Community Chat

[libbyannE]

---

@Ms X wrote:

I don't fully trust any of the networks or the cable news channels.  The bias, when present (which is most of the time) is pretty obvious, so I factor that in to what they're "reporting."  It's too bad journalism has come to this.  I like the Drudge Report because he's very thorough and will go after anyone who needs to be exposed.  Matt Drudge has no sacred cows.

---

I still like drudge, too, plus nytimes, Wall Street journal, and many other print and online sources, but the question was about networks. I don't see bias on CNN, so they earned my trust.  I just wish CNN didn't run so many non-news feature programs. I mean, I love Anthony Bourdain, and he is very topical, yes, but when I go to CNN, I am looking for NEWS. 

[birkin baby]

FOX

[fortune]

---

@Smoky wrote:

Fox network

---

Ackkkkkkkkk!  I accidently hearted your post!

[Zernia Rose]

Great question!

MSNBC, CNN, and online: The Nation, Slate, Salon, and Politico are my preferred sources.

[maestra]

Mainstream news today is akin to watching Pravda in the former Soviet Union.

[hsawaknow]

MSNBC and CNN are laughable.

[GenXmuse]

I don't know that I trust any of them. It's always good to dig deeper. 

[Suziepeach]

---

@fortune wrote:

---

@Smoky wrote:

Fox network

---

Ackkkkkkkkk!  I accidently hearted your post!

---

@fortune, you can deheart the post, won't bother me but thanks for pointing it out.

[NativeJax]

I no longer have cable but I get my info from both cnn and fox online. I like Lester Holt as well. In the car I listen to satellite and I look at BBC a lot as well.

[dooBdoo]

          I sample just about all of those listed in this thread.  I want to see and hear what others are seeing and hearing, even if the source is one I don't like or respect.   (Edited out a couple of sentences that might sound argumentative.)   

         It's a dangerous practice to trust a single news source (or a group of sources all of which are associated with each other -- please, be sure to check and see who owns/manages a news source to be aware of all the affiliations), because we run the risk of hearing one biased perspective and, thus, misinformed or uninformed.  

          I just posted this on Facebook this past week, and I believe it to be true and important regarding what we read and watch:  

          "If you resist reading what you disagree with, how will you ever acquire deeper insights into what you believe? The things most worth reading are precisely those that challenge our convictions."