Huffington Post

It's a clean site even though I don't personally like Ariana Huffington but that's a moot point. AOL must have done a deal with them for some money. I don't like AOL either. Go figure eh?-D

 

Yup on blogs and bullcrap stories, they used to be more real news orientated. I don't go there anymore. It sucks as bad as Fox does IMO.

 

I hate the way its been going too,its much better over here with the BBC news being a practically nationally owned and hence not clambering for ratings.

I really dislike the way news companies are tryna create news by secretly recording people and setting up massive sting operations to railroad and entrap people.Even celebrities and politicians should be allowed to talk freely behind closed doors, I think if every single thing someone said during the day were recorded there would always be something they could be harpooned with,no one's a saint.

So what if such and such a body made or even text a slightly racist or sexist joke,practically everyone I know does every day.

Don't know much about the Huffington Post other than a lot of the stranger stories I've seen on the web have been from there,seems pretty legit to me but I highly doubt their sources are scrutinised heavily...

 

Much like our CBC over here though they would love to have more advertising. I love the BBC World News, very refreshing indeed, actual world news for a change, go figure eh?!-D BTW, CNN sucks too now. Cheers to the BBC!:wine

 

The majority of people who write for them are unpaid independent bloggers, and they're very liberal-biased. Not that I don't enjoy reading them every now and then, but I would no more quote them to back up something as fact than I would TMZ.

 

Ah well, at least the Fox folks are paid, right? I believe it was TMZ that broke the OJ fiasco, am I right? Seems most are doing that now these days.

 

LOL Augie, it's not that I'm more in favour of Fox...I'm actually incredibly liberal. But I don't think bloggers necessarily have facts no matter what their political leaning. :-D

 

I totally agree,it would be great to be a fly on wall during big meetings of heads of state and listen to how politicians talk behind closed doors but we all know many of us won't like what they say.

I guess its one thing is they are saying one thing and doing another politically but I'll bet most of the things people end up raving about will be from a moral standpoint and jokes she's made about issues that are important to people.

If I were a politician and someone found some of my posts on here they would think I were two faced and deceitful. For example laughing joking about the raid on Osama's compound,even though I was only joking about the Navy Seals,chain of command and news reports about the matter I still thought it was the right thing to do,I think the navy seals did and amazing job as did the administration for organising it but the only thing that would make the headlines would be the jokes.

Palin's on the news now,they are actually amazed that she swears rolleyes In private emails rolleyes Can't believe that made the news...

 

Hello!! My wife is as liberal as you can get and Huffington Post is her bible. She knows what's in the 6:00 o'clock news before they come on:-D. I try to tell her some thing and she tells me "I already heard that" It is as liberal as you can get, but right wing bloggers come on the site and get some real good discussions going. I don't have to listen to the news; my wife keeps me lined out:-Drolleyes

 

Hello Rikky. I have regained the opportunity to tell you that I got carried away about all this. I now know you are quite the comedian. I want to say I'm sorry for being so serious. Being a veteran I got carried away. Please except my apologies. I now see you respect and honor the Navy Seals and that's good enough for me my friend.
oneeyejack!!

 

The way I understand it, some government email (not all) can be publicly accessed. This has happened where I work.

I believe AOL acquired Huffpost: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/07/aol-huffington-post_n_819375.html

I've also seen a few people who post online, sourcing huffpost. Also, if it is online, it has to be true.

 

Honestly its no biggie,you don't have to apologise to me.

Relax,have some fun.

 

I always get a laugh from the 'Huffington Puffington Post'. :-D It is generally considered a left wing media outlet. :-D

 

Out of interest Fred what do you think of Fox? Do you agree that its a terrible news outlet with a far right agenda? Not tryna start an argument just wondering

I haven't seen enough Huffington articles to judge whether they are far left.

The whole idea that a news outlet can have an agenda one way or the other makes a mockery of freedom of the press IMO,news reporting should be totally neutral.

 

Honestly Rikky, I don't watch TV. So, I can't say what Fox News is. I do read some online content from them. Some seems good, some bad, like most media outlets, you have to read into them some.

I fully agree the press should be neutral. Do you think the MSN type press is neutral?

But, is the freedom of speech not what the 2A is about? If it is not slander or libel, is it not free game?

 

So we start with HuffPo and digress toward Sarah

I am not sure how to respond to either since HBT was closed.

I will state IMO (not humble) Sarah Palin has No Chance of election in 2012.
I have found that the Huffington Post has an agenda that is directly in line with the current adminstration goals.

 

Not everything was released. Certain things were held back.

I didn't catch the whole story, but this goes back to when she first became the republican VP candidate.
A request was made at that time for certain info. and it was agreed that it would be provided.

One thing I did catch from that story is that it has been 1,000 days since that transpired which is longer than Palin actually served as governor.

secure.wikimedia.org - The_Huffington_Post

 

That is EXACTLY it Rikky. At work we watch CTV News while we're eating lunch. It's actually kind of boring, but you get an unbiased story, and only facts. That's what I want from the news.

 

The trouble is, our definition of a "news source" has expanded to include anyone with a website. It's hard to decide who has the facts when half the people talking about something know less about it than the average person on the street.

Huffington Post is liberal. Fox News is conservative. MSN is pretty neutral, yet leaning more toward liberal. Anyone who claims they have unbiased reporting is lying. It should be, but it is run by humans, and so it is not.

