News sources

[severity_softly]

1. I would prefer sources other than actual newspapers/publications (e.g. something I can access on the internet/tv/radio for free), but I'll take anything.

2. When I say conservative/liberal etc., I don't mean radically so, as in "omgwtfbbq, you fuckers are crazy!". :D (ETA: The most conservative/liberal source you actually trust.)

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Comments

[schemingreader.livejournal.com]

Wait, do you want the most conservative news source that I trust, or just the most reactionary one?

I do not know of an entirely unbiased news source.

[severity-softly.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, one you trust. That may be a better way of putting my #2 up there. :)

[schemingreader.livejournal.com]

I think the WSJ is conservative but does its best as an organization to be reliable. It's not Fox News, which is conservative in kind of a crazy way sometimes. A conservative blog I've liked when I read it was The Volokh Conspiracy. I suppose the closest I know to leftish mainstream news source is the New Yorker, which used to be only about the arts but has become a big political reporter, and they have had a huge anti-Bush axe to grind since 9/11. They were the ones who broke Abu Ghraib, as you probably know. I also read The American Prospect, which is lefty.

I guess if you know what the editors of the journal or blog have on their minds and where they are coming from, it's as good as having them be objective, because you know how to read it. You know what they're good at and where to expect them to suck.

[coffeecocktails.livejournal.com]

A couple of others that I love that weren't my first choice for the particular categories up there ^ are economist.com and the NY Times website (I like their range of opinion columns).

Will try to shut up now before I news-nerd you to tears :-D

[ubervirgin.livejournal.com]

I didn't choose any liberal/conservative news sources because I don't spend a great deal of time watching anything but the local news. I tend to get too annoyed with them spending too much time on not important items.

It's sad, because the two news reporters I trusted most are both dead. Tim Russert and David Bloom (I believe that is the correct one. He died a while ago in Iraq due to pulmonary embolism).

I wish you luck in finding the answers you seek. ^_^