Which News Channel is the most credible?

Post by **fgalkin** » 2003-03-21 08:59pm

I have CNN Fox News and MSNBC at home. Which one is the most reliable?

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-03-21 09:10pm

None of them are held in very high reguard.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2003-03-21 09:13pm

None of them. Pull a name out of a hat. Fox I suppose by a narrow margin.

theski · Post by **theski** » 2003-03-21 09:22pm

Fox leans to the right Cnn to left, no one watches Msnbc

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2003-03-21 09:53pm

My Preference from those Three is Fox as they were the first to give tell us about the deployment into IraQ. Then again I don't watch MSNBC and CNN....

Cyaround,
Jason

Post by **fgalkin** » 2003-03-21 09:57pm

Soontir C'boath wrote:My Preference from those Three is Fox as they were the first to give tell us about the deployment. Then again I don't watch MSNBC and CNN....

Cyaround,
Jason

CNN had reporter embedded in the 7th Cavalry, which is spearheading the invasion. Fox news has reporter lagging back with the main forces. Watching the live broadcast from the front lienes was fun.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

irishmick79 · Post by **irishmick79** » 2003-03-21 10:09pm

CNN. Watching the commentator desperately trying to find things to new say without pissing people off too bad is pretty damn entertaining. Most of the FOX broadcasters are assholes.

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2003-03-21 10:12pm

CNN- owned by AOL Time Warner -don't like the Time Warner part, but the Netscape division of their AOL part is doing most of the Mozilla dev work, and AOL is a counterweight to MS. Then again Time Warner is a member of the MPAA and RIAA (notable for forcing DRM down our throats)(I think). Don't watch CNN, no cable.

Fox- Don't know, though too right wing occasionally. Besides they killed futurama and Firefly, the morons.

CBS- Don't know,

MSNBC- Affiliated (own by?) with MS, definately don't like them. Don't watch it though.

ABC- Owned by Disney- major member of MPAA, besides extended copyright limits. Ugh. News like Nightline doesn't seem too bad though (Disney tried to kill that). However I have a tendency to accept whatever is spoonfed to me that I'm ignorant about.

Hate them all.

I rather read the paper, like the Washington Post when I can.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-03-22 12:23am

All of them have some sort of political slant. CNN and MSNBC to the left. Fox News to the right. All of them are fairly reliable for actually news but beware of their talking heads. Better to listen to both sides as that'll give you a much more balanced outlook.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-03-22 12:33am

fgalkin wrote:
Soontir C'boath wrote:My Preference from those Three is Fox as they were the first to give tell us about the deployment. Then again I don't watch MSNBC and CNN....

Cyaround,
Jason
CNN had reporter embedded in the 7th Cavalry, which is spearheading the invasion. Fox news has reporter lagging back with the main forces. Watching the live broadcast from the front lienes was fun.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

3-7 Calvary is going to be the worlds most well know unit by the time this war is over, though IIRC, they've yet to actually engage anything.

Fox had a guy with a forward marine LAV-25 unit though, and it did see some action at the very start. But they seem to have gone back to normal programing.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-03-22 12:40am

BBC World.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-03-22 12:42am

The voices in my head.

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2003-03-22 12:42am

It's hard to say with the US handfeeding reporters much of the time. Notice how's there a major press conference at the beginning of each major campaign, to divert attention for a bit? Too, a lot of the 'rumours' are probably disinformation, psych-op 'leaks' wearing the sheepskin of a news story, as it were.

Pu-239: NBC is owned by General Electric.

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2003-03-22 01:02am

weemadando wrote:BBC World.

Oops forgot that. Yep that's the best. Too bad I always forget to watch PBS. Oh well I prefer reading my news anyways.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-03-22 01:16am

Darth Wong wrote:The voices in my head.

Hard to argue with that one. Now of course if the question was "reliable" or "accurate" it would be a different story.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-03-22 01:18am

I'll watch Fox only because they'll flip over to Sky News every so often. Other than that, I'll read American, British, and occasionally French and German articles online. I need the extra practice in French to help me prepare for exams, and I can get German translated by a friend of mine who has to practice for her exams.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-03-22 01:36am

Oh hell yes, DeutscheWelle (sp?) is one of the best news services.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-03-22 01:40am

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2003-03-22 01:47am

Durandal wrote:The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

"Today, we have the #1 ranked United States versus 68th ranked Iraq."

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2003-03-22 01:56am

The host of Interesting People from Monty Python.

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » 2003-03-22 01:58am

Personally I flip between Fox and CNN , then I go watch ITN World News(on PBS) when I can and BBC World, between all that I feel like I have a decent middle ground picture of the issue. I particularly enjoy ITN as they always seem to be fair and about 90% impartial, add a bit of the Jim Leherer News Hours and its a full plate of info to digest.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-03-22 01:58am

Durandal wrote:The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

YES!

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-03-22 02:03am

I'm sure they're all equal credibility-wise, but I really don't like them, as I don't want my TV shows pre-empted so some reporter can tell the current situation while constantly correcting him or herself, while mentioning "Shock and Awe" in every senence. It really gets on my nerves.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-03-22 03:39am

Out of the three, I've been watching MSNBC more often. They seem to have better quality pictures more often, as well as more interesting things being covered more often.

But I've been watching CSPAN 1&2 a lot. They rebroadcast CBC and BBC, which both have better commentary than any of the three American ones. They also showed the entire Iraqi news program, which was awesome.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-03-22 03:41am

I don't bother with either of them; I just watch BBC world.

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