the best news service?

I personally belive the BBC to be the best, because they have up to date stories, the stories are presented with a real feeling of emotion, andthe story is not biased. If it needs to be said, it will be said. All points of view are taken into account, and a fair summary of both sides of the argument is given.

:up: to the BBC.

papadoc

26th January 2002, 23:56

I totally agree with you Bilbo Baggins.
I never listen to or watch any news here in America
because it's all biased in one direction or another.
BBC's news is quite good.
:)
But then from Canada, there's Naked News....
I did watch that one time and the funny thing was...
their news was great.
Very well done without any bias or opinion.
:D

fwgx

27th January 2002, 01:35

The BBC seams very leftist so no wonder Bilbo likes it. I personally prefer Channel4 news, very good content and an hour long program. I don't like 30min news programs, there is no way you can cram all the news into that time frame. They have good arguements and discussions, are non-biased, cover a lot more stories than anywhere else and in dpeth.

dylman

27th January 2002, 21:41

My homepage is www.bbc.co.uk :)

Gives me the headlines (and sport news - just as important.)

In the car and at home I listen to BBC Radio 5, which on it's own is worth the licence fee in my opinion.

[EDIT: silly typos]

c2R

27th January 2002, 22:53

I reckon definitely the BBC has the best news service - both their TV news and http://news.bbc.co.uk site. Also good is http://www.helsinki-hs.net, for world news with a Scandinavian-bias!

Of course considering the amount that the BBC con us out of for the privelige of watching TV...

£150 (for the color license) x probably about 30 million households with a TV set gives £4,5 billion in revenue. And that doesn't include sales of BBC books, dvds, and other merchandise, or the revenues they get from selling the programming abroad...

Bilbo Baggins

28th January 2002, 00:10

Originally posted by Phily Baby
The BBC seams very leftist so no wonder Bilbo likes it

But C4 News is on when i am normally doing homowork.

And the BBC is not Leftist! LOL

Xerxes

28th January 2002, 02:16

Originally posted by Bilbo Baggins
the stories are presented with a real feeling of emotion, andthe story is not biased.

A real feeling of emotion? sounds like a recipe for leftism to me.

I prefer the Fox News channel, CNBC, and http://www.drudgereport.com

Rocker

28th January 2002, 02:52

this is my favourite news site

NEWS (http://www.theonion.com):D

Xerxes

28th January 2002, 05:59

I would say the WB or UPN is the lowest common denominator...

I watch Fox news mainly for the O'Reilly factor (that statement'll win me some fans im sure) and the Neil Cavuto program.

Bilbo Baggins

28th January 2002, 09:36

Originally posted by Xerxes

A real feeling of emotion? sounds like a recipe for leftism to me.

:weird:

rm'

28th January 2002, 15:44

Bilbs, a keynote of leftist ideology is the appeal to humanity and emotion (think of the children!) rather then logic and pragmatism. So any news report which is emotional can be considered leftist.

I'm a fan of ABC. Of all the newscasts, there has the highest production values. Heh... aesthetics mean a lot to me :)
I also enjoy DW when I get a chance to watch it. Unfortunately, I'm not a regular subscriber :(

Aeroe

28th January 2002, 20:04

Fox Fan here as well, a network that many times will criticize the left and it's political correctness which foamed from the media, especially CNN.

O'Reilly is probably half the reason I watch it, he's a moderate who also exposes the left with their communist agendas and lawsuits over saying "God" in a patriotic song or banning the pledge of allegiance for "offending" minorities in Berkeley (home of liberals).
It's trully amazing what NOW (Nazi Organization of Women) and ACLU (American Commies and Liberals Union) will do to destroy the constitution and how much of their actions never are brought up on the leftist media.

