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Offline Wast

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Facts
« on: September 07, 2012, 02:43:52 AM »
I'm trying to figure out what's actually going on with election issues. Other forum-goers, where do you get your news, and where do you look for fact-checking and clarification and the like? What sources do you trust, if any?
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Offline Funkadelia

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Re: Facts
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2012, 03:00:12 AM »
FOX NEWS.
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Re: Facts
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2012, 04:49:05 AM »
Daily Show?
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Offline McMasterdonia

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Re: Facts
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2012, 11:38:37 AM »
I like SBS World News :p

I also am active in a lot of facebook groups that deal with political issues and organizations :p
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Offline Letonna

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Re: Facts
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2012, 12:21:05 PM »
I use Yahoo News
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Re: Facts
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2012, 12:28:45 PM »
I also use TMZ.
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Offline Wast

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Re: Facts
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2012, 08:51:21 PM »
I'll keep all those suggestions in mind.
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Re: Facts
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2012, 08:52:38 PM »
I watch Fox news if I want the republican side of things, and CNN for the democrat side of things...
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Offline Funkadelia

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Re: Facts
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2012, 09:03:38 PM »
Quote from: Cozulul on September 07, 2012, 08:52:38 PM
I watch Fox news if I want the republican side of things, and CNN for the democrat side of things...

MSNBC is even more liberal. I would recommend that one.
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Re: Facts
« Reply #9 on: September 07, 2012, 09:09:03 PM »
Maybe we should make a list of news sources on a political spectrum.
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Re: Facts
« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2012, 12:50:18 AM »
I also get my news from whatever people are ranting about on irc at the time
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Re: Facts
« Reply #11 on: September 08, 2012, 02:05:24 AM »
I like google news.

Naturally, it shows a little bit of everything from every type of source.  But if you dont like that you can tweek it to show only your views and interests.
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Re: Facts
« Reply #12 on: September 08, 2012, 03:04:43 AM »
as long one of the axis is "Comedy <-> Serious shit"
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Re: Facts
« Reply #13 on: September 08, 2012, 03:32:37 AM »
sorry for double posting but I'd like to share with you something, euronews polls which are mainly to europeans and greater incidence in German and French people has this results:

Do you think Mitt Romney will win the 2012 US presidential election?

yes (22% - 909 votes)
     
no (73% - 2951 votes)
     
i don't know (5% - 196 votes)

--------I read this as a blunt No from european standards, specially with a 5% undecided.

Has Barack Obama satisfied your expectations of him as a president?

yes (55% - 341 votes)
     
no (38% - 238 votes)
     
i don't know (7% - 45 votes)

-----------This is a bit more mixed, I voted No, I don't think Obama did well and failed in a lot of aspects, but as far as american politics go, I'd vote him as lesser evil, or a third party if given the chance. Maybe I had too much expectation or maybe europeans had really low expectation from Obama.
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Offline Wast

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Re: Facts
« Reply #14 on: September 09, 2012, 06:47:13 AM »
Most people have had fairly low expectations from Obama after the rhetoric of Hope and Change was abandoned in favor of cautious centrism. That's a discussion in itself, actually, and an interesting one, but I'll defer that to another time.

Anyway, I've looked at google news but it churns out quite a mix of things. How difficult is it to train, and how well does it work once one has done so? Also, where do people go for opinions/analysis, if at all? Avoiding unreasonable vitriol is quite difficult (not that I mind it in moderation).
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