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[Summer Wine]

Did anyone else get this news story. I found it by chance on the web, there was nothing about this occurance anywhere in my countries newspapers.

[Fox]

What time in history are you comparing the present to, such that the news services you have availible to you aren't informative enough? How could any news service even possibly hope to present every single story you might find remotely of interest?

Most people don't care about riots in Saudi Arabia, so most major news networks aren't going to devote a lot of time to it, if any. That's how it should be. More specialized sources of news exist for people with particular interests.

Large news agencies behave exactly how one would expect them to behave: covering news that they feel has mass appeal. Smaller news agencies thrive by presenting more focused news. The system works fine.

[Summer Wine]

My understanding of newspapers in the past was that the journalists tried to simply present the information, not slant it or ignore it. This has changed recently as recent news articles have shown.

Though as I am speaking from my countries perspectives and not from yours we may have different experiences. Though I have watched fox news at times and some of thier writing or questions asked are slanted.

Though this probably has more to do with the corporatism of the news and its probably gone on longer in the states, so you may have nothing to compare it with. Or maybe you do.

In terms of actual depth, many articles recently seem to provide a veneer of information without actually seeming to provide any real information or depth. An example would be trying to get information from Afghanistan on the reasons why events appear to be happening, etc or exactly what happened.

CNN and Al Jazerah are two news sources that seem to present news that seems to be directed at a type of reader or viewer while calling themselves international. A good example would be the amount of information provided about Paris Hilton, while ignoring an international issue at the same time.

News seems to becoming dumbed down, now I can understand the argument that most people are idots and wouldn't understand the nuances and issues about an event, but if all you provide is dumbed down news then all you get is dumbed down people.

I just wish there was more depth to the information provided and that there wasn't 50 articles on one issue, when 40 would do just as well. This would provide room for other issues to be discussed.

[Fox]

[mithridates]

The biggest problem with online media is the lack of sourcing. When I read an article about a person who said X during a speech I want to see a link to the entire speech. If it's translated from another language I want to see a link to both the translation the journalist is using and the original. My biggest peeve would be articles that give a sentence or two from a speech or discussion but leave the reader at a loss for where to find the rest of it to judge for themselves.

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[ddeubel]

I have to disagree. There is plenty of "depth" out there by commited journalists, both print, radio, TV and online. The problem is, you just have to know where to find it.

America in particular has the most diverse and indepth media coverage around. Lots of great sources. However, most people just reach for the most colorful box of cereal and that's where the problem starts.....

With all things and especially in a democracy - there is an individual responsibility to be informed. Without that, nothing works.... You can't legislate against "ease" unfortunately.

DD
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[Summer Wine]

To those who responded, you made some good points.

I guess I am disappointed in the news, because while they might tell you a soldier died in Afghanistan. They seem to not provide more than that, as someone wrote in a comment I read.

What was the operation for?
What were the goals of it?
Was it a success?
Has it improved the situation?

It seems that they provide a slice and then leave out the rest. I agree with mithradise (?) in that it would be nice if they provided more links to where the info came from or how to discover it, even if it is online info.

I am starting to dislike soundbites on television. The speech was 2 hrs long and you provided 20 words from it. What else was said? where can I read a copy of it.

You are right, there are lots of little sources, but large news programs that target the world should be able to provide more details or where to find the information. Well thats just how I feel.

[Privateer]

I feel the same way about the news a lot of the time too. What exactly are they trying to achieve in Afghanistan besides killing a lot of people and destroying property? Or is that the aim? The only other thing they seem to have succeeded in doing is getting the Taliban out of Kabul, and that with no assurance that they won't be back.

[seonsengnimble]

I need to give my old contacts my "new" gmail address. There are plenty of decent news sources out there. While there are tons of great news sources, mail.com is a terrible one. For some reason, stories like Kanye West's mother died and Hugh Jackman politely scolds an audience member for not turning off his/her phone are breaking news.

Anyways, I recommend reading news.bbc.co.uk or watching the daily show. New York Times is also good.

[Summer Wine]

I tend to try and read daily, NZherald, the Australian, Al Jazeera, BBC, and a number of different blogs focusing on different issues, and then I follow thier links.

I sometimes read Ha'Aretz for an Israeli view on an issue, or the Guardian for a British view on an issue and I sometimes read a arab newspaper to get a counter. I am trying to discover a few more new newpapers, and found Washington Post which seemed to provide some info.

I try to look at both sides of an argument as well as get the view from the conservative and liberal sides of an issue to try and get well rounded knowledge of an issue. Though its sometimes difficult as the same issue is presented in two completely different ways and its hard to tell which is more correct or is there a completely different way to view it.

[Palladium]

Islam-Party like it's 1199!

[Summer Wine]

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Islam-Party like it's 1199!

Sorry, don't quite understand the point that you are making.

I have found some other newspapers that cover information that is lacking in some of the earlier papers I have read. Though they do seem to not answer any hard questions. I also found this site which some people might find interesting for a different perspective on issues.

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[xingyiman]

The news doesn't have any depth nowadays because instead of reporting the news, anchors are constanlty injecting their own political slant into it. Seemingly when republicans do it on Fox news it's bad, but when democrats do it on other networks it's ok.

[proustme]

Twitter further perpetuates the dumbing down of society, too.