News Any Popular, Non-Biased, and Reputable Sources of Politics?

[Sophia]

It's Democracynow.org

and I'm glad you mentioned them. I like to watch Amy Goodman's TV show.
My David Stockman link above which suggested US meddling in Ukraine affairs was moderated out . Okay, fair enough LewRockwell is sort of out there, a 'postcards from the edge' blog if you will...
What i'd intended by it was to demonstrate that there is a point of view suggesting US is pushing Russia harder than i'd like. It doesn't make mainstream news.
Maybe the two links below will survive,
Here is Noam Chomsky's take, from an interview with Amy about this time last year:http://www.democracynow.org/2015/3/2/noam_chomsky_after_dangerous_proxy_warAt the time i thought "This is 1963 in reverse when Russia moved into Cuba and US objected strongly.

Here's the Mearsheimer article Chomsky referred to
www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2014-08-18/why-ukraine-crisis-west-s-faultPerhaps I'm biased myself -
That old cold war movie "Bedfoerd Incident" imprinted me early on - its message was too much zeal is how hot wars get started.

I was still riding a bicycle during Cuban Missile Crisis . The rail yard west of Miami Airport filled with troop trains and flatcars with tanks. We kids rode our bikes out there to gawk and chat with the soldiers, thought it exciting. Our parents were scared half to death.

But back to subject of thread
Peruse the think tanks. Even they all have their leanings but the writing style is less hyperbolic than 'blogs from the edge.'
But it puts me to sleep. I have to come back to PF for refreshing conversation.

old jim

Thank you Jim,
I've edited the post and corrected the link.
Thanks for the insiprational post, I fully agree. Though I am afraid this is not a place for such debate and it would be deleted if we continued. The truth is that the reality is always more complex than portrayed by mainstream media. Some bias is natural and cannot be avoided. And lot of it is censored/ommided/changed/added on pupose.
I think that the key strategy is to listen to both sides of each case.
What may be relevant as well is the bubble created by google for each user https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_bubble meaning that even if you try to search for unbiased information, google will give you the results it thinks you will like
For searches like these it is probably better to use search engines that don't require registration, such as duckduckgo.com

 

[jim hardy]

Though I am afraid this is not a place for such debate and it would be deleted if we continued.

Yes you're right. Much of my post belongs in a different thread.

I do get ocd sometimes. Sorry.Interesting about the google bubble. I've taken to using Bing because i'd noticed google steers me toward really radical sites.

 

[WWGD]

Yes you're right. Much of my post belongs in a different thread.

I do get ocd sometimes. Sorry.Interesting about the google bubble. I've taken to using Bing because i'd noticed google steers me toward really radical sites.

There is also Cuil : http://www.cuil.pt/

 

[jim hardy]

There is also Cuil : http://www.cuil.pt/

entering Ukraine coup on cuil's page and clicking search
it returns a message "loading" and nothing more.
(Maybe it doesn't like Arkansas hillbillies?)

Does it work for you?

 

[Sophia]

entering Ukraine coup on cuil's page and clicking search
it returns a message "loading" and nothing more.
(Maybe it doesn't like Arkansas hillbillies?)

Does it work for you?

it works fine for me. I'm really interested if it is really geographically censored

 

[WWGD]

entering Ukraine coup on cuil's page and clicking search
it returns a message "loading" and nothing more.
(Maybe it doesn't like Arkansas hillbillies?)

Does it work for you?

I got this: http://www.cuil.pt/r.php?cx=0028257...of=FORID:10&ie=UTF-8&q=ukraine+coup&sa=Search

 

[WWGD]

it works fine for me. I'm really interested if it is really geographically censored

Could you please post a link to your Cuil search results?

 

[Sophia]

Could you please post a link to your Cuil search results?

I got the same as you

 

[WWGD]

I got the same as you

That seems like a good sign; no filtering for geography at least.

 

[jim hardy]

I got this: http://www.cuil.pt/r.php?cx=0028257...of=FORID:10&ie=UTF-8&q=ukraine+coup&sa=Search

i get same "loading" message.

 

[Sophia]

i get same "loading" message.

That's weird. maybe you could try one of those addons that change your IP address so that you appear to be in another country? I wonder if you would get the results then

 

[Dembadon]

That's weird. maybe you could try one of those addons that change your IP address so that you appear to be in another country? I wonder if you would get the results then

I'm not sure the country is the issue. I live in the US and got the same results as WWGD.

Do you get the loading message for all search entries, Jim?

 

[Sophia]

I'm not sure the country is the issue. I live in the US and got the same results as WWGD.

Do you get the loading message for all search entries, Jim?

Perhaps we can comapre our OS and web browsers?
I've got Linux Mint and use Firefox

 

[WWGD]

Perhaps we can comapre our OS and web browsers?
I've got Linux Mint and use Firefox

I have Windows 8.1 and use Chrome.

 

[Derek Francis]

Wait are we still on topic lol

 

[WWGD]

Wait are we still on topic lol

I was suggesting a search engine to be able to pull one out of a bubble of results.

 

[jim hardy]

win7, firefox

tried turning off adblock.
tried in a private window
noticed my ghostery anti- tracker is blocking google analytics and google ajax search on the cuil page -
What ever are they doing over there? If the price of using Cuil's service is letting Google track me, i'll do without it.

meh - computers are just that way.

back to topic, sorry for digression(s)

 

[Hornbein]

Much as I loathe it, post-Gingrich NPR is quite unbiased. They report the facts and have no opinion about anything. It's who's winning, who's losing, reports of mass murders, and the weather. All controversy is avoided. Not like the Old Days. It's so vacuous I'd almost rather listen to propaganda.

 

[mheslep]

I find plenty of opinion and politics woven into a passive aggressive NPR, with a viewpoint somewhere left of Venezuela's Chavez but expressed in dulcet tones and with appropriate background music.

GROSS: Can you think of another time in American history when there have been as many people running for Congress who seem to be on the extreme?
(Socialist professor) WILENTZ: Not running for Congress, no. I mean even back in the '50s.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2010/10/17/npr-if-youre-just-joining-us-republicans-are-dangerously-extremist

Maybe its me, but I found the 53 NPR pieces on the death of Senator Ted Kennedy a bit extremist.

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/npr-radio-is-the-most-unbiased-media.340343/#post-2365453

 

[WWGD]

win7, firefox

tried turning off adblock.
tried in a private window
noticed my ghostery anti- tracker is blocking google analytics and google ajax search on the cuil page -
What ever are they doing over there? If the price of using Cuil's service is letting Google track me, i'll do without it.

meh - computers are just that way.

back to topic, sorry for digression(s)

This is what I could find:
http://thefreedombulletin.com/2008/07/cuils-privacy-policy/

 

[gfd43tg]

I like One America News Network

 

[mheslep]

Former CBS reporter Sharyl Atkinson has a good independent news production. Weekly.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxOEp-QgiQMwqBmJlBbgrJQ