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kansasblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-05 04:33 PM
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Which news service is the best?


We're seeing Knight-Ridder come through with the 'memo' and I read here at DU that someone thought they were very good. In the past I've notice AP to be very weak.

From our collective experience can we try to rate the news services on objectivity?

How about a list? What are the main ones and how would you rate them?
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kansasblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-05 04:38 PM
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1. And reporter too.
The memo reporters are Warren P. Strobel and John Walcott, Knight Ridder Newspapers
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-05 04:39 PM
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2. Reuters tends to be the most critical
Knight-Ridder is usually a big conservative suck-up network.
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Dr Ron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-05 04:48 PM
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3. I've seen a number of good things from Knight-Ridder
I haven't kept score so maybe they've been outweighed by conservative stuff, but I've definatley seen a lot of good reports from them.
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-05 04:54 PM
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4. AFP #1 for global and US coverage, Reuters #2, AP a distant third
the other American wire services are USA Today trash. UPI (is?) has been owned by the Moonies and the Saudis - idiosyncratic angles on some stories you won't see elsewhere.

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