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November 29th 04, 01:05 PM
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If you think American mainstream media is ''liberal biased'' you must
walk without bending your knees and have a closet full of brown shirts. American media is totally dominated by corporate propaganda and fluff pieces. It is infotainment at best and calculated to make the viewer stupid. On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:31:26 -0800, Steve Silverwood wrote: In article , says... I was wondering what all of you regularly listen to for news on SW. I'm thinking of dusting off my Degen 1102 and seeing what I can hear that comes in reliably. I'm in northern California. I'm sick of depending on American TeeVee for news. I agree. Domestic media is often liberally-biased, not to mention America-centric. I often enjoy hearing what those in other countries have to say about world events. It's often very eye-opening. My short list of excellent news sources on shortwave: BBC Voice of America Radio Netherlands Deutsche Welle Radio Taiwan NHK Radio Japan Radio Canada International Radio Australia Radio New Zealand International Voice of Russia Those all give pretty straightforward news reports. For news reports that are somewhat slanted, you'll find Radio Havana Cuba and China Radio International interesting. Voice of Russia (formerly Radio Moscow) would have been in the "slanted" list but they have been doing a commendable job in recent years of striving for fair-and-balanced reporting. They're not quite at the point where the VOA or BBC are, but that's probably because of external (i.e., government) influences and not any fault of the journalists themselves. Good job, guys! |
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#3
November 29th 04, 10:02 PM
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David wrote:
If you think American mainstream media is ''liberal biased'' you must walk without bending your knees and have a closet full of brown shirts. American media is totally dominated by corporate propaganda and fluff pieces. It is infotainment at best and calculated to make the viewer stupid. My grandparents can remember when "news" used to be 15 minutes long. Now we have 24 hour news channels-all "news", all the time. On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:31:26 -0800, Steve Silverwood wrote: In article , says... I was wondering what all of you regularly listen to for news on SW. I'm thinking of dusting off my Degen 1102 and seeing what I can hear that comes in reliably. I'm in northern California. I'm sick of depending on American TeeVee for news. I agree. Domestic media is often liberally-biased, not to mention America-centric. I often enjoy hearing what those in other countries have to say about world events. It's often very eye-opening. My short list of excellent news sources on shortwave: BBC Voice of America Radio Netherlands Deutsche Welle Radio Taiwan NHK Radio Japan Radio Canada International Radio Australia Radio New Zealand International Voice of Russia Those all give pretty straightforward news reports. For news reports that are somewhat slanted, you'll find Radio Havana Cuba and China Radio International interesting. Voice of Russia (formerly Radio Moscow) would have been in the "slanted" list but they have been doing a commendable job in recent years of striving for fair-and-balanced reporting. They're not quite at the point where the VOA or BBC are, but that's probably because of external (i.e., government) influences and not any fault of the journalists themselves. Good job, guys! ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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#4
November 30th 04, 01:38 PM
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Your grandparents news had more relevant contents. BTW, I remember
when the 11P News went from 15 to 30 minutes. On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:02:42 -0800, tommyknocker wrote: David wrote: If you think American mainstream media is ''liberal biased'' you must walk without bending your knees and have a closet full of brown shirts. American media is totally dominated by corporate propaganda and fluff pieces. It is infotainment at best and calculated to make the viewer stupid. My grandparents can remember when "news" used to be 15 minutes long. Now we have 24 hour news channels-all "news", all the time. On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:31:26 -0800, Steve Silverwood wrote: In article , says... I was wondering what all of you regularly listen to for news on SW. I'm thinking of dusting off my Degen 1102 and seeing what I can hear that comes in reliably. I'm in northern California. I'm sick of depending on American TeeVee for news. I agree. Domestic media is often liberally-biased, not to mention America-centric. I often enjoy hearing what those in other countries have to say about world events. It's often very eye-opening. My short list of excellent news sources on shortwave: BBC Voice of America Radio Netherlands Deutsche Welle Radio Taiwan NHK Radio Japan Radio Canada International Radio Australia Radio New Zealand International Voice of Russia Those all give pretty straightforward news reports. For news reports that are somewhat slanted, you'll find Radio Havana Cuba and China Radio International interesting. Voice of Russia (formerly Radio Moscow) would have been in the "slanted" list but they have been doing a commendable job in recent years of striving for fair-and-balanced reporting. They're not quite at the point where the VOA or BBC are, but that's probably because of external (i.e., government) influences and not any fault of the journalists themselves. Good job, guys! ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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#5
November 30th 04, 02:20 PM
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Most,if not all,domestic "news" on tv and radio is spoon fed news from
fed govt "ministry of propaganda" lapdogs. cuhulin |
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#6
November 30th 04, 05:52 PM
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= = = David wrote in message
= = = . .. Your grandparents news had more relevant contents. BTW, I remember when the 11P News went from 15 to 30 minutes. DAVID, I Remember When . . . There was 'NO' 11 PM News [.] jftfoi ~ RHF .. .. |
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#7
November 30th 04, 05:58 PM
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I remember when the first tv station came to this city about fifty
something years ago and when I turned on my tv set in the mornings there was nothing but a test pattern on there for the first two hours or so and after the 10:00 PM news,it was lights out,no tv till the next morning. cuhulin |
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#8
December 1st 04, 02:56 PM
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In article ,
says... I remember when the first tv station came to this city about fifty something years ago and when I turned on my tv set in the mornings there was nothing but a test pattern on there for the first two hours or so and after the 10:00 PM news,it was lights out,no tv till the next morning. Now they fill the air time with infomercials.... This is progress? -- -- //Steve// Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS Fountain Valley, CA Email: |
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#9
November 30th 04, 07:01 PM
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Well when I first started watching the Tonight Show regularly the band
played for 15 minutes at 10:15 (Arizona Time) for markets where the local news was 15 minutes, which KVAR was doing at that time. On 30 Nov 2004 09:52:21 -0800, (RHF) wrote: = = = David wrote in message = = = . .. Your grandparents news had more relevant contents. BTW, I remember when the 11P News went from 15 to 30 minutes. DAVID, I Remember When . . . There was 'NO' 11 PM News [.] jftfoi ~ RHF . . |
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#10
November 29th 04, 10:03 PM
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Steve Silverwood wrote in message et...
My short list of excellent news sources on shortwave: BBC Voice of America Radio Netherlands Deutsche Welle Radio Taiwan NHK Radio Japan Radio Canada International Radio Australia Radio New Zealand International Voice of Russia Those all give pretty straightforward news reports. For news reports that are somewhat slanted, you'll find Radio Havana Cuba and China Radio International interesting. Voice of Russia (formerly Radio Moscow) would have been in the "slanted" list but they have been doing a commendable job in recent years of striving for fair-and-balanced reporting. They're not quite at the point where the VOA or BBC are, but that's probably because of external (i.e., government) influences and not any fault of the journalists themselves. Good job, guys! You forgot Voice of Korea. They may suffer from the same problems that linger at VoR, but *dang* they're hilarious to listen to. Amazingly, China Radio International, while still soft-pedaling its own internal national problems, is much better than decades ago. They seem, on the surface anyway, to be aiming more for gentle persuasion and ideological moderation rather than hard-line bullyragging. A special note for the Aussies and Kiwis - they insert a wry sense of fun into all their "live" programming that is irresistible, and reminiscent of the good old days when everyone wasn't so PC and knew a laugh was worth a few-bucks-worth of wattpower. The news from down under is always worth a listen just for the quips. Sort of like Radio Nederland and RCI were 20 years ago. Bruce Jensen |
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