PHOTO: CNN vs BBC on news 1 in 7 Americans living in poverty

[yurbud]

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

1. Rethugs will claim it's just the librul media covering for Obama (n/m)

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[ibegurpard]

2. some major corporation needs to buy BBC

they're pesky...

[gateley]

9. ...

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. I feel so much better

Under our very liberal media...

[flvegan]

5. Anyone comparing the Beeb to a gaggle of idiots like CNN fails the internets.

Just log off and leave. Don't come back, ya hear?

[Safetykitten]

7. Move along....hey did you see the car on there? It's awesome!

[gateley]

8. Apparently the BBC cares more about us than CNN. nt

[emilyg]

10. That's where I go for my news.

[gateley]

11. Think I'll follow you. The side-by-side comparison is stunning. nt

[Sherman A1]

17. I use BBC and several other sources via FB newsfeed

and of course stories posted here. I would also suggest the Christian Science Monitor as a pretty good news source. Give it a look-see when your time permits.

[gateley]

18. Will do -- thanks. I'm lazy in that I primarily use DU for my

news source as everything seems to end up here! But there's so much I miss a LOT, so I'm going to get off my butt and check out some other resources!

[Sherman A1]

21. Most news organizations have a FB presence

Mother Jones is on there along with Alternet, Coffee Party, Al Jazzera (might have misspelled that one), AFLCIO, BBC, CNN, NY Times, Christian Science Monitor & your locals as well. I know that FB has it's detractors, but I find it to be a great newsfeed for me as well as a means of connecting to friends both old & newer. It's all in how you use it.

[Kennah]

12. Some of it has to be fear that a Reich will rise here

[gateley]

20. Fear by whom -- Britain?

Regardless, I think that fear is warranted.

I'm wondering if it's not BIG NEWS here for fear of the masses rising up.

It's just heartbreaking.

[Kennah]

24. Yes, Britain and also in Germany

If we turn to Fascism, it's going to impact them, and not in a good way.

Der Spiegel ran a 6 part series, A Superpower in Decline.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,726447...

There are concerns about nativism, and in Part 4 even refer to Glenn Beck as a proto-fascist, which of course he is.

I think there is real fear in the rest of the world that the U.S. is on a very dangerous course.

[gateley]

25. Thanks for the clarification, just wasn't sure I was understanding

what you were saying.

There's real fear here, too, IMO, at least among those who are paying attention.

[yurbud]

23. that's what I tell my students: you get better coverage of American politics in the British press

and even Al Jazeera.

Hell, they probably cover some of our LOCAL news better.

[Firebrand Gary]

13. Politico current page read "Voters Rebuke Obama in two special elections."

Heaven for bid the facts. Maybe the voters are a little pissed that their Congressman sent naked photos of himself. As for the Nevada seat, the Democratic party has NEVER won that seat. Uhhhh

[defendandprotect]

14. Report I saw said 1 in 6 Americans in poverty -- ???? Will check !!

[Selatius]

15. It's a new corporatist technique. Propaganda by omission/distraction. nt

[provis99]

16. CNN= Crummy Nonsense Network.

They are the reason journalism professors in America keep calling the news media of today worthless shits.

Look at the Bread and Circus headlines on CNN: dirty dancing cops, dead soap stars, Palin gibberish, Barry Manilow non-story, wacky crime stories, etc. It's just all pure shit, no better than grocery store checkout magazines.

[durablend]

19. New CNN headline

"You're watching us so you must NOT be poor!"

[gratuitous]

22. Lighten up, people!

You really and truly expect CNN to, like, take a picture or run a clip of people they can't see? You expect them to turn a camera on people in poverty? I suppose you'd like to see footage of unicorns, too! You libruls always want the impossible.

[fascisthunter]

26. proof the Corporate Media is part of an Agenda to destroy our democracy