How Saddam bought Al Jazeera

[Ned]

Well, with the NY Times, LA Times and CNN fiasco's still front page news in the United States, journalist integrity has become a major issue in America today. To the extent that any media outlet is found to be "lying" by selective reporting or by out-and-out fabrication, that media outlet loses its credibility unless it goes out of it way to restore trust.

The NY Times has done this by cleaning house. CNN has not done this because it continues to admit that it biases its news coming out of Middle East. The LA Times has not done this because it admits that it provides a liberal spin to its reporting and has done nothing to change its biased reporting.

It looks like Al Jazeera may be cleaning house of corrupt management and reporters. They may be on the road to credibility. They are to be applauded.

[Sava]

if Saddam gave me $3 million, I'd buy a gun and shoot him...

of course Al Jazeera is crap... but its sad that people can't see that other news sources *COUGHFOXCOUGH* are just as biased and stupid.

[Mr. President]

News is propaganda with a cute blonde presenter.

[Kuciwalker]

The CIA doesn't "spoonfeed" the news... (FOX may be an exception, but I think their idiocy originated internally)

[Sava]

News will be biased until there are AI robots that report it... and even then, one should be wary of eccentric programmers.

[Q Classic]

bbc has some of the most attractive presenters...

[C0ckney]

you clearly haven't seen that ladyboy they had reporting on news 24 uke:

[CerberusIV]

So you're the one who watches BBC News 24!

[C0ckney]

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[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by skywalker
The CIA doesn't "spoonfeed" the news... (FOX may be an exception, but I think their idiocy originated internally)

Not only do they spoonfeed the news, but they have actually written articles that have been printed in major US papers. The New York Times has been particularly bad in this regard.

[Alexander's Horse]

I trust noone - except my Mummy.

[oedo]

I trust noone - except my Mummy.

does she provide a newspaper by the way?

[Ned]

Originally posted by Sava
News will be biased until there are AI robots that report it... and even then, one should be wary of eccentric programmers.

So long as human beings report the news, there will be biases in their reporting. To combat this, a news source should have reporters on both sides of the political spectrum covering events.

The perceived problem with FOX is that all the reporters seem to be from the right; but they deny this. The admitted problem with the LA Times is that all its reporters are from the left.

Al Jazeera needs to balance its reporting by having at least some "moderates" on its staff that are openly in favor of democracy and of peace with Israel.

[Sava]

So long as human beings report the news, there will be biases in their reporting. To combat this, a news source should have reporters on both sides of the political spectrum covering events.

No, the solution would be to have people keep their political beliefs to themselves.

[Alexander's Horse]

Originally posted by oedo


does she provide a newspaper by the way?

Only when I have an accident.