Originally posted by dadudemon
Oh, look, the only intelligent and well-thought-out post in the thread. Yes, this is the correct perspective. And The Media is always chasing the controversial story. The more controversial and shocking, the better. Americans are addicted to bullshit and non-news news.And there are definitely great news outlets. I think staying away from Fox, MSNBC, CNN, etc....stay away from them all. Huff Po and Wa Po...LA Times...rubbish.
The best news sources that I've found seem to be Reuters, NPR.com, bbc.com and NBCnews.com. What's interesting is at times how different some of the websites are from their TV/radio sister stations that share the same name. CNN.com seems to be much better than the actual TV station. And NPR on the radio is pretty left leaning, but their website is very solid with good reporting. Reuters overall seems to be the best of the bunch.