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A guide to what is fake news and what is real news

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 10:40 am
by Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Fake News
ABC
BBC
Brietbart
BuzzFeed
CNN
The Daily Express
The Daily Mail
The Daily Mirror
The Telegraph
Fox News
Huffington Post
InfoWars
MSNBC
MTV
Natural News
Newsweek
The New York Times
Sky News
Smoloko
The Sun
The Times
Vox
The Washington Post
The Young Turks

Real News
KCNA
Maoist Rebel News
The Morning Star

:D

Re: A guide to what is fake news and what is real news

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:10 am
by Red
Well that's one sort of smart thing you have said.

Re: A guide to what is fake news and what is real news

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:44 am
by brimstoneSalad
The trouble is that none of these are 100% good or 100% bad. They all run credible stories now and then, and all run bad stories sometimes too. Of course, there's a world of difference in degree between infowars or natural news (both mostly bullshit) and CNN or the BBC (both mostly legit).

Re: A guide to what is fake news and what is real news

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:55 am
by Red
brimstoneSalad wrote:The trouble is that none of these are 100% good or 100% bad. They all run credible stories now and then, and all run bad stories sometimes too. Of course, there's a world of difference in degree between infowars or natural news (both mostly bullshit) and CNN or the BBC (both mostly legit).
I would say find the least biased news source that you can find, then form your own opinons on the matter based on what you know/what general scientific consensus says.

Re: A guide to what is fake news and what is real news

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 12:04 pm
by miniboes
RedAppleGP wrote:
brimstoneSalad wrote:The trouble is that none of these are 100% good or 100% bad. They all run credible stories now and then, and all run bad stories sometimes too. Of course, there's a world of difference in degree between infowars or natural news (both mostly bullshit) and CNN or the BBC (both mostly legit).
I would say find the least biased news source that you can find, then form your own opinons on the matter based on what you know/what general scientific consensus says.
I have a bit of a different approach. I like it when the outlet doesn't act like its neutral, because nobody is. Thus, I try to read both sides and weigh them against each other. Also, science and government publications > news.

Re: A guide to what is fake news and what is real news

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 12:20 pm
by Red
miniboes wrote:
I have a bit of a different approach. I like it when the outlet doesn't act like its neutral, because nobody is. Thus, I try to read both sides and weigh them against each other. Also, science and government publications > news.
That actually sounds better. I'm just saying if you look at a neutral source (Wikipedia tends to be neutral), you can get the story without anyone putting it through their agenda. But I do agree you should look at both sides to see what each says. Plus it avoids confirmation bias.

Re: A guide to what is fake news and what is real news

Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 6:34 am
by Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
RedAppleGP wrote:
miniboes wrote:
I have a bit of a different approach. I like it when the outlet doesn't act like its neutral, because nobody is. Thus, I try to read both sides and weigh them against each other. Also, science and government publications > news.
That actually sounds better. I'm just saying if you look at a neutral source (Wikipedia tends to be neutral), you can get the story without anyone putting it through their agenda. But I do agree you should look at both sides to see what each says. Plus it avoids confirmation bias.
I used to like Wikipedia, and I still do. However, it has a liberal bias, and is biased against communism, socialism and socialist republics like the DPRK.
;)

Re: A guide to what is fake news and what is real news

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 6:46 pm
by PsYcHo
miniboes wrote: Sat Jan 14, 2017 12:04 pm I have a bit of a different approach. I like it when the outlet doesn't act like its neutral, because nobody is. Thus, I try to read both sides and weigh them against each other. Also, science and government publications > news.
It is tiring when a news network pretends to be unbiased now. Good point.

Even shows like StarTalk on NPR go out of their way to show their politics, which really pisses me off when I want to listen about science. (Unless it's relevant) Of course these days, an online recipe for guacamole can turn into a political debate.

I will say for those in the states, HLN in the morning is decent for reporting stories while only slightly showing their political leanings. When the other networks only focus on the story of the day sometimes, HLN throws in some other news as well.

Re: A guide to what is fake news and what is real news

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 10:19 am
by Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I'd forgotten I made this thread. I think I'd move Maoist Rebel News to the "Fake news" category now as Jason Unruhe is an idiot when it comes to pretty much everything other than the DPRK.

Re: A guide to what is fake news and what is real news

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 10:23 am
by Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
miniboes wrote: Sat Jan 14, 2017 12:04 pm Thus, I try to read both sides and weigh them against each other.
To do this is very easy. Just listen to the big media outlets that have a monopoly on truth (e.g. BBC, Channel 4) which pretend to be impartial but secretly harbour a right-wing bias, and listen as well to the alternative media outlets that support the left (e.g. The Canary, The Morning Star). Don't bother with even further-right stuff (e.g. InfoWars) unless you are prepared to lose a couple of brain cells.