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Looking for Unbiased War News?

Posted by Cliff on from the getting-the-info-before-the-applied-spin dept.

AlexisKai asks: "With the forecast for tomorrow being sunny with a 90% chance of airstrikes, the US government will be clamping down on unpatriotic stories and the rest will be self-censored by the major media anyway. Where are Slashdot readers planning to look for reliable, disinterested reports as events in Iraq unfold?"

8 of 423 comments (clear)

  1. Might I suggest by bofkentucky · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Fox News, people bitch about it, but there are actual facts presented on there, as opposed to Indymedia or the Nation

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  2. Source? by Bladesnitz · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Great way to throw a totally unproven topic into a intelligent forum.

    Have you any proof of any sites that have been removed by government censorship?

    About the only data that I've seen targeted by the government is information that relates to military actions, for the safety of our troops.

    I can't believe this even got posted without any proof !

  3. Fox news by xagon7 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I like their non-liberal bullshit slant on things.

  4. Bullshit. by jotaeleemeese · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Most of you are activists with a very well defined bias.

    Nothing wrong about that unless you pretend it is not true.

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  5. Re:All of em by dpash · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    and sheep for a government

  6. BBC News by Martin+Spamer · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    You will struggle to beat the BBC coverage from any other single source, their coverage is extensive and impartial.

    BBC News Online.

    The BBC World Service is available on both online and RadioWorld-Wide.

    BBC News 24 is available on Digital Satellite thought the world.

  7. Re:Try Australia by XO · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Could you possibly tell me when it was that George W. Bush was elected to our National Government?

    I don't recall it ever happening!

    Mob rule by the rich! woo hoo!

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  8. You probably won't want it anyway by crmartin · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    If you want disinterested, you're not gonna find it. Everyone has some interest or another.

    If you want good, complete information, watch/read several sources and integrate it yourself; you'll probably be disappointed, since that seems to correlate pretty well with what the major news sources tell you.

    If your definition of "unbiased" is "unpatriotic" -- or at least "anti-Allied" -- then why bother with looking for unbiased sources that might screw up your assumptions?