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I don't want to distract too much from the topic of this thread, so let's start a new thread to discuss who is providing what level of credible detail on this story:

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I found this a relevant graphic:
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JimFoxvog wrote:I found this a relevant graphic:
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I think I would score many of these much differently. :lol:
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Robert wrote:
JimFoxvog wrote:I found this a relevant graphic:
I think I would score many of these much differently. :lol:
No kidding. The author of that's own bias is apparent.
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JimFoxvog wrote:I found this a relevant graphic:
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Two of the news sites I listen to most are on there, but not the way I would classify them. They are the BBC & Fox. I see them as leaning pretty much equally Left & Right, respectively. If they cover the same story, I figure the truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
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Of course, we all have our own slants and would rank things a bit differently.

I'd put Huffington Post as closer to the middle left and right, and Fox more to the right and closer to the bottom.

I pretty much agree with the center circle and the upper center oval (if read knowing the secular corporate slant). But I find useful things I don't see elsewhere in both Occupy Democrats and Infowars. It just takes more research to verify if what is being said has some truth in it.
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Josh wrote:
Robert wrote:
JimFoxvog wrote:I found this a relevant graphic:
I think I would score many of these much differently. :lol:
No kidding. The author of that's own bias is apparent.
Can you find a similar chart that reflects your own views? Or describe what it would look like?

Jim - do you know how that chart was created? Is there data behind it, or is it subjective? Who created it?
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JimFoxvog wrote:Of course, we all have our own slants and would rank things a bit differently.

I'd put Huffington Post as closer to the middle left and right, and Fox more to the right and closer to the bottom.
Both Huffington and Fox have really broad ovals on this image. I agree with that - both have everything from pure partisan gossip to thoughtful and well-researched articles that are much more even-minded. So your impression of these sources may depend a lot on which kinds of articles you pay the most attention to.
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