Where can we tune in to unbiased news reporting today?

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TennVet

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Several of our discussion threads have touched on the fact that in years past we were fortunate to have NEWS reported without the agenda driven commentary. Am I the only one who would like to tune in or read straightforward news from journalist as opposed to ratings driven talking heads? Help me out here. Is there a source of that news and I just haven't found it?
 

Paladin1950 said:
Remember me? CBS wasn't concerned with ratings. After all, it was just the news.
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I remember him well. He was referred to as 'the most honest man in America'. How about Edward R. Morrow, or give'm hell Harry with his morning walk talking to reporters. First talk show I recall was the Arthur Godfrey show each morning on the radio.
 

I'm sorry to say that I don't know of anywhere to get "what happened" without the opinion of everyone and his cousin on exactly how you should feel about it. Remember when the news was 30 minutes at night?
 
The real news streamed 24/7 from EVERYWHERE! :)

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TennVet said:
I remember him well. He was referred to as 'the most honest man in America'. How about Edward R. Morrow, or give'm hell Harry with his morning walk talking to reporters. First talk show I recall was the Arthur Godfrey show each morning on the radio.
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Morrow was NOT unbiased... in fact, you can trace the media bias back to him as the origin to why we are here today. His all-out attacks on McCarthy were well organized, well financed and proven false once the fall of the Soviet Union released documents proving McCarthy's actual statements to be true. In fact, all of the "proof" of McCarthy's McCarthyism has "disappeared" from the national and local archives, including the newspaper of record in West Virginia that originally brought forth the accusations. Cronkite was no better with his surrender statement for the Vietnam war.
 
His Dudeness said:
Morrow was NOT unbiased... in fact, you can trace the media bias back to him as the origin to why we are here today. His all-out attacks on McCarthy were well organized, well financed and proven false once the fall of the Soviet Union released documents proving McCarthy's actual statements to be true. In fact, all of the "proof" of McCarthy's McCarthyism has "disappeared" from the national and local archives, including the newspaper of record in West Virginia that originally brought forth the accusations. Cronkite was no better with his surrender statement for the Vietnam war.
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But, it's AMERICA. If someone wants to belong to the Communist Party, they can. It's freedom of assembly. On the other hand, if that party is making bombs and plotting to take over the federal government, that's illegal.

But it's not illegal to write a screenplay about, for example, a wonderful city in Europe that has automatic low-income housing for all unemployed people. The Blacklist in Hollywood was all about banning certain people from working creatively because they had been accused of being Communists over the years.

Amendment I​

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
 
I think PBS does a good job. They still have in-depth interviews and will sometimes feature long (8 minutes) video stories.

I flip from conservative to liberal news to see what one side will mention that the other side didn't bother with. On the other hand, when the one side becomes far too partisan toward one candidate in particular, praising him no matter what he gets wrong, then I have to tune out.

This is why I prefer to read to get my news. Books are the best in-depth coverage of many major issues, IMO.
 
VintageBetter said:
But, it's AMERICA. If someone wants to belong to the Communist Party, they can. It's freedom of assembly. On the other hand, if that party is making bombs and plotting to take over the federal government, that's illegal.

But it's not illegal to write a screenplay about, for example, a wonderful city in Europe that has automatic low-income housing for all unemployed people. The Blacklist in Hollywood was all about banning certain people from working creatively because they had been accused of being Communists over the years.
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Thanks for proving my point. McCarthy was pursuing individuals in sensitive government positions (Military and State Department) and most of the people named in his investigations were proven to be Soviet informants. The HUAC were the ones chasing ghosts in Hollywood. McCarthy was not on the HUAC since it was a house committee. Nevertheless, this is the main crime that McCarthy is accused of committing.
 
Al Jazeera seemed to be unbiased, but I have not watched the news in a couple of years, so I don't know if that has changed.
I now just pay attention to stock market news and weather. Much less stress.
 
I get an idea of what's happening from the headlines on Google news and then, if I find it interesting, I go to YouTube and watch what actually happened from the amazing humans who record every single thing on their phones. I wish our major newscasters would do the same. Often what they are reporting and what can be seen on longer videos are two different narratives.

I used to swear by NPR but their liberal bias has gotten way out of hand in recent years -- and I am liberal, so I can just imagine how conservatives feel about it. To hear it all on the TV news you'd have to watch CNN and Fox and you still might not have the true story.

Remember this incident:
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The long video on YouTube showed that the high school kids, who were standing on the steps as told to by their teachers, waiting for their bus back to Kentucky, had been jeered at and taunted by several groups, and the Native American had deliberately danced up to this kid and was pounding his drum in his face for quite some time as the kid stood politely. What the media described as a smirk was just an embarrassed smile.

I'll never forget Savannah Guthrie on the Today Show grilling this fifteen year old like he was a mass murderer.

His parents later won law suits from several news outlets. But Guthrie is still there, making the big money.
 

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