Is NewsMax.com a reputable news source?

[WarSong]

My friend sends me articles from this site that do not sound all that believable to me sometimes. I question why some of it's information is not in major media sources like LA/NY Times or on TV. He says it's because "they" don't want us to know what is really going on. What do you think? Here is an example of the news NewsMax prints: Farrakhan: We Pray for Iraq to Defeat U.S.



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ATOT Moderator ElFenix

 

[FoBoT]

sorta

they are borderline

 

[SViscusi]

No, it's even more slanted than typical U.S. Media.

Try the BBC if you want a good news source.

 

[asSpenNy]

i don't see how it is any more slanted than the mainstream media. i has alot of news from conservitive and moderate view points. not like the left leaning media. You could say it is the balance.

 

[ElFenix]

its more conservative. i don't know if that taints what gets space any more than whatever decideds what gets on the nightly news.

 

[asSpenNy]

The BBC is good but it is too broad. I want more domestic news.

 

[WarSong]

What I'm really trying to find out is if the news it reports is true or not. Like in my example, is Farrakan really praying for Iraq to defeat the US? I couldn't find any other news sources that reported this information. Wouldn't that be big news?

 

[asSpenNy]

I found the story here Link

 

[Scipionix]

Originally posted by: SViscusi
No, it's even more slanted than typical U.S. Media.
Try the BBC if you want a good news source.

AHAHAHAHAHHAHA!

 

[SViscusi]

Originally posted by: Scipionix

Originally posted by: SViscusi
No, it's even more slanted than typical U.S. Media.
Try the BBC if you want a good news source.

AHAHAHAHAHHAHA!

What you don't think U.S. Media has a bias?

Network News typically slants left, Newsmax slants right.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: SViscusi

Originally posted by: Scipionix

Originally posted by: SViscusi
No, it's even more slanted than typical U.S. Media.
Try the BBC if you want a good news source.

AHAHAHAHAHHAHA!

What you don't think U.S. Media has a bias?

Network News typically slants left, Newsmax slants right.

i think hes laughing at the statement that the BBC is a good news source.

 

[SViscusi]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: SViscusi

Originally posted by: Scipionix

Originally posted by: SViscusi
No, it's even more slanted than typical U.S. Media.
Try the BBC if you want a good news source.

AHAHAHAHAHHAHA!

What you don't think U.S. Media has a bias?

Network News typically slants left, Newsmax slants right.

i think hes laughing at the statement that the BBC is a good news source.

Ah I see.

 

[asSpenNy]

i don't dispute the fact that newsmax has a right tilt. i just don't like the fact that people just discount it cause it leans right and accept the left leaning network news without scutiny.

The mainstream media is loosing it's hold on viewership due to alot of the new alternative news sites and channels. Alot of it has to do with articles like this only showing up on these sites and not mentioned on the mainstream. People want information and want it from different points of view. I don't care where people get their news but it is amazing how much they don't know cause they only use one source. Or a sources that all have the same content. Watch the network news and flip back and forth through their news casts. Same five stories.

 

[WarSong]

Originally posted by: asSpenNy
I found the story here Link

hrmm, I've never heard of the Washington Times either though. Are they reputable? Ahhh, all I want is this truth! Maybe I can't handle the truth?

 

[denali]

UPI reports the same thing. So does Iraq Daily and CNN. You didn't look very hard.

 

[SuperTool]

No. Newsmax is the website that Mike Reagan advertises on TV. They sell T'shirts saying "George Bush won big across America" and forget to mention that he lost the electoral vote. He certainly didn't "win big".
Their credibility is worse than that of Fox News where they advertise. They are however a good source if you want to find out what the right wingers in this country believe. They are kinda like right wing talk radio on the internet.
Anyways, I think that to get the whole story you gotta go to many sources. Some left some right, some foreign some domestic. And then you can decide which ones you believe.

 

[Scipionix]

Originally posted by: SuperTool
No. Newsmax is the website that Mike Reagan advertises on TV. They sell T'shirts saying "George Bush won big across America" and forget to mention that he lost the electoral vote. He certainly didn't "win big".

Actually he won the electoral vote, a prerequisite for becoming President.

