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What news media do you use to stay current with wordly news?
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cubanlord



Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!

PostPosted: Mon May 01, 2006 4:40 pm    Post subject: What news media do you use to stay current with wordly news? Reply with quote

I use CNN.com for The States. Their world coverage is good, however I feel it may be a little biased at times. Could you guys refer me to other sites?
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JAWINSEOUL



Joined: 19 Nov 2005

PostPosted: Mon May 01, 2006 5:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some people feel BBC.Com offsets CNN.Com.
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marcus



Joined: 12 Sep 2005

PostPosted: Mon May 01, 2006 5:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Financial Times combined with Fark.com will satisfy all your world news needs.

CNN often seems extremely local and focused on missing white girls. They've got cash flow and Fox News to worry about.
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just because



Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964

PostPosted: Mon May 01, 2006 5:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use BBC.com, it is balanced and you can click on whatever region of the world you want to read about and you get great coverage..

CNN is not good, maybe for american domestic news but internationally it is much too american focused and for Asia/Pacific it is crap outside of news on North Korea. The good thing about it is its use of video so you can watch individual stories

Also get the IHT(International Herald Tribune) delievered to my house which is good to read while I am having dinner
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SPINOZA



Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul

PostPosted: Mon May 01, 2006 6:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm not a massive admirer of the BBC, but I think it's the best out there.

CNN's website is good but as a news channel it's abysmal IMO. It has the same adverts on constantly, which just irritates.

"we have to focus on the small details in order to be able to appreciate the broader perspective"

"The Middle East...you may think you know it, but do you really?"

"....and you'll meet the people making surprising future".

How the HELL does she know the future's surprising? Horrible channel.
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flotsam



Joined: 28 Mar 2006

PostPosted: Mon May 01, 2006 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I listen to NPR until I feel sleepy(usually about 4 minutes) then I switch to BBC World. But I always read al-Jazeera(not taking the piss).
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Mon May 01, 2006 6:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Most American media focuses too much on "How will this affect Americans?" It's all meaningless to me.

For now I get everything I need from Fark. There you get the widest variety of alternatives.
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ddeubel



Joined: 20 Jul 2005

PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 1:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

God!! All those writing about CNN and it being their world view, really scare me......some VERY disturbing, palate withering food there......

www.slate.com works for me . Also Christian science Monitor www.csmonitor.com , a few commentators I like. I also like BBC for their international coverage, especially s.America and Africa. I subscribe to Harpers and also N.Y. Review of Books, for a deeper analysis.......both actually have pretty prompt and reasonable foreign subscription rates....

DD

But I also see the point of one philosopher who wrote that "why do you need to know the particulars, if you know the principles?"
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the_beaver



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 1:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

All the news I need to know can be had in a glance at Yahoo!'s homepage -- if it takes more than 4 seconds it generally isn't worth it.
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Demophobe



Joined: 17 May 2004

PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 2:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ddeubel wrote:

www.slate.com works for me . Also Christian science Monitor www.csmonitor.com , a few commentators I like. I also like BBC for their international coverage


This is my short list as well. The csmonitor is a great read. FAIR and AIM as well. For some cool Korean stuff, I read http://www.korealiberator.org/ It has a good list of linked sites there as well.
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desultude



Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf

PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 6:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.nytimes.com/

I read the New York Times online everyday. To register I think you need a U.S. address. Any address with a zip code will do. If you want help with that. send me a PM.

CNN International is much better than the U.S. domestic version- which, as Bill Maher puts it, is "all blonds all the time". BBC is good- I get it on cable in my office.

But day to day, the easiest is The NY Times and CNN International (on the home tele).
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AbbeFaria



Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: Gangnam

PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 9:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

God I detest CNN. I could ignore it at home because I had other options. Now I have to hear those damned commercials anytime I want to hear the news. I want to kill that middle east b!tch.

"You may think you know it, but do you really?" Evil or Very Mad

Death to her.

I go to google's news page daily. It usually gives me a pretty good rundown in all areas of the news. http://news.google.com/

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krats1976



Joined: 14 May 2003

PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 9:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I watch TV news in the morning and only glance at internet news throughout the day.

Now that Arirang has ditched BBC, I'm stuck with CNN. I don't mind it, but the commercials can grate on the nerves sometimes.
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cbbjork



Joined: 18 Apr 2006
Location: Lima, Peru

PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 9:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

im a google news fan too.

I also like reading the economist online, la weekly, common dreams, and others.

yep
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deessell



Joined: 08 Jun 2005

PostPosted: Wed May 03, 2006 2:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/index.php
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