The question of what source(s) would be accepted by all or most posters has been asked before but unfortunately those posters who like to throw the bias claim around never seem to answer what
I would not consider MSNBC unbiased. Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, and Dan Abrams are some of the most biased newscasters on TV. Personally, I don't think anything is unbiased anymore. A website that I like is www.realclearpolitics.com. It always features a sampling of opinions' articles from a number of different sources. The articles featured on the website change during the day. There is always a balance of conservative and liberal pieces. Also, the website has recent polls, articles on various issues, etc.. This might not be what the original poster is looking for since the website features biased articles. However, I think it's OK to read opinions pieces as long as you learn about both sides of the argument. Reading opinions pieces gives me new ways to look at the issues.
So it seems that some posters either do not know or cannot tell that their sources are biased. IMHO ALL sources are "biased", although not necessarily intentionally, simply because no one can ever really have access to all the facts. For myself, I prefer to check a range of sources, giving less weight to those who have an obvious political axe to grind. (A more sinister interpretation is that some people know that their sources are being selective about the truth, but do not care.)
Someone sent me a link to a Rolling Stone article which paints an exceedingly unflattering portrait of Mr. McCain. I could have posted the link and set off a hot discussion on this board, but found the tone of the article offensive enough (for example Mr. McCain was described as being of "runty" stature) to rule out using it as an "unbiased" source, regardless of the veracity of its facts. Some posters are not so careful at citing other sources that are obviously just are biased (or more so).
I just wanted to point out that although I too read articles from realclearpolitics.com, it is considered by some to be conservative.
RealClearPolitics is a Chicago-based political news aggregator, polling data aggregator, and blog founded in 2000 by former optionstrader John McIntyre and former advertising agencyaccount executive Tom Bevan "for people like us...people who live and breathe politics and the major issues of the day." RealClearPolitics has been described as conservative-leaning. Every day, the site aggregates a wide range of columns and news stories from across the Internet as well as the most-recent poll data, election related transcripts and videos. The site also compiles averages of major political polls on various elections throughout the United States to give a broader view of the race. While its poll averages are seen as more objective, the selection of third party opinion pieces, political leanings of in-house writers and founders' philosophy may have led publications such as USA Today to describe RealClearPolitics as a conservative blog.
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Here is the link for an article on factcheck.org:
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html
The question of what source(s) would be accepted by all or most posters has been asked before but unfortunately those posters who like to throw the bias claim around never seem to answer what
Chrissy
mom to Aidan 8/21/03
Grayson Blaine 12/30/07
I'm not sure why some think it is biased, but as far as I know, they don't endorse one party or the other.
thank you- that is so very sweet of you to say!
I would not consider MSNBC unbiased. Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, and Dan Abrams are some of the most biased newscasters on TV. Personally, I don't think anything is unbiased anymore. A website that I like is www.realclearpolitics.com. It always features a sampling of opinions' articles from a number of different sources. The articles featured on the website change during the day. There is always a balance of conservative and liberal pieces. Also, the website has recent polls, articles on various issues, etc.. This might not be what the original poster is looking for since the website features biased articles. However, I think it's OK to read opinions pieces as long as you learn about both sides of the argument. Reading opinions pieces gives me new ways to look at the issues.
Here is a really interesting recent study: http://people-press.org/report/463/media-wants-obama
It discusses how people view the media and what issues they are hearing about the most.
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So it seems that some posters either do not know or cannot tell that their sources are biased. IMHO ALL sources are "biased", although not necessarily intentionally, simply because no one can ever really have access to all the facts. For myself, I prefer to check a range of sources, giving less weight to those who have an obvious political axe to grind. (A more sinister interpretation is that some people know that their sources are being selective about the truth, but do not care.)
Someone sent me a link to a Rolling Stone article which paints an exceedingly unflattering portrait of Mr. McCain. I could have posted the link and set off a hot discussion on this board, but found the tone of the article offensive enough (for example Mr. McCain was described as being of "runty" stature) to rule out using it as an "unbiased" source, regardless of the veracity of its facts. Some posters are not so careful at citing other sources that are obviously just are biased (or more so).
I just wanted to point out that although I too read articles from realclearpolitics.com, it is considered by some to be conservative.
RealClearPolitics is a Chicago-based political news aggregator, polling data aggregator, and blog founded in 2000 by former options trader John McIntyre and former advertising agency account executive Tom Bevan "for people like us...people who live and breathe politics and the major issues of the day." RealClearPolitics has been described as conservative-leaning. Every day, the site aggregates a wide range of columns and news stories from across the Internet as well as the most-recent poll data, election related transcripts and videos. The site also compiles averages of major political polls on various elections throughout the United States to give a broader view of the race. While its poll averages are seen as more objective, the selection of third party opinion pieces, political leanings of in-house writers and founders' philosophy may have led publications such as USA Today to describe RealClearPolitics as a conservative blog.
Chrissy
mom to Aidan 8/21/03
Grayson Blaine 12/30/07
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