Where can I get unbiased news?

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Post by bootload » Wed, Jan 20, 2010, 11:43 PM UTC

Where can I get unbiased news?
thegatesnotes.com

Re: Where can I get unbiased news?

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Post by JacobAldridge » Wed, Jan 20, 2010, 11:51 PM UTC

Slate.com is my ultimate procrastination tool - I intentionally haven't bookmarked it, so I only go there when I'm really bored and remember to (ie, a few times a week). As such, I've always seen it as a guilty pleasure.

Now I know that Bill Gates hangs out there ... well, that doesn't really change anything in my life. But I'm ever-so-slightly more smug.

Re: Where can I get unbiased news?

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Post by rpledge » Wed, Jan 20, 2010, 11:53 PM UTC

Interesting to see where Bill goes for news. I may not be Bill Gates (I certainly don't have his bank balance), but people interested in unbiased news should check out the "No Agenda" podcast at http://noagendashow.com

Dvorak and Curry may not be everyones taste, but they do point out many instances of mainstream media fail

Re: Where can I get unbiased news?

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Post by karzeem » Thu, Jan 21, 2010, 12:06 AM UTC

JacobAldridge wrote: post #2

Slate.com is my ultimate procrastination tool - I intentionally haven't bookmarked it, so I only go there when I'm really bored and remember to (ie, a few times a week). As such, I've always seen it as a guilty pleasure. Now I know that Bill Gates hangs out there ... well, that doesn't really change anything in my life. But I'm ever-so-slightly more smug.

Weirdly, it was owned by Microsoft until not too long ago.

Re: Where can I get unbiased news?

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Post by noelchurchill » Thu, Jan 21, 2010, 12:08 AM UTC

For current events I follow thedailybeast.com. The comments are filled with trolls though.

Re: Where can I get unbiased news?

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Post by swernli » Thu, Jan 21, 2010, 12:12 AM UTC

In my opinion: The Daily Show and/or Colbert Report. I guess you could say their only bias is toward comedic pessimism. Is it sad to say that a comedy network has become what I believe to be the least biased news? Or is it just our modern evolution of what has always been the place of good satire: to criticize, under the guise of comedy, that which "serious" outlets dare not discuss?

Re: Where can I get unbiased news?

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Post by jackfoxy » Thu, Jan 21, 2010, 12:13 AM UTC

Does not exist as a single source. Try news sites with diametrically opposed points of view and draw your own conclusions.

Re: Where can I get unbiased news?

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Post by pclark » Thu, Jan 21, 2010, 12:14 AM UTC

One of the features we offer at Broadersheet that I'm really proud of is that we can offer "all the sides" of an article to our readers. We can show you the same article from a number of sources.

It's live right now, and I've been sketching up some pretty mad stuff influenced partly by what ^joshu worked on: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/10/delicious-upcoming-foun...

Re: Where can I get unbiased news?

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Post by jackfoxy » Thu, Jan 21, 2010, 12:16 AM UTC

"Scientific American" is a sad shadow of it's former self. It has gone mass market and PC.It used to be closer to one step below a peer revue scientific journal.

Re: Where can I get unbiased news?

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Post by KaiP » Thu, Jan 21, 2010, 12:17 AM UTC

I'm surprised The Atlantic didn't make it on that list. I always see it mentioned in the same breath as the other sources and have found most of the articles fairly unbiased and interesting.