lesterb wrote:justme wrote:temporal1 wrote:This thread is a place to come to share all your disgust about other peoples' sources.
better use for this thread might be as a place to share all the disgust about other people's posts.
We need to revive the briar patch, or something similarly named so that people understand what it is for. Then we should enforce it that when debates get too heated they should go there. All of us have our ideas, and that's fine, but something like that might help the tone of the discussions.
i agree with lester about the briar patch .. that was your brainchild, justme.
'was wondering if you would begin an MN version of it. it did serve a good, and healthy, community service. it changed somewhat, over time.
one thing i thought was wise about it, when i first joined, was, how you, justme, as moderator, would ask that skirmishes remain between the "principals" involved .. am i remembering that correctly (?)
it reminded me of how my parents would handle spats in our big family, to keep spats "contained," not giving them space to grow.
i may not have that exactly right, it was an early perception.
this thread, and
Signtist's alternate thread, are already bringing some surprising observations, which may be helpful in unique ways.
the media IS under scrutiny, they've earned it!
it's interesting how topics, once begun, can take a life all their own.
what is going to happen in journalism/reporting, how it's taught, and how it's used, as a profession?
there is huge room for improvement, as
Signtist points out in his thread's OP. i heartily agree!
the news industry is a for-profit business.
they have now gained so much distrust, people are no longer taking them seriously -
the 2014 primary election reflected this; this 2016 general election proves it.
what will be done to regain respect? i do not know.
i believe that answer is rooted in the Department of Education.
Signtist wrote, his OP:
Signtist wrote:A positive spin on T1's thread.
What are your favourite news sources? (Yes I just spelled it that way. Don't care if spell check thinks it's wrong!)
Which are most likely to present unbiased news?
I think if someone wants to make billions in the USA right now they ought to start a news agency where those writing/reporting get fired if someone can tell which way their bias runs.
I think it would be wildly popular.
In Canada the CBC is notoriously liberal, Sun Media (which some claim is nothing more than a tabloid) can be surprisingly conservative editorially speaking. Macleans seems to be equal opportunity.
strangely, and sadly, in recent years, journalists have been FIRED for presenting dissenting views/reports, not rewarded! we can hope that's about to be corrected.
