You need the facts about Russia / Ukraine - What Are You Watching? (1 Viewer)

[urbanhack]

Let's say you are going on a date and need to impress, or speaking to a group of intellectuals, or maybe you need to answer a quiz accurately for a lot of cash. Which one network will you watch?

Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[dkp993]

Let's say you are going on a date and need to impress, or speaking to a group of intellectuals, or maybe you need to answer a quiz accurately for a lot of cash. Which one network will you watch?

Inquiring minds want to know.

I haven’t watched a news network (with the exception of election nights) in well over a decade.  But given your criteria I’d likely go BBC

 

[supermike80]

All of them really.   I am not staying loyal to any source.  

 

[urbanhack]

All of them really.   I am not staying loyal to any source.  

That's not an option. In this hypothetical...you can only pick one.

 

[TripItUp]

BBC/Fox for me

I've been browsing CNN just to see the most terrible takes/coverage.

 

[supermike80]

That's not an option. In this hypothetical...you can only pick one.

Ohhhhh...Hmmm....Then Reuters

 

[beef]

Other:  Naked News on Pornhub.  Far more entertaining and enjoyable, and just as accurate with the news and anyone else.  

 

[supermike80]

BBC/Fox for me

I've been browsing CNN just to see the most terrible takes/coverage.

Ugh...Kinda agree.  The few links I get on my newsfeed that are CNN links seem to be dialing up the fear.  

 

[the rover]

don't get your news from television.

 

[Amused to Death]

I just signed up with Reuters as I apparently used up all of my free articles. As for TV coverage, CNN & BBC. Maybe some NBC.

Not to hijack but has anyone watched Shep Smith on CNBC? I've caught his show a few times and liked it. Haven't made it a point yet though to watch.

 

[TripItUp]

Ugh...Kinda agree.  The few links I get on my newsfeed that are CNN links seem to be dialing up the fear.  

really, really bad.

The racebaiting network will always have an audience though, unfortunately.

 

[joffer]

BBC most likely.  CNN’s coverage has been pretty good and no-nonsense so far.

This forum is always good for simply catching up on what’s happening.

 

[beef]

Not to hijack but has anyone watched Shep Smith on CNBC? I've caught his show a few times and liked it. Haven't made it a point yet though to watch.

Yeah, I don't watch often, but it's a good show.  Great recap of things going on around the Country & World with very little Biden/trump/Hilary.  Like what news shows used to be like.    

 

[BladeRunner]

Other:  Naked News on Pornhub.  Far more entertaining and enjoyable, and just as accurate with the news and anyone else

I'm going to research this Naked News. Be right back.

 

[lazyike]

Russia invaded Ukraine. Some military sites were bombed and some Ukrainians were killed. There are some sanctions. Have I been misinformed?

 

[Zow]

Per the poll, BBC. 

But, as much as this scares @Joe Bryant, I actually would come here first and review what's been posted.  

 

[Sunday Gravy]

Fox until I can get in the War Room with Steve Bannon to get the real story. 

 

[The Z Machine]

I get BBC World Service on the HD2 channel of my local public radio.  It's pretty dang good.

 

[Osaurus]

AP

 

[jm192]

From Facebook.  This guy named George.  We went to high school together.  He posts articles that tell the truth that THEY don't want you to know.  

 

[JIslander]

From Facebook.  This guy named George.  We went to high school together.  He posts articles that tell the truth that THEY don't want you to know.  

Love George.  He's an expert on COVID and climate change too. 

 

[Osaurus]

Love George.  He's an expert on COVID and climate change too. 

This guy, right?

 

[-fish-]

Per the poll, BBC. 

But, as much as this scares @Joe Bryant, I actually would come here first and review what's been posted.  

Terrifying.

 

[FairWarning]

Voted Fox but CNN International would be in play alao.

 

[ShamrockPride]

Love George.  He's an expert on COVID and climate change too. 

AND foreign policy since this morning.

He's just so smart 

 

[dkp993]

Per the poll, BBC. 

But, as much as this scares @Joe Bryant, I actually would come here first and review what's been posted.  

This

 

[dkp993]

AND foreign policy since this morning.

He's just so smart 

He stays at a holiday inn express every night.  Dude knows everything, and simultaneously thinks we are all idiots. 

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Let's say you are going on a date and need to impress, or speaking to a group of intellectuals, or maybe you need to answer a quiz accurately for a lot of cash. Which one network will you watch?

Inquiring minds want to know.

All three of these seem like very different scenarios 

 

[matuski]

Reddit is the amalgamation of them all.

 

[Apple Juice]

Per the poll, BBC. 

But, as much as this scares @Joe Bryant, I actually would come here first and review what's been posted.  

