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04-12-2014, 11:35 PM
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Nullies In Verba! I read both left and right media, but have yet to find anything, including hard science academic journals, that do not have an agenda of some sort. Currently I read Science, SF Chronical, WSJ, WaPo, The Economist, The Christian Science Monitor, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Stratfor, and Forbes.
I think The Economist and CS Monitor have the best articles on general politics and world events. The SF Chronical has morphed into a photo album.
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Could it be that you, as I fear I have, become distracted with LOOKING for the "agenda" in everything you read, hear or watch?
I rarely watch t.v. anymore. And when I do it's usually a movie. No "news". I read articles from a number of US and foreign news and financial news outlets on the internet. I listen mostly to NPR and BBC world on the radio for "news", I do occasionally dip into EIB to see what kind of propaganda the Fascists are spouting on a given day, but 99% of the time I'm listening to music.
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04-13-2014, 05:17 AM
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Could it be that you, as I fear I have, become distracted with LOOKING for the "agenda" in everything you read, hear or watch?
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That's an astute observation and, to an extent, correct. I've worked for years looking for and finding problems. Hence, I approach most any endeavor looking for the worst case scenario. I work from an assumption that there is a deterministic causal link behind every action; and that, in the case of government, usually a nefarious motive. In the case of business, we all know, or should know, what their motive is.
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04-13-2014, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by bhunter
That's an astute observation and, to an extent, correct. I've worked for years looking for and finding problems. Hence, I approach most any endeavor looking for the worst case scenario. I work from an assumption that there is a deterministic causal link behind every action; and that, in the case of government, usually a nefarious motive. In the case of business, we all know, or should know, what their motive is.
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Selfish greed?
Dave
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04-13-2014, 07:56 AM
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Selfish greed?
Dave
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Yep, exactly that.
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04-13-2014, 08:21 AM
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Balanced sources only for me. Mother Jones and the Utne Reader.
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