Oh and you never hear MSNBC say only Microsoft os's are at risk spreading and infection of about every virus outbreak :)

papadoc

28th January 2002, 21:20

Of the American news services I like Fox.
"Fair and balanced" is their motto.
Sometimes yes and sometimes no.
But generally better than the biased liberal media elsewhere.
:)

Bilbo Baggins

28th January 2002, 23:48

I actually stood up and asked my politics class what they thought of the BBC, and they all agreed that it was not so much leftist, more liberal in its reporting, whcih i am inclined to agree on.

andi know about left wing policy :P beig the only left wing person in the said class, i haveto fight my corner every lesson :D

rm'

28th January 2002, 23:57

Originally posted by Bilbo Baggins
Originally posted by Xerxes

A real feeling of emotion? sounds like a recipe for leftism to me.

:weird:

You seemed to be disagreeing with the assertion that emotional feeling in a newscast doesn't make something leftist. My defence was not broadcaster specific. heck, even Xerxes didn't say "BBC" It applies to all broadcasters that use emotion. Frankly, the opinions of your classmates don't matter to me one bit.

Rule #1 in good journalism: Be objective. That means keeping a straight face when staring at the mutilated body of a child, and not letting your emotions getting in the way of telling the story straight.

Whether that rule is followed or not is another story (no pun intended ;)).

rm'

29th January 2002, 02:50

Originally posted by Xerxes
http://www.drudgereport.com

Google. Is there anything it can't do? (http://www.google.com/news/newsheadlines.html)

rm'

29th January 2002, 03:12

heh. I love google to death. I miss the google toolbar that I had in IE :(

Aeroe

31st January 2002, 00:52

Originally posted by Radioactive Man
heh. I love google to death. I miss the google toolbar that I had in IE :(

galeon and opera have one built-in if you're on linux/freebsd as well... :D

there's mozilla and ns6 that can switch out of netscape.com's search and to google.

smarteque's smartexplorer, a multi-tabbed ie powered browser that has a google search toolbar.

Google Everywhere

fwgx

31st January 2002, 17:37

Originally posted by Radioactive Man
Rule #1 in good journalism: Be objective. That means keeping a straight face when staring at the mutilated body of a child, and not letting your emotions getting in the way of telling the story straight.

Whether that rule is followed or not is another story (no pun intended ;)). That's why I hate the BBC and ITV. Although I and left wing in opinion I hate news that has that kind of emotive view. It says to you 'look this is terrible feel sad please' when what I want is 'this happening, here are the facts with some debate make of it what you will'. I see no place for emotive reporting apart from some sinister motive to bend the thoughts of people into thinking the same way the broardcaster wants, propogander if you like.

rm'

31st January 2002, 18:57

Originally posted by Phily Baby
I hate the BBC

I've always been wary of state run news sources :weird:

papadoc

31st January 2002, 19:18

I am in no way a fan of CNN.
But the other morning b4 I left for school,
I found the most incredibly pretty and high-spirited
lady doing the news. She actually looked like she
was having fun. What a relief from the ordinary newscasters.
I really like Robin Meade.
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/headline/images/meade.robin.jpg
and a better (but larger) image:
Robin (http://communities.msn.com/CantGetEnoughOfRobinMeade/robinonhln2002gallery1.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=358)

fwgx

31st January 2002, 19:42

Originally posted by Radioactive Man

I've always been wary of state run news sources :weird: I don't like them because it's state run but becasue of the content they broardcast isn't the best. If they did the news well I would like it. Their content doesn't seam to be influenced apart from they don't cover stories that affect them so much, Whereas C4 would cover stories on C4. But then if the tories ever get back in we might see a shift away from emotive reporting due to their influence. This is a very subtle thing that people will not realise they are being influenced in a biased way or know if it is happening.

Merlin

31st January 2002, 19:51

It's good, then, that we are not using telepathic news, or we'd all be subject to more evil concocted spin from the government!

papadoc

31st January 2002, 20:01

I've seen that sawg.
Funny stuff indeed.
That "sexy" commercial really turned into
another public relations nightmare for CNN.
You'd think they'd know by now,
as long as they've been around.
And by the way, how could they say that anyway,
when clearly Robin Meade is far sexier???
:confused: :D