Good News, please

[Loose Leaf Tea]

Echoing David's sentiments about dire media slop, could all you knowledgeable Paracast listeners please recommend worthy internet news site/s for factual world reporting. Rupert Murdoch's Sky news channel here in the UK is simply diabolical whilst BBC news seems to be heading in the same "infotainment" direction.
Help!

 

[Tony2013]

Echoing David's sentiments about dire media slop, could all you knowledgeable Paracast listeners please recommend worthy internet news site/s for factual world reporting. Rupert Murdoch's Sky news channel here in the UK is simply diabolical whilst BBC news seems to be heading in the same "infotainment" direction.
Help!

Tragedy sells my friend, and that's the true nature of journalism. I no longer believe that journalists are there to inform us, they're salesmen. They dig up stories that are tragic, and sad, and horrifying so that they can paste a huge attention-grabbing headline and create readership. Readership, in turn, creates revenue. Just like with music, writing, and almost everything else, there's a business end to it all, and the people in charge are concerned with making money. Good news doesn't sell.

To prove my point, a little experiment. You tell me; which headline attracts your attention more:

[size=large]Local Charity Helps Homeless Find Work[/size]

Or:

[size=large]Mother Shoots Husband, Infant[/size]

 

[Loose Leaf Tea]

Well, yeah. The "Mother" headline is the one people will go for.
But are you really saying there are NO internet news outlets you can recommend to me? :frown:

 

[Tony2013]

Well, yeah. The "Mother" headline is the one people will go for.
But are you really saying there are NO internet news outlets you can recommend to me? :frown:

None that I know of. Now, someone with a bit more web knowledge on this board might be able to help.

Is it just that the news makes you depressed? Stop watching... I stopped watching the news about three months ago and believe me, I'm happier.

 

[musictomyears]

Hey guys, it's not all bad. Check out this one for an antidote:

http://www.positivenews.org.uk/cgi-bin/Positive_News/welcome.cgi

There must be more sites like that. And I have to say, even C/Net has been running several interesting stories lately on green technologies, such as this one:

Tapping the power of ocean waves

http://www.news.com/2300-11392_3-6202618-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg

 

[Loose Leaf Tea]

Thanks for the replies, everyone, but I think there are some crossed wires here!
What I was really after were links to internet news sites that treat their readers like grown-ups. You know, trusted news outlets that don't spin the facts. I wasn't looking for "good-news-only" sites.

So, what trusted sources do you look to for daily news?
Any suggestions?

 

[Frootloop]

You could use an RSS feed to select various news sources. I personally use Google Desktop and point its RSS Reader Gadget at NewScientist.Com among others

 

[CapnG]

No news is good news because GOOD news is NOT news...

 

[Tony2013]

Thanks for the replies, everyone, but I think there are some crossed wires here!
What I was really after were links to internet news sites that treat their readers like grown-ups. You know, trusted news outlets that don't spin the facts. I wasn't looking for "good-news-only" sites.

So, what trusted sources do you look to for daily news?
Any suggestions?

Oh. Sorry, took the post the wrong way.

I love National Public Radio;

www.npr.org

It seems to me the most balanced, intelligent news source out there.

 

[ondafritz]

I believe you must read several news sources to get anywhere near an idea of what is really going on. Don't chose just one but many.

 

[tommyball]

The Google news page is a good portal to see a wide array of news stories and sources.

-todd