Looking for a comprehensive World News site

[Amuro]

On a recent trip to Russia, I was once again reminded of the high standard of quality that is set on the Russian news and how comprehensively they cover everything that goes on in the world in a brief timespan.

I don't get CNN at home, and it seems like, generally speaking, too much of CNN's world news is devoted to Iraq, which is an issue that ironically has come to be associated with US News in my mind (somewhat erroneously, I know, but.. heck.. it's not like we often see other country's stances on the war presented on CNN). The same case is more or less evident with similar news stations.

I was hoping that someone could recommend a comprehensive world news site, one that would list the sort-of seemingly-minute issues (sporting events, fires, financial crises, routine elections, scholastic reforms, and so on) that we see on our local news, and not just major events that directly and immediately affect the United States.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

[Evil_Koala]

www.foxnews.com

[Sendo Takeshi]

www.foxnews.com


:lol:

He said comprehensive. Not loller material.

[Bernard_Monsha]

On a recent trip to Russia, I was once again reminded of the high standard of quality that is set on the Russian news and how comprehensively they cover everything that goes on in the world in a brief timespan.




Everything in Russia is controlled by the government and independent journalism does not exist. They cover conprehensivley what the Kremlin tells them to cover, if not they are jailed.


For honest reporting grab it off the newswire specificaly United Press International (http://www.upi.com/).

[Amuro]

Everything in Russia is controlled by the government and independent journalism does not exist. They cover conprehensivley what the Kremlin tells them to cover, if not they are jailed.

Are you joking around, or do you believe that the government has the foresight to order the television stations and newspapers to speak heavily about the various criticisms that are brought against the government and to express concern about the government's involvement in the Litvinenko murder and so-on?

Is it possible that the government has and will continue to assassinate targets of importance that they believe to be hostile? It's possible..

Are they going to jail every single reporter who writes something that Putin doesn't agree with? Hardly.

[Bernard_Monsha]

Are you joking around, or do you believe that the government has the foresight to order the television stations and newspapers to speak heavily about the various criticisms that are brought against the government and to express concern about the government's involvement in the Litvinenko murder and so-on?

Is it possible that the government has and will continue to assassinate targets of importance that they believe to be hostile? It's possible..

Are they going to jail every single reporter who writes something that Putin doesn't agree with? Hardly.


The only thing close to free press they have is NTV, and that is under constant threrat of shutdown. All the political press in Russia is loaded with former beaurocrats and government apointees. The scripts they read are approved by the Kremlin, this is common knowledge.

Litvinenko was killed by the Russian government who coencedently has a wonderful scapegoat named Leonid Nevzlin who happens to be another of Putin's criticts, Pravada is lapping it up. You don't think it is awfully convienient for two of Putin's most vocal and bitter critics to suddenly be linked like this? I certainly do and I am not a conspiracy theorist. Russia has the window dressings of democracy what goes on inside the store is something completely diffrent than what you see while window shopping.

[CrossboneGundam]

:lol: Free press, in Russia?

And Fox News, :lol:x2

[Evil_Koala]

In Soviet Russia, paper read YOU!

Yeah Foxnews is good. He asked for a news that doesn't just cover the Iraq War like Clinton Network News. Papa Bear O'Reilly talks about domestic issues too. And Fox News is how I learned about how that hot teacher had sex with her student. And how that lady got killed by that dude. Also for sports sometimes.

Besides, Putin was the former head of the KGB...Do you really expect him to run Russia so benevolently that he would allow free press? He's craaaaazy mang.

[Haro!]

I watch the BBC America on PBS... an hour of news is all I can take. Oh and the Spanish news, which, when not talking about immigration, isn't bad at all.

[CrossboneGundam]

In Soviet Russia, paper read YOU!

Yeah Foxnews is good. He asked for a news that doesn't just cover the Iraq War like Clinton Network News. Papa Bear O'Reilly talks about domestic issues too. And Fox News is how I learned about how that hot teacher had sex with her student. And how that lady got killed by that dude. Also for sports sometimes.

Besides, Putin was the former head of the KGB...Do you really expect him to run Russia so benevolently that he would allow free press? He's craaaaazy mang.

Yeah they're like scientists, they're so objective. Except they're not anti-christ homosexual childkillers like the scientists.

[Alice Catherine]

:lol: Free press, in Russia?

And Fox News, :lol:x2


My dad listens to Fox News. The entire time I have to hear "What a load of crap." and "This is stupid." Mind you, my dad's 50. I'm 13.

I said "Then why don't you change the channel?"

[Suiko Eiji]

Besides, Putin was the former head of the KGB...Do you really expect him to run Russia so benevolently that he would allow free press? He's craaaaazy mang.

He was not. He became a major (O-5 out of O-10/13) in 1984, then went to east Germany to assist the Stasi and the HVA from 1985 to 1990. When the KGB was finally dissolved into the FSB, he retired a Lt. Colonel (O-6).

The Drudge Report (http://www.drudgereport.com) has tons of links to news-sites from all over the world, including their English and Native Language portals. Ignore most of the stories directly linked on his homepage if you do not like an American Conservitive slant in your news. If you're looking to pick a bunch of different news services, then the portals listed on Drudge aren't bad.

[Fobb]

Listen to KQED on the radio.

[CrossboneGundam]

My dad listens to Fox News. The entire time I have to hear "What a load of crap." and "This is stupid." Mind you, my dad's 50. I'm 13.

I said "Then why don't you change the channel?"

Because Fox News is the most trusted news source of the current White House.