 

How come no one (it seems) ever mentions The NewsHour on PBS?

My favorite section is on Friday when they do the Weekly Political Wrap discussion with Shields and Brooks.

 

Again, I don't watch TV. But isn't part of PBS's income from the government? I would think that might generate a bit of bias.

As far as the mainstream press goes, the stories they ignore seem to show a liberal bias. Just my opinion.

I can see Palin's emails from my back porch... :-D

 

All the poor trees that will be wasted printing all that crap out:-D

I guess it comes down to what's important to the reporters in question,as has been said by Tibbs the more I think about it the less it seems impractical to have a totally unbiased news outlet,the whole process of choosing what story is important involves every reporters beliefs as to what's important to them,what provokes an emotional response in them.

I dunno,maybe I've been thinking about this the wrong way.:confused

 

True Rikky, the reporters will decide what they want to report. But again, the stories not reported on show bias in my opinion. Not trying to get political, or too off topic, but these come to mind.

Maxine Waters threatening to 'socialize' the oil industry.

A democratic presidental candidate claiming there were 60 states in the US.

Then Speaker of the House Pelosi claiming they had to pass a bill to see what is in it...

Now, these are examples in the last few years. Just in my opinion, if Palin or even Bush a few years ago had said there were 60 states in the US, It would have been all over the news. Probably a skit on SNL, and on Letterman or the Tonight Show.

Like the SNL skit where Tina Fey parodied Palin saying she could see Russia from her backyard. (Which was well done and very funny) Many people thought Palin said that. Where Palin actually said you could see Russia from Alaska.

And of course, as a Conservative, perhaps I am biased against the libs. I would like to see the good AND bad from BOTH the Liberals and Conservatives and anyone running for or holding political office. That way, perhaps the average citizen would be better informed when they vote.

Sorry for the thread hijack. :-D

 

They are learning. But, most think that county email is private. Oh the stories I could tell. But, I won't.

 

Good point Laura!

 

Since this post is a little late in the game I'll just simply concur with the consensus that HP is essentially the liberal version of Drudge.

But I have had their news feed in my Google Reader, as well as Koz and some other sites to balance my feeds of Wizbang and other conservative feeds. My opinion is --- If it's being talked about, if a story must be spun, it just might be true...

 

LauraR:

I have way too many people in my own life with lots of their own opinions to read online blogs.

Opinions, the wise man said, are like a***holes. Everybody's got one.

 

I'm looking for a blog that combines the two - I couldn't count the number of times I've googled "Newsreading hamsters in lingerie."

 

Being serious again: early results from the Palinmail quest are rather disturbing.
Enemies sent a series of death threats.

 

Totally normal,all people in high office get death threats.

Obama gets 30 a day,surprisingly Bush received less than 10 a day

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...reats-a-day-stretching-US-Secret-Service.html

Obama actually received less than Bush until a new mystery writer began personally sending over 25 a day signing each letter with a strange acronym the secret service can't make sense of - F.R.E.D. G:-D

EDIT No Fred I don't think you want to kill the president, your the only conservative on here who openly dislikes Obama is all,JAJ!

 

Not sure if I envy your scenic view, but maybe you could sell tickets and make a bundle. :drool

Well, if it's biased, then how would that work.
The show has been on the air for over 35 years.
Would they show bias toward the party of the current president, or the party of the majority in the senate,
or the party of the majority in the house of representatives.
And, they might have to abruptly Change their bias based on the results of the most recent election.

The reason I mentioned that particular segment on Friday nights is that it represents what proper constructive
discussion between liberal and conservative views Should be.
There is no mud slinging, no ridiculous accusations, no foolish posturing.
It's a thoughtful discussion which is actually Informative.
They respect each other and it shows.

What a breath of fresh air!!!
I wish it was more than 15 minutes, once a week.

 

Ya, it's a real shame that proper debate is only on 15 min. a week. You should emigrate to Canada, lots of dry and sober talking heads up here.:-D

Even CNN is falling into the trap of guests who openly despise each other, not too bad except for the fact that neither lets the other talk. They step all over each other!uke

 

Sources in the Secret Service who talked off the record, were more troubled by a coyote like avatar, firmly attached like a leach, to bo's rear. The rumors of Skittles and rainbows was not confirmed or denied.:-D

And for the record, I don't know bo, so I can't say if I like him or not. I can say I don't like his politics and policy. And a few other things, but I think that sums it up enough for a family forum.

 

Actually, of all the Tripe Magazines People is the only one that types fact checked celebrity crap. If it's not in people, it's probably not true. But It's all still pointless crap only bored housewives read. However, i believe the Huffington post began as a Political News and Opinion paper, not so much as satire. They've since branched into news reporting, entertainment, etc.

As for their accuracy and integrity, i don't know if there is a site that measures that.. there should be. I don't read them.. all news has a slant in one direction or another, even if it pretends not to.

 

There's the old Fred:cool

 

politico.com 'Nuff said. They don't have 'wings' IMHO.

 

Yea, it's a shame.
I think it's the result of everyone struggling to get a piece of the media pie.
The are so many outlets now that the pie gets cut up into more and more, smaller and smaller pieces.
They probably feel like they're just treading water, trying to stay afloat.

 

Yes, and we have implemented email archiving, though, not journaling.