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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-04-10 07:29 AM
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Poll question: Please chose 1 from the list below
Which of these two is most effective as a news or opinion sources?
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Lost4words Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-04-10 07:32 AM
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1. ALL MSM is corporate controlled, you have to read!!!
Edited on Sun Apr-04-10 07:32 AM by Lost4words
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-04-10 07:35 AM
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3. If all I had for news was my local Newspaper I'd be a raving Republican.
Edited on Sun Apr-04-10 07:36 AM by ThomWV
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Lost4words Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-04-10 07:45 AM
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7. Newspapers are also controlled by a very small list of owners.
its called Books, Internet news sites, various radio programs, Link TV, Democracy Now, be selective, its the only to escape the spin.
Democracy now is on many radio stations, and the Host. Al Frankens books are humor but packed with facts. If you like I would be glad to recommend. There is no real news on MSM.
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-04-10 07:33 AM
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2. I choose radio but thereis an add on - the news sections of even music stations
are badly, badly skewed. The little 5 minute segments even on the progressive stations are often right wing, since that is usually contracted to something like AP. So anytime some listens to the radio they get a dose of right wing unbalance.
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notesdev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-04-10 07:39 AM
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4. None of the above
Corporate media may argue with itself but it will NEVER present you with options that defy the will of the power elite. Its job is to keep the proles set against each other so that the elites may continue to loot and pillage unhindered.
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-04-10 07:42 AM
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5. When asked to make a choice between two things the answer is always one of those two things
In your poll you should include "none of the above" but in my poll I was only interested in those two things. That is why, for instance, I did not include options like newspapers or books, conversations with co workers or your astrologer.
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notesdev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-04-10 07:43 AM
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6. Lousy choices
Should I believe lies from source A, or source B?

Does it matter? Either way, I'd be believing lies.
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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-04-10 07:45 AM
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8. I chose "B", but if you want a non-written source, get the BBC
Edited on Sun Apr-04-10 07:45 AM by OmahaBlueDog
Available on the internet and short wave (also possibly on XM/Sirius).
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-04-10 07:50 AM
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10. +1, n/t
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Lost4words Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-04-10 07:49 AM
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9. I think you have to consider the ownership of the source. nt
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-04-10 07:52 AM
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11. How About Internet Radio???
I spend more and more time listening to BBC, Pacifica, Democracy Now and other Progressive and Public stations that provide information and opinions you won't hear anywhere else.

As to your question...the AM dial is so fetid these days if I'm not cruising to some nice tunes on the CD player, I'm enjoying the silence. Teevee offers nice pictures, little substance...the internet is driving the news these days, you get quicker and more reliable information on DU's LBN than you do anywhere else.
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Ozymanithrax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-04-10 10:31 AM
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12. Opinion is not news...
Both are about equally effective at opinion, and by opinion I mean that opinions are like assholes, everybody has one.

News requires a high content of information with a low amount of spin filters. There is no news program on TV that even attempts to give unfiltered news. They provide information that will draw an attractive demographic audience to partake of their commercials.

So I didn't answer.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-10 09:42 AM
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13. Neither is "effective".
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