If you want to know what The Decider is thinking, turn it to Fox News, and just for fun, down a shot of your favorite hard liquor every time a pundit makes a McCarthyesque claim, like that the democrats just want to kill babies while having gay sex with chimpanzees and burning bibles.

You can also do the same each time Bill O'Reilly cuts off/shouts down anyone opposing his views, regardless of how legitimate. This will result in alcohol poisoning, though.

[Bernard_Monsha]

Because Fox News is the most trusted news source of the current White House.

If you want to know what The Decider is thinking, turn it to Fox News, and just for fun, down a shot of your favorite hard liquor every time a pundit makes a McCarthyesque claim, like that the democrats just want to kill babies while having gay sex with chimpanzees and burning bibles.

You can also do the same each time Bill O'Reilly cuts off/shouts down anyone opposing his views, regardless of how legitimate. This will result in alcohol poisoning, though.

As compared to the wonderfully diverse socialist displayed on other networks. Why some of them even believe in private ownership of some things if you vote correctly of course. If not you are an sub-human inbred simpleton who wears a hood and runs around binding people to stakes and burning them. Both sides are equally bad, thusly I should be made dictator for life.


Back on topic

For humorous headlines always read hte official (and only) news source for the DPRK (http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm)

[Suiko Eiji]

^I always read KCNA when in need of a laugh.

[jedisolo]

You should check out http://www.fark.com it's not news it's fark.

[Joeshie]

Fox News is the LAST place I would turn for unbiased, intelligent news. Hell, the O'Reilly Factor creates more idiotic drivel than I can stand.

I would recommend BBC news.

[master terrence]

NPR (national public radio)

http://www.npr.org/

[/thread]
they have printed transcripts on the site. This is my prefered source of news.

They cover soft and hard news and really dig deep (best interviews IMO). In my essay on NAFTA, npr was my usual resource on both Canada and Mexico. They were also the first major news source to cover Darfur and such.

[Warabit]

I like fox news, though I'm not too fond of O'reily. I do like Hanity and Colmes though. I only turn on CNN to hear how depressing and terrible everything is according to the media.

[Bernard_Monsha]

NPR (national politburo radio)



Fixed. NPR=Fail

You may as well reccomend Rush Limbagh

[Evil_Koala]

FSB, KGB, it's the same damn thing =/

Crossbone, have you ever actually WATCHED Fox News? Or have you just read their article on uncyclopedia? Honestly. There are Democrats on Fox News too.

Aaaaanygay. Yeah...Read the Washington Post? Or you could watch...WFAA...or ABC

I concur Warabit.

[Suiko Eiji]

What I don't like about the Fox v. CNN debate is that CNN can pull of many "mistakes" (some are actual errors, some I doubt they are) and catch no flak for it, but Fox is always chastised for being biased. I don't really think either is biased in all of the news they deliver, but in how they deliver it.

In short, watch both networks/read their sites - the points of the news they agree on, there's the verified factual news.

And Bernie, NPR isn't complete fail; some of the programming is fairly good. Biased? Yeah, pending on the program, but far from complete fail.

[HSaabedra]

I like NPR. Morning Edition FTW!!

[Alice Catherine]

I always liked listening to NPR. My dad listens to Fox News now 'cause he doesn't know what good news is anymore.

[master terrence]

Crossbone, have you ever actually WATCHED Fox News? Or have you just read their article on uncyclopedia? Honestly. There are Democrats on Fox News too.




Fox news is really irritating. It's like gossip-tabloid level news sometimes. Their headlines and banks are misleading (that's profit whoring media for you).



edit: last time I watched fox news they were covering immigration. They had a debate. Defending the immigrants was some unheard of actor, on the other end was some government official. The discussion went to hell (and Jewish concentration camps and eventually censorship :rolleyes: )... like they didn't see that coming.

[Dorktron2000]

Anyone else read the Economist?

Though it is a weekly publication it has sections devoted to every region plus focuses in finance, business, arts, and science. I don't think any domestic news channel has specifically what you want, but BBC World News provides a facsimile of a world report, though many of its pieces are about members of the Commonwealth.

[emotoaster]

Fox News is the LAST place I would turn for unbiased, intelligent news. Hell, the O'Reilly Factor creates more idiotic drivel than I can stand.

I would recommend BBC news.
Exactly.


If I need some news I go to CNN.com (rarely) or slashdot.org

[Suiko Eiji]

Anyone else read the Economist?

I read The Economist occasionally via the Internet (I'm too cheap to pay for a subscription). I had a professor my first year of college that reads it all of the time and swears by it; I liked him, so I picked up a couple of issues to read.

slashdot.org

Yeah, but what I hate about Slashdot is that even it is incredibly biased! Some sections are better than others - Hardware and Games seem fairly neutral, but other parts of the sites such as YRO and anything that mentions Windows or Science in Schools, the articles show a specific bias and the discussions uickly go to hell. It would be nice if they kept personal politics out of /. period and stuck to discussing the technology.

[Bebop]

Some terrible links in here. Fox? Drudge? WTF?

For news, I check BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/) (alternate international version available), Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/), Reuters (http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/home.aspx) (US version) (http://today.reuters.com/news/home.aspx) and I check Daily Kos (http://www.dailykos.com/) for editorials and blogs on the American political situation.

[Suiko Eiji]

^Actually, when I mentioned Drudge, I said to bypass his news posts and instead look for his listing of news services, which is composed of places like BBC, Reuters, AFP, Kyodo, and a host of others.