19-02-2003 06:30									#1
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This will mainly center on Americans since I have no idea what news networks you have in your country.

On a side note which Big 3 network evening newscast do you like the most (NBC, CBS, and ABC).

I like NBC's the best. I like Tom Brokaw. I never liked Peter Jennings for some reason. Dan Rather is decent, but he's getting old.

	19-02-2003 06:37									#2
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ABC, Canuk or not.

	19-02-2003 06:43									#3
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Why would anybody want to "watch" the news. I like getting more than just sound bites I much prefer to read the news...

	19-02-2003 06:45									#4
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I agree with Ming. And the best source is of course www.msnbc.com

	19-02-2003 06:45									#5
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I prefer to live the news

	19-02-2003 06:50									#6
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i prefer to make the news

	19-02-2003 06:56									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Asher I agree with Ming. And the best source is of course www.msnbc.com

No it's not.

www.nytimes.com is.

	19-02-2003 06:57									#8
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Free registration can kiss my ass.

NYTimes is too slow to pick up on breaking news too, usually. And doesn't have adequate international coverage.

	19-02-2003 06:59									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Asher And doesn't have adequate international coverage.

Are you nuts?

The NY Times has the best international coverage of any news source in the U.S. It and the Times of London are the two best international news sources in the world!

	19-02-2003 07:01									#10
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It took them quite a long time to realize the avalanche that killed 7 10th graders from a school outside Calgary was newsworthy.

MSNBC and CNN had a story on it within hours...

	19-02-2003 07:03									#11
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Well, I normally watch Fox News.

	19-02-2003 07:08									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Asher It took them quite a long time to realize the avalanche that killed 7 10th graders from a school outside Calgary was newsworthy. MSNBC and CNN had a story on it within hours...

Okay, reporting 7 10th graders getting killed in Calgary, albeit a tragedy, isn't quite as in-depth as, say, a comprehensive look at the political situation in Angola and why it could lead to possible U.S. intervention on some level.

	19-02-2003 07:13									#13
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Fox news at 9.

At 9 it's news, at 10 it's history.

Otherwise, CNN Headline News usually.

ACK!

	19-02-2003 07:19									#14
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I can't watch Tom Brokaw. I have no idea how he became a news anchor with that speech impedement of his. It drives me up the wall.

Personally, I like the BBC World Report. Canada also has a good all-news station (we have a couple, actually) in CBC Newsworld.

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I like ABC, sort of. Dan Rather really really bothers me. I prefer Al-Jazeera, but we don't have a satelite (SP?) dish yet.

	19-02-2003 07:25									#16
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CNN lies . . . or so says all the newspaper vending machines in SF and the chairs in my school.

	19-02-2003 07:32									#17
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BBC all the way! Gotta love those accents...

	19-02-2003 07:34									#18
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I used to watch CNN until it turned into the All OJ Network back in the day, and then I was totaly turned off after that butched Vietnam special they had some years ago.

MSNBC never has news when I turn it on... always some national geographic program. Though I watch Imus when I can.

Fox News sits well with me (I'll admit now that Patti Ann Brown = ). I like the G Block at the end of the Fox Report with Shepoooooooo!

The three network news I lost faith in, because:

A: I already know what happened on Fox.
B: When I do catch it, I wonder if they are reporting the same thing, since they tend to remove some very important pieces of information... particulary ABC.

	19-02-2003 07:37									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov Okay, reporting 7 10th graders getting killed in Calgary, albeit a tragedy, isn't quite as in-depth as, say, a comprehensive look at the political situation in Angola and why it could lead to possible U.S. intervention on some level.

Although the 7 10th grades actually affect me more than a political crisis in Angola.

	19-02-2003 07:51									#20
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www.washingtonpost.com
www.cnn.com
www.bbc.co.uk

	19-02-2003 07:53									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Tuberski Fox news at 9. At 9 it's news, at 10 it's history. Otherwise, CNN Headline News usually. ACK!

Fox news at nine? Here it's at ten, and all the others are at eleven. So, I guess they're all history.

	19-02-2003 07:54									#22
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I vote "Naked News."

	19-02-2003 08:03									#23
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i don't watch news anymore.

instead, i read multiple online news sources:

bbc, cnnasia, foxnews, google, msnbc/newsweek, slashdot, and nytimes

	19-02-2003 10:02									#24
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my.yahoo.com

	19-02-2003 10:13									#25
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Is CNN still trying to prove that the Shuttle was shot down by terrorists?

	19-02-2003 10:17									#26
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No, just that it was going 19 times the speed of light.

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MSNBC is unwatchable. There are always too many long, Dateline style specials about lost kids and other tear-jerkers. Imus and that other chick are unwatchable. Donahue, for all his accomplishments, is like watching someones Grandpa host a political talkshow. Only that this grandpa is senile. MSNBC is like CNN meets the Lifetime Network. The only programs remotely watchable are Buchanan and Press and Hardball (Although he could fall under CNBC). I also can give grudging respect to Nachman, although I'm not sure if he's been canceled. The interviews I saw were inciteful and thoughtful.

CNN Headline News, although nice for soundbites delivered in rapid fashion, is too visually cluttered for my tastes. They also tend to rerun the same bad filler over and over again. Their saving grace is cute overnight anchors.

CNN is middling. I appreciate the work that they put into Crossfire, although I'm biased because they film it on campus. Connie Chung is too much fluff, although I enjoy watching Wolf Blitzer and Aaron Brown to a limited degree.

I enjoy watching Fox because it's got better pacing and more engaging programming. The anchors look like they enjoy working there. There's a bit of personality and charm to them. The night lineup, O'Reilly, Hannity and Colmes (sp?) and On the Record with Greta Van Sustern frankly beats CNN's lineup. Yeah, it's less hard news, but certainly more watchable. It caters to personalities and thrives on qucik "soundbite politics".

	19-02-2003 14:26									#28
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There's two possibilities here:

CNN and Naked News... And since I don't want to pay to get the news, I don't watch Naked News... so CNN it is...

	19-02-2003 17:14									#29
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The other day Kyra Phillips was wearing some black leather, Mrs Emma Peel-type outfit so I watched CNN.

	19-02-2003 19:15									#30
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I expose myself to as much news as possible. I watch as much as I can, I read as much as I can. It's interesting to do this because you can tell who's spinning the news more than others. And when everyone reports the exact same thing, you can tell when they are being fed a story. One thing though, there isn't one consistent objective news source.