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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?"

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  1. Google by stang7423 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It might be worth while to try checking google news since they pull from many different sites. This seems like best choice.

    1. Re:Google by oroshana · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The way I like to look at things is that no one source will ever be the actual truth. "Actual truth" probably can't be written down anyways. I will be looking at sites that are at total opposites of the spectrum. Check out the following eclectic list:

      Iran
      India
      Switzerland
      Russia
      Saudi Arabia

  2. All of em by btlzu2 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I read em all and then believe 1% of all of what I read. I love the BBC, the Brits are always interesting, polite, and just damn cool.

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  3. There is none by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The sooner you realize that all media is slanted, intentionally or otherwise, the sooner you'll accept that fact and move on. Its just how the nature of media (ALL media, not just news) is.

    My advice? Get your news from a variety of different sources, and then check on who THEIR sources are. At least then you'll be somewhat more informed than the average (dumb) Joe who recites facts (or "facts" if we're talking about Fox) without knowing anything about the situation.

  4. Re:'Reliable, disinterested reports'... by Black+Copter+Control · · Score: 5, Insightful
    If they were disinterested, the reports wouldn't be reliable (in terms of either timely or well researched).

    The best you can ask for is a reasonably eclectic set of news sources, from which you can, hopefully, synthesize a picture with a reasonably low signal-to-noise ratio. -- rather like the work they do with long baseline radio telescope arrays.

    (One thing I like about news sources like the "Marxist Workers Journal" is that it's pretty easy to see where their bias lies. Newspapers like The National Post, on the other hand, tend to have reporters and editors who are reasonably good at hiding their bias. This requires a bit more effort on the part of the sceptical reader).

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  5. Re:The Best you'll find by Wolfger · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is the best you'll find if what you're looking for is news with a heavy anti-administration and anti-war slant. But I think the person asking wanted something unbiased... (which does not exist, sadly enough)

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