Their credibility is worse than that of Fox News where they advertise. They are however a good source if you want to find out what the right wingers in this country believe. They are kinda like right wing talk radio on the internet. Anyways, I think that to get the whole story you gotta go to many sources. Some left some right, some foreign some domestic. And then you can decide which ones you believe.

And Fox News is not credible because . . .

 

[WarSong]

Originally posted by: denali
UPI reports the same thing. So does Iraq Daily and CNN. You didn't look very hard.

Hmm IraqDaily seems to just link to other web sites. CNN doesn't report anthing about Farrakhan saying that, "American Muslims are praying for an Iraqi victory in a war with the United States." And apparently UTI and Washington Times are where NewsMax got their information from. Is UTI reputable?

 

[asSpenNy]

here is info on Washington Times

SuperTool Your not saying that ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN are any more credible than Fox are you? And by not creditable you mean?.... what makes them not creditable? What makes the other news sites more creditable?

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: WarSong
news it reports is true or not.

news today is pretty much all biased/entertainment

its probably true, it isn't like newsmax=national enquirer

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: SuperTool
he lost the electoral vote.

it was

George W. Bush and Richard Cheney received 271 Electoral Votes
Albert Gore, Jr. and Joseph Lieberman received 266 Electoral Votes

according to the federal register

 

[SuperTool]

Originally posted by: Scipionix

Originally posted by: SuperTool
No. Newsmax is the website that Mike Reagan advertises on TV. They sell T'shirts saying "George Bush won big across America" and forget to mention that he lost the electoral vote. He certainly didn't "win big".

Actually he won the electoral vote, a prerequisite for becoming President.

Their credibility is worse than that of Fox News where they advertise. They are however a good source if you want to find out what the right wingers in this country believe. They are kinda like right wing talk radio on the internet. Anyways, I think that to get the whole story you gotta go to many sources. Some left some right, some foreign some domestic. And then you can decide which ones you believe.

And Fox News is not credible because . . .

Oops, I meant popular vote, not electoral. Regardless, Bush didn't "Win Big across America" He barely won.
As far as fox news, they are pretty much tabloid news for rednecks.
They do not blatantly fabricate stories, but you definitely don't get the whole story, and you do get a right wing slant.
They throw in tonnes of right wing opinions and then criticize other networks for doing the same from the left. Then they claim to be fair and balanced even thought the host constantly interrupts the guest from the left and constantly agrees with the guest from the right. Also, they really appeal to lower class rightwingers with dumb cliche's like "political correctness run amuck", "environmentalists gone too far", "humans are the endangered species" and so on. They hire a bunch of legcrossers as eyecandy. Their "national security correspondent" is also in charge of queen Mum funeral coverage.
They are just not a serious news operation in my eyes. There is a lot of flash and very little substance. They are fun to watch, but if you only watch Fox News you will get a skewed view of the world, just like if you only listen to NPR for example.

 

[SuperTool]

Originally posted by: asSpenNy
here is info on Washington Times

SuperTool Your not saying that ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN are any more credible than Fox are you? And by not creditable you mean?.... what makes them not creditable? What makes the other news sites more creditable?

These news sources you mention do not claim to be fair and balanced. There is no fair and balanced news source, there are just hypocrites who claim they are. That's the difference.
Anyways, credibility is a relative term. I don't find any of the American media credible. You will not hear much criticizm of the government for fear of being called unpatriotic. You really have to diversify and read many different sources before you get the whole picture.

 

[asSpenNy]

That is amazing! That is pretty much how I see the network news. Just I don't go around name calling. Or is that an upper class thing? What are some of those "not the whole story" examples? Are you telling me that network is telling the whole story on the news they report without bias?

As for the charater of the people on Fox, it sounds like you don't watch it much. That is a typical response of someone on second hand information or limited exposure. As for the people that interupt other people, it is equally done to both sides. It is a no bullsh*t thing. Each just wants to spew their propoganda, the host(mostly Bill O'Rielly) tries to avoid that from happening and gets to the point. Just listen to his email segment, he gets blasted from people on both sides.

As for the "eyecandy" as you call them, there are not too many smart, goodlooking liberal woman out there. Sorry.

sorry for any misspellings i have a publik ejukashun

 

[WarSong]

I like "eyecandy"