--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, brian64705 <no_re...@...> wrote: > > Judy, If by "reputable" you mean main stream media, I have > to disagree when it comes to investigations of very powerful > vested interests.
No, the phrase I used was "reputable news sources." That could be the MSM in some cases; it could be various alternative sources, including blogs and news and commentary Web sites, in others; books in still others; and so on. In each category, some are more reputable than others. You have to check out a source's reliability, cross- checking with other sources, and make your own judgments. Each one is will have its biases, so you need to identify and take those into account as well. And most important of all, you need to be aware of your *own* biases. > But what I find heartening in this story is indeed now we > seem to be seeing more truth in main stream outlets such > as Bloomberg. Bloomberg's not bad among the MSM. An MSM source I've found to be pretty reliable is McClatchey. The NYTimes has done some excellent investigative reporting (but they fall down hard in other areas). Rachel Maddow of MSNBC has done some good stuff but also some bad stuff. CNN has long since lost its edge, so I don't pay much attention to it. It tries so hard to be objective that it ends up being uselessly bland. > And I am seeing it in Fox going after the Federal > Reserve/AIG scandal which may be the biggest fraud in > US history. I don't trust Fox any further than I can throw it. That doesn't mean it doesn't occasionally get something correct, but its right-wing bias is extreme, and all too often it isn't careful with facts. (It has one anchor, Shep Smith, whom I tend to trust. He's so popular and so principled that Fox treats him with kid gloves even when he doesn't uphold the Fox party line.) But I wouldn't put much stock in any Fox story or investigation unless it was backed up by many other sources across the political spectrum. And Christopher Story is just beyond the pale. Why you waste any time on his site, I can't imagine.