Lol I read a lot of internet and this place has some of the smartest dudes I've come across. If you doubled the amount of posts from the top five posters and cut out the bottom five I would probably get 90 percent of my news from here. 

 

[The General]

Except Newsmaxx / OAN I could work with any of that list in conjunction with the internet.

 

[Joe Bryant]

Per the poll, BBC. 

But, as much as this scares @Joe Bryant, I actually would come here first and review what's been posted.  

I don’t understand. What would scare me and why?

 

[Capella]

I really only watch the news on election night so abc or nbc. I usually flip between those two for results. Nothing seems more grim than watching cable news every day. 

 

[The Commish]

I really only watch the news on election night so abc or nbc. I usually flip between those two for results. Nothing seems more grim than watching cable news every day. 

There's a great many here that can't quit it.  Addiction is a ##### .....

 

[Zow]

I don’t understand. What would scare me and why?

You have previously expressed surprise that some posters would use this board as their primary news source. I was being hyperbolic with the use of “scared.”

 

[BassNBrew]

I just signed up with Reuters as I apparently used up all of my free articles. As for TV coverage, CNN & BBC. Maybe some NBC.

Not to hijack but has anyone watched Shep Smith on CNBC? I've caught his show a few times and liked it. Haven't made it a point yet though to watch.

Voted other.  Shep is da man.  Great news show.

 

[Sand]

Krystal and Saagar did some good stuff on Ukraine today.  

 

[2Squirrels1Nut]

Voted other.  Shep is da man.  Great news show.

Same.  First actual news program I've watched in a long time.

 

[Nugget]

Reuters is my go to on the laptop.  If I had to turn on a TV, CNBC.  Apple News on the phone

 

[FairWarning]

I watched some CNN and Fox last night.  CNN was unbelievably bad, fox not much better.  Carlson really sounded bad a couple nights ago sticking up for Putin also.  

 

[Godsbrother]

For actual news I think most of these are fine.  It is when you get to the talking heads that you start veering into crazy town.

 

[FairWarning]

For actual news I think most of these are fine.  It is when you get to the talking heads that you start veering into crazy town.

Unfortunately that is the 5-hour block of prime time viewing.

 

[Joe Bryant]

You have previously expressed surprise that some posters would use this board as their primary news source. I was being hyperbolic with the use of “scared.”

Gotcha. Thanks. 

 

[Da Guru]

I watched some CNN and Fox last night.  CNN was unbelievably bad, fox not much better.  Carlson really sounded bad a couple nights ago sticking up for Putin also.  

Gave up CNN, MSNBC and FOX years ago and never looked back.

 

[FairWarning]

Gave up CNN, MSNBC and FOX years ago and never looked back.

Usually i watch off the fire stick.  I misread the question as US info about the conflict.

 

[MAC_32]

Unfortunately that is the 5-hour block of prime time viewing.

Doesn't mean anyone needs to actually watch it. That they get 5 hours of air time on as many networks as they do is an us problem. 

 

[dschuler]

CNBC not very informative necessarily for war but they are normally solid on other global topics.  I like them because they don’t get into saying the political buzz words used all day and discuss how world events are going to change the economy and price of commodities like energy and agriculture.  

 

[Ministry of Pain]

I have been watching as little news as possible, honestly it's all slanted and they are woefully behind when getting information to the public. Twitter as an example has far more updated information and you will find that many times on a news channel they are running online clips from hours/days ago. 

Fox-The Five, 1st segment and that's only maybe once a week, if there's a really big news story like the one unfolding I might watch more often. 

Fox Five yesterday had an outstanding young journalist in Kyiv as things are unfolding and he was about as good as I have seen in a while. Now the fact he is in Ukraine while the missiles and bombs are incoming likely has a lot to do with it, the material is pretty pulpy at the moment. 

Trey Yingst is the journalist, looked him up. 

 

[MAC_32]

I have been watching as little news as possible, honestly it's all slanted and they are woefully behind when getting information to the public. Twitter as an example has far more updated information and you will find that many times on a news channel they are running online clips from hours/days ago. 

Fox-The Five, 1st segment and that's only maybe once a week, if there's a really big news story like the one unfolding I might watch more often. 

Fox Five yesterday had an outstanding young journalist in Kyiv as things are unfolding and he was about as good as I have seen in a while. Now the fact he is in Ukraine while the missiles and bombs are incoming likely has a lot to do with it, the material is pretty pulpy at the moment. 

Trey Yingst is the journalist, looked him up. 

This isn't wrong, but this dynamic is also why misinformation spreads so easily.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

This isn't wrong, but this dynamic is also why misinformation spreads so easily.

Correctamundo!