Which News is the best News?

reply to post by liquidsmoke206


this is not grammar school and im definitely not here to impress anyone with typing skills

reply to post by liquidsmoke206


I find your hipocracy ironic seeing as you start a sentence with a lower case letter, spell "i'm" without a capital "I" and you missed the apostraphe from "that's".

Big grammar fail for you too!

If you're going to respond to a post with a comment about grammar and say that you're not really sure what you'd be responding to because of those (irrelevant) errors, you should at least refrain from making the same mistakes yourself.

I know what you and OpTiMuS_PrImE are both saying and both comments are comprehendible if one takes a moment to THINK.

Cheers........back on topic...

reply to post by OpTiMuS_PrImE


I have to agree, Youtube does have it's uses and some of the topics on offer can provide a quick link to many of the more interesting stories.

It's like a broadcast station all of it's own with subscriptions to users who's subjects hold interest in many fascinating areas. UFO's, political, conspiracy, military, inventions etc.

I'm just off for a surf myself.

I watch CNN, Fox, MSNBC, BBC, Al Jazeera, etc etc


Basically, there is no "one" best news source. All of these news sources spin the truth to further the agenda of TPTB.

The first thing I do when dealing with a news source is asking myself "Who are they targeting with their news" as in, their audience. Political stance, geographic location, religious denomination, etc. This is crucial.

After watching the news from a ton of different perspectives, you need to cut the bull# and keep what is left. Watch out for inconsistencies, "buzz words", and the like, the general direction the news is leading towards, etc.

It isn't easy to do. There is no one trustworthy news source besides yourself.

Originally posted by nerbot
reply to post by liquidsmoke206

 

I find your hipocracy ironic seeing as you start a sentence with a lower case letter, spell "i'm" without a capital "I" and you missed the apostraphe from "that's".

Big grammar fail for you too!

If you're going to respond to a post with a comment about grammar and say that you're not really sure what you'd be responding to because of those (irrelevant) errors, you should at least refrain from making the same mistakes yourself.

I know what you and OpTiMuS_PrImE are both saying and both comments are comprehendible if one takes a moment to THINK.

Shouldn't that be 'comprehensible'?

Back to the news...

Press TV Seems to be the number one news outlet for many here at ATS.

I find that having training in history helps here. What is worth looking for are primary sources. When you have documents that seem to prove something, a substantial number of eyewitnesses, or an irrefutable paper trail, that's where you've found the news.

I think that relying on any one source is foolish. I tend to trust sources that show the background for their conclusions, and whether I am inclined to believe something or not, I trust the evidence when it is out there. The worst news, without fail, is that which relies upon what I like to call "everyone knows so therefore it must be true" thinking.

As far as coverage of a specific area, I don't like to get the news about any nation from a recognized internal source. That's especially true here in America where entertainment masquerades as news.

reply to post by OpTiMuS_PrImE


wasn't tryin to be a grammar nazi, and yes I realize that I omit capitol letters and apostrophes from time to time, but when you don't put periods, commas, or at least hit the return key it makes for a very jumbled sentence. Bottom line, I have no clear idea what you originally said to me.

POTUS coming on during prime time, and stating, " Look's like it's all over, your on your own, Goodnight"

reply to post by nerbot


your assumption is that I'm some sort of grammar nazi, do you really think I'd be stupid enough to paint a target that big on my back in the middle of a discussion forum? I clearly don't follow grammar rules(or any other rules) unless I think they serve a point. I'm not concerned with capitalizing all my sentence starters or even spelling words correctly sometimes.

I simply wanted clarification to a sentence that was pretty jumbled and unclear. Didn't realize that was so wrong...

reply to post by liquidsmoke206


Maybe you should have just asked for clarification rather than comment on bad grammer eh?

lol

Edit: to add mistake

[edit on 9/3/2010 by nerbot]