So I basically requested that my husband to stop looking at the CNN website

[FelineOverlord]

He does this out of habit. Also NYT.

Screaming headline right now on CNN: "Harris struggles with her relationship with Biden"



I suggested he read ProPublica and Texas Tribune.

[GPV]

1. I saw that article. Where's the rapid response team?

[a kennedy]

2. I'm damn near this close, (holds index finger with a tiny space to my thumb) to just trashing CNN.....

all their headlines are horrible, and misleading. Ugh……

[Tommymac]

26. CNN is hard core Libertarian.

Hopefully more folks will come to understand that is their POV.

[Celerity]

3. CNN is on full Dem blast atm, ffs

[Hortensis]

10. And this is with Hillary hiding out to not feed the beast. nt

[PatSeg]

18. Aw shit, that is ridiculous, as well as irresponsible

Does CNN have any real journalists left?

[Tommymac]

27. No. nt

[erronis]

4. Cancelled NYT yesterday (after 10+ years). Don't pull up CNN unless lazy.

What's going on with these sites? (Other than being bought out by the moneyed interests.)

[brooklynite]

5. Is there any news source that's not "pro Democratic" that you'll peruse?

[erronis]

14. The Guardian. Reuters, BBC, some other non-US sources.

I have really trusted the Miami Herald and to some extent the WaPo. Long ago, SF Chronicle, SJ Mercury News, Denver Post, etc.

It's been hard to stay on top of who owns what news outlets and who to trust.

Do you have any suggestions?

[brooklynite]

15. The Guardian: " Biden's approval ratings continue to plunge amid crisis over inflation"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/14/biden-approval-ratings-plunge-inflation-crisis

Another publication to drop?

Personally, I respect (and subscribe to) The Guardian. I also subscribe to the NYT which has researched and published hard-hitting articles about Trump and the Jan 6 insurrection.

[brooklynite]

30. I can assume the next time the Times publishes a big story, the complaints about a paywall will flow

[riversedge]

6. CNN is ATTACKING Kamala Harris on the day they are running a PRO CHRIS CHRISTIE DOCUMENTARY.........

I will not read the Harris story!!!!!!!!!!!!!




@donwinslow
·
40m
I'm not going to post the story @CNN
just did on @VP
Kamala Harris (and hope you don't) but it went out to MILLIONS of CNN's followers and its terrible design could not be more clear.

CNN is ATTACKING Kamala Harris on the day they are running a PRO CHRIS CHRISTIE DOCUMENTARY.

Link to tweet

?s=20

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

7. I watch CNN on Saturday mornings

MSNBC has some kind of Dateline-like thing on before 8am.

[Catherine Vincent]

8. I saw that

I didn't read the article but what's up with the headline?

[Hortensis]

12. The headlines tend to deliver the biggest hits, then the article

fills in information to explain the headline and maintain journalistic "integrity"; the actual facts may tend to turn out to be much more positive, even vry good. Problem is, most people just check the headlines. And they'll still do their best not to allow people who read the article to take away a wholly positive impression.

In 2016 I used to count the negative-sounding NYT headlines in the political section about Hllary each day. Tended to run about 5 to 7 each day. Won another state primary? Headline might mention accusations of stealing it or stress a narrow margin as a near defeat, etc.

[Tomconroy]

9. I think you have to read CNN and the NY Times. Just

Because you don't like a story is no reason to ignore it. Otherwise it's just like only inhabiting Fox world.

Per the CNN story: I noticed something about the President's daily schedule that gets printed in Politico Playbook most mornings a couple of months ago. I thought about posting about it but figured I would get flamed so I didn't. And I'm still going to keep quiet.
PS I prefer Anderson Cooper to the other guy.

[Hortensis]

13. If you fill your fund of knowledge with political deceptions

and outright lies, though, what happens when you run new information through what you know for evaluation? There's lots of valuable coverage in the NYT, AP, etc, but there are also concerted campaigns to sabotage Democrats and keep conservatives in power.

Oh, the answer is that your beliefs that Democrats are as bad or worse than Republicans just keep being proved true and there's no one to vote for.

[Tomconroy]

20. I think you can read a story, figure out if the writer has a bias

And then make your own judgment. Even a biased story tells you something about the author that might be valuable to know.

[brooklynite]

17. Politico is an acceptable source per the Mods...

I don’t care if people want to whine about articles they publish.

[Tomconroy]

22. Everybody in DC reads Politico Playbook in the morning. Why

Shouldn't we?

[mrsadm]

32. I understand Politico has just been bought by a right-wing German company

At least I read somewhere they are right-wing...

Google brings up a lot of sources for this.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-26/axel-springer-to-buy-politico-in-german-group-s-latest-u-s-deal

[Tommymac]

28. Really. CNN is Libertarian. NYT is arrogantly for the Status Quo. Both are 1% Corporate controlled.

Both suck.

Get your news from reputable independent journalists.

After all, reputation is something that CNN, the NYT and the other mouthpieces of the 1% can't buy.

[KentuckyWoman]

11. I sympathize but ...

I don't know that it would ever have occurred to me to tell my husband what he could read. I'd be amazed to learn any spouse would comply.

[FelineOverlord]

16. He does it mostly out of habit

He reads the same websites day after day (including a lot of technology websites. He LOVES computers.) I used to do the same thing, but started getting very bored.

I have been trying to encourage him to have more VARIETY in his reading (I am much more of a reader than he is. Just like I am trying to share my 1000+ books on my Kindle with him. That’s not going so well 😂.)

This is partly because of extreme pandemic related boredom.

We need to break out of our comfort zones. I am trying to get better at technology beyond being driven mad by trying to master WordPress. Or trying Pinterest and Canva.

I have been trying to vary our computer usage and trying new things - right now we’re planning on launching a YouTube channel.

This will utilize his tech skills and my creativity. He’s getting very good at editing videos. A new skill and fun to do!

BTW, he hates Trump as much as I do.

[njhoneybadger]

19. Most tRumpers I know won't watch CNN or MSNBC.

[CrackityJones75]

21. Funny thing is THIS site is worse.

Read the topic titles.

[multigraincracker]

23. Cut the cable and now on my free site

I get TYT and find it better than all the pay networks.
Being cheap has paid off

[brooklynite]

29. I watched TYT's coverage of Super Tuesday, as they waited for Bernie's wins to rack up.....

...pretty entertaining.

[multigraincracker]

31. Indisputable with Dr Richie

is well with watching on that channel.

[mrsadm]

33. Do you mean "The Young turks"?

[multigraincracker]

35. Yes

[BlueIdaho]

24. The M$M are not our friends and never have been.

It was only when that fascist former guy was at his absolute worst that they decided there was money to be made bashing him. Now they are back to their old tricks attacking Democrats because their corporate advertisers are terrified they will have to pay some taxes like the rest of us suckers.

[FelineOverlord]

25. 🔥🔥🔥

Link to tweet

[muriel_volestrangler]

34. And for international news? Or national news, for that matter?

ProPublica is an excellent investigative journalism site, but it would never claim to be a general news site. And the Texas Tribune reports on Texas, unsurprisingly. Your knowledge of news ought to be larger than your state.