Stinky The Clown
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Fri Mar-18-11 12:50 PM
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Is Politico a legitimate news source? Is Huffington Post? |
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Politico was founded and funded by hard right money. It is clear to anyone actually paying attention that they (very underhandedly, very stealthily) promote the right wing agenda.
Is Politico a legitimate news source?
Huffington has "independent" writers, but they get to edit. Now their editors are treating Breitbart (fer krissakes) as a serious person with something serious to say.
Is Huffington a legitimate news source?
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MineralMan
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Fri Mar-18-11 12:53 PM
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1. Neither are, on the whole. They are sources for commentary, |
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primarily. Insofar as they simply act as news aggregators, the news they offer is as credible as the orginal source. As far as commentary is concerned, commentary is commentary, not news.
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Fri Mar-18-11 12:57 PM
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4. You're wrong, of course, about Politico |
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They're not an aggregator. Much of what they publish and report on their various radio teevee outlets is based on "original reporting" by their staff.
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Fri Mar-18-11 12:54 PM
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2. Huffington Post is not and has never been a legitimate news source |
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any claim they had to legitimacy is blown out of the water by their endorsement of antiscientific conspiracists, woo, and quackery. Just their science and health department alone makes them not legit.
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Fri Mar-18-11 12:56 PM
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3. I'll take Huffpo over Politico any day of the week... |
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Neither are all that objective in the first place.
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Fri Mar-18-11 01:00 PM
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5. HuffPost Tabloid Headlines |
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gross me out, then she hired that wingnut guy last week - HuffPost is dead to me.
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Fri Mar-18-11 01:02 PM
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6. I always thought Politico was right-wing |
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but I never knew for sure. They are definitely sneaky about it and the articles are only subtly right-leaning. I always thought it strange that 95% of the comments were conservative, though. Even many of the ones that say they were posted by Democrats.
I agree with the first reply, that they are both commentary rather than news, but I feel like Huffington presents itself as such more openly, while Politico tries to act like legitimate news.
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Fri Mar-18-11 01:04 PM
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7. As media shifts right it pushes liberal news to the opinion pages |
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and the opinion writers, though linking to factual information, are not considered news and hence get less coverage. Quite a sneaky way to move liberal politics to the back of the paper instead of on the front page.
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Fri Mar-18-11 01:07 PM
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right wing psy ops, as is 95% of all media. The pentagon has an endless budget. I never used to think this way, but after everything I've seen....:shrug:
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Fri Mar-18-11 01:40 PM
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9. 'Psy ops 95 percent of all media'? |
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That's a bit of a stretch, don't you think?
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Fri Mar-18-11 02:59 PM
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there are very few places to find the truth these days, even Hollywood is bought and paid for. I can always tell a pentagon influenced TV show or movie, usually they suck. Example, 24 was ridiculous. There are many more. Check out this Docs on media influence by the pentagon. There are others http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/psywar/http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/hollywood-and-the-pentagon/
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