visionary Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Combination of CNN and MSNBC, or Cspan when it is something like an important hearing or a bill. I haven't watched television news lately though...at least not this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsHokieFan Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 CSPAN and Fox To be honest the other networks don't "interest" me as much. I like many of the features that are on Cavuto's show, I'll listen to an O'Rielly rant, and I like the beltway boys a lot Russert is by far the best of the Sunday crew CNN hasn't interested me in years, and that is because their programming is non interesting for the most part My favorite, Niel Cavuto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 All I know is they have too much power and influence. They're all full of ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I just read what Chomerics and Sarge say, then split the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Sick Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 MSNBC mostly, because my buddy works for them and does a lot of the live shots. I like the Keith Olbermann show. I like the way he presents the news, although a lot of it comes off of fark.com! I like that Kramer guy who does Mad Money. He is Lewis Black crazy. Booyah! MSNBC can try new things because the are trying to grab ratings. I wish my cable system put Current nearer to the regular channels so I would remember to watch it more. I watch CNN sometimes. None of the shows really interest me. Whenever any channel starts discussing the latest missing white girl, I change the channel. That is NOT national news. Nancy Grace makes me want to throw up, as does Rita Cosby's voice. FoxNews is always good for a laugh. I got there to find out what talking points to debunk. This graphic pretty much sums it up. As for getting my "real" news, I have a bunch of RSS feeds from the major news outlets like NYT, WP, Reuters, AP, etc. Actually, a really good source is the Christian Science Monitor. The "blogometer" from the National Review is a good rundown of what the bloggers are talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslowalrob Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 BBC and CSPAN (Mostly for their book stuff). I watch Fox News to laugh or to get angry. CNN in the US is not my bag, but CNN international is GREAT and it can be on par with BBC, so if you ever go overseas you guys should give it a shot. And Russert is da bomb diggity. I love that cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLadyRaven Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I have to go with BBC World. I love my nation to death BUT there are other news that is very intersting going in the world that does not involve the US, I would love to hear about it.Cnn will rarely do this and Fox NEVER EVER does this. Fox Prime Time is not news but news anaylisis. I say if you dont need Peter King to tell you how to think on the Hall of Fame then you dont need Bill Orelly or Sean Hannity to tell you how to anaylise world events Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Guy. Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I watch BBC. Its good to get an another (outside) opinion of whats going on in the world. It like the way they just report what happened and not try to put into a republican/democrat slant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 the news is too depressing for me to watch on a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HokieJ Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Fox has the best group of women anchors...therefore it's Fox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanos Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 BBC is the best as far as going in depth for foreign news.Fox looks for a conspiracy under every rock.But its on in all my travels to military bases and conflicts.Funny thing few actually watch it. CNBC/MSNBC are very good also.I like the shows from Europe and the middle East.But CNN international is miles better than the domestic version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper Dave Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Fox is a joke. I think Bang said it best in another thread when he stated that if a news channel pushes a moral agenda, in this case a conservative one, then it's parent channel should not be doing everything in its power to go against that moral agenda. Aside from that blatant hypocrisy, it's by far the most biased of the news channels. I'll admit that CNN is liberally biased; but it's not even close to how conservatively biased Fox is. It borders on propaganda. That said, I like MSNBC. Seems to be the most fair and unbiased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckydevil Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 In terms of objectivity.............. CNN > BBC . I am a NPR listener, despite the liberal lean (social democrat). I just love the tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuposse87 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I trust fox news is a sensationalist piece of crap. Every single one of their shows is crap. I have to admit though the O'reily factor will give u good insight as to how the right thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper Dave Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I trust fox news is a sensationalist piece of crap. Every single one of their shows is crap. I have to admit though the O'reily factor will give u good insight as to how the right thinks. No it doesn't. O'Reilly is an arrogant, blowhard *******, and while that might lead you to believe he's right-wing ( ), he's actually fairly liberal in his beliefs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckydevil Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 O'Reilly is by no means a conservative, than again I am not sure what it means to be a conservative anymore. A more appropriate description would be right-wing populist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 No it doesn't. O'Reilly is an arrogant, blowhard *******, and while that might lead you to believe he's right-wing ( ), he's actually fairly liberal in his beliefs. Agreed on the arrogant blowhard part... but I don't buy the fairly liberal part. O'Reilly likes to claim he's a moderate because he's against the death penalty... he's always quick to point that out. But I've read two of his books and seen his show... he's as conservative as they come. :2cents: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckydevil Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Agreed on the arrogant blowhard part... but I don't buy the fairly liberal part.O'Reilly likes to claim he's a moderate because he's against the death penalty... he's always quick to point that out. But I've read two of his books and seen his show... he's as conservative as they come. Define conservative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Punani2 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 No it doesn't. O'Reilly is an arrogant, blowhard *******, and while that might lead you to believe he's right-wing ( ), he's actually fairly liberal in his beliefs. That never led me to think he was conservative. Al Franken is an arrogant, blowhard, ******* and I always knew he was a liberal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrell1106 Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 Wow folks. So far these are great responses. I've been curious as to what networks people tend to lean towards when needing a "news fix" for the day. I agree with many of you that multiple sources are probably better, even if its an online newspaper like wsj.com or washingtonpost.com to balance out the "social agendas" each network pursues. I must add, as a few of you have noticed, international news within the borders of the U.S. is almost non-existent. It's absolutely amazing to learn what all is going on throughout the rest of the world once you tune into BBC or CNN international. Hence, as was our downfall during 9/11 maybe our downfall as the leader of all nation states; IGNORANCE:2cents: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Oh ok, Sort of like CNN but with less Bull****... Not quite nearly as awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 They are the reason I got rid of my expanded Cable. Bye bye Fox, CNN, MSNBC and all. THe only show I really watched anyway was Scarborough Country. Now it's just the local network news like Fox5 10 o'clock or BBC World news on PBS. I have found much more time for my wife and me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Define conservative In purest form, resistant to change and a longing to go back to the way things were. .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 In purest form, resistant to change and a longing to go back to the way things were. .... The way things were? Like the good ole' days? I've been trying to figure out when the good ole' days were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 The way things were? Like the good ole' days?I've been trying to figure out when the good ole' days were. Me too... But you've been an ES member since '00, so you should know. Lord knows we all hear enough about how great this board used to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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