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Topic: I think I'm actually going to boycott mainstream televised news (Read 5649 times)

sr. member
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I find it hilarious that local news pretends law enforcement is making a dent in the drug trade and especially silk road.

Same here.  I occasionally watch local television news to get the local weather report.  I'm always shocked at horrified at the levels of propaganda on local news.  It seems even more intense than on national news media.

Local news is an unending stream of stories about local government heros smacking da' meth menace, bringing home D.C. largess for some new local social program, or pimping pharmaceuticals and consumer electronic crap.

Some people leave this crap running in their homes how 24/7.  I recently attended a Christmas party at a TSA supervisor's house.  He had, I kid you not, six televisions *all running* in his house at once; kitchen, living room, bedroom, master bath, office, and outdoors on the porch!

The cacophony was maddening.  I turned off the television where we were sitting on the porch so I could better converse with other party-goers.  He came outside to put more food on the BBQ, saw the blank screen, became visibly annoyed, and turned it back on.  I mean, the guy had a look on his face like he'd spotted a turd floating in his hot tub.
sr. member
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@ OP

Ya I myself don't even have cable, all my news I get online and any shows I like I just queue them online and hook up an hdmi to my t.v.

The news is all incredibly biased poorly-reported crap, the shows are almost all poorly-written and try wayyyy too hard to appeal to as much of the population as they can, and they rarely ever show good movies anymore. As far as I'm concerned, I just don't see any reason to watch ANY of the broadcasted shit.
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I find it hilarious that local news pretends law enforcement is making a dent in the drug trade and especially silk road.
legendary
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I know it's a comedy show, but The Daily Show has to be the only lot I've ever trusted when it comes to this sort of thing and they're all perfectly honest about they're beliefs, plus it's fucking hilarious to watch them make fools out of politicians and reporters, it just shows off what a complete circus it all is.
legendary
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I don't mind Russia Today in small doses, but let's be honest Tongue They are RUSSIA today, so of course they're going to take every chance they can to make America look bad, that said I have no problem with that, I've really gotten sickened by that country in particular lately.
newbie
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The BBC had an article on bitcoin recently that was very positive, it was even referred to as a popular payment system and an article from CNN shortly after saying bitcoin kicks ass (with a thin coat of bad points) makes me nervous. The BBC is a good news service, especially the world service, but anything they report on relevant to British institutions has God save the Queen subliminally playing in the background. Irrelevant to the thread but the BBC is one of few places where "corporation" has kept its original meaning.

The beeb buys some good documentaries occasionally. But it is relatively supportive of the wars in the Middle East, the war on terror and all this immoral stuff and it has some values that are not up for debate such as the monarchy.

If you want honest world news, RT is much better, or Euronews.
PressTV is a bit radical but they have a lot of very good points and definitely worth watching.
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FIAT LIBERTAS RVAT CAELVM
Thanks, now I can add more sites to my addiction to my RSS news reader.  If I told you I was trying to quit drinking, you would put a hundred year old scotch in my glass and tell me I was drinking the wrong stuff, wouldn't you?  Grin

Only if what you were trying to quit was PBR.
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My vice is going to news.google.com

Replace that with http://www.newsblur.com

This way you have more control over what gets injected into your mind.

Some I consume...

Disinformation - http://feeds.feedburner.com/disinfo

Information Liberation - http://www.informationliberation.com/rss.xml

Libertarian News - http://feeds.feedburner.com/libertariannews

Strike-The-Root - http://strike-the-root.com/feed

The Daily Bell - http://www2.thedailybell.com/rss.xml

Washington's Blog - http://www.washingtonsblog.com/feed



Thanks, now I can add more sites to my addiction to my RSS news reader.  If I told you I was trying to quit drinking, you would put a hundred year old scotch in my glass and tell me I was drinking the wrong stuff, wouldn't you?  Grin
legendary
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The revolution will be monetized!
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And it is far more professional than any of the three networks.

Cheesy I'm sure it may seem professional to you guys who are used to the crap like Fox News and MSNBC but you'll get tired of the stupid puns and blatant nationalist propaganda soon enough.
Ah, your in the UK? You see the whole BBC, crap and good. The world service is so much better than network (abc, nbc, cbs) news that they are not really comparable. Fox, CNN and MSNBC should not even be considered "news".
legendary
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And it is far more professional than any of the three networks.

Cheesy I'm sure it may seem professional to you guys who are used to the crap like Fox News and MSNBC but you'll get tired of the stupid puns and blatant nationalist propaganda soon enough.
legendary
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BBC World service

LOL Smiley
Ok, it is official government TV. But their distant prospective is often far more insightful than our native news. And it is far more professional than any of the three networks. Network news is pre-packaged stories produced by big pharma companies, stories about pop culture, guys standing in the rain to tell you about storms,  "experts" on the topic de jure who were life-coaches six months ago. It's all nonsense. Without the foreign media, I would not know what's happening in my country.
legendary
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BBC World service

LOL Smiley
legendary
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The revolution will be monetized!
There are a few legitimate news sources left. Don't forget "The News Hour", "Frontline", and "BBC World service". They can all be found on TV and do contain actual news.
sr. member
Activity: 406
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My vice is going to news.google.com

Replace that with http://www.newsblur.com

This way you have more control over what gets injected into your mind.

Some I consume...

Disinformation - http://feeds.feedburner.com/disinfo

Information Liberation - http://www.informationliberation.com/rss.xml

Libertarian News - http://feeds.feedburner.com/libertariannews

Strike-The-Root - http://strike-the-root.com/feed

The Daily Bell - http://www2.thedailybell.com/rss.xml

Washington's Blog - http://www.washingtonsblog.com/feed

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hero member
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lol I'm just boycotting it for my own benefit, that said, I bet it would solve a lot of the problems in the world if we just used the internet etc. for our information.

thats the trend
legendary
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lol I'm just boycotting it for my own benefit, that said, I bet it would solve a lot of the problems in the world if we just used the internet etc. for our information.
420
hero member
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you need a way to hype and spread the boycott. what is it
legendary
Activity: 3066
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The revolution will be monetized!
newbie
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I'll probably cry tears of love for Big Brother.
legendary
Activity: 3066
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The revolution will be monetized!
"Central command, we have a unit thinking on his own. Someone named Rudd-O. Shall I call the truck?"  Cheesy

They better bring the cattle prods :-)

They will, it does wonders encouraging people to take their pills. When you wake up you wont have a care (or thought) in the world.
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