Re:Al Jazeera America to Shut Down in April
by Avshalom on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @02:58PM
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Well I mean I can't say anything to Russia Today but Al Jazeera for instance is often the only english language network with reporters on the ground in a lot of middle east situations.
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Re:Al Jazeera America to Shut Down in April
by seanp2k2 on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @03:59PM
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This. It can be hard to get a non-US spin on middle eastern events, which is I regularly look to AJ and BBC. The value is in getting a different perspective, not completely unbiased reporting. Associated Press feeds can also be somewhat helpful: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/APNewsFeeds
Re:Al Jazeera America to Shut Down in April
by br_smartass on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @09:15PM
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Yep. There's whole different point of views to be seen. People are saying propaganda like it means only the caricaturization of propaganda(i.e.: overt), and, corollarily, like what is not overt is not propaganda or like it's "but ours is nicer/good". It's not like this, propaganda is everywhere. To me, anything that's not the pure facts plus context is the same as propaganda/ideology, there's only reality or propaganda/ideology, it's what I'm saying. If you want to approximate reality of stuff getting the different perspectives is absolutely mandatory. I guess that's too much work for most people, though.
Re:Al Jazeera America to Shut Down in April
by cooperellis on Thursday January 14, 2016 @09:38AM
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I agree, getting multiple perspectives on an issue can be extremely time-consuming and challenging. This site shares three different perspectives on current events in one place: http://pxw.news/whos-to-blame-for-the-iran-saudi-dispute/
Re:Al Jazeera America to Shut Down in April
by br_smartass on Thursday January 14, 2016 @05:45PM
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Thats really interesting, thanks! I'll be following this one :)
Re:Al Jazeera America to Shut Down in April
by erikpukinskis on Thursday January 14, 2016 @12:18AM
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Yes, and even when you are publishing pure facts, which is a good goal for journalists, there is still some editorial in which of many facts you choose to publish.