Which news sources do you trust?

It depends on what kind of news you're talking about. If it's just things that are national CNN is definitely a trustable source. Generally they aren't bias and they give the facts as they know them with some interpretation that can be easily ignored.

When it comes to foreign affairs there is no news source that is really any better than any other...and that is not because they are using propaganda. It's because governments leak false information and keep so many things hushed that there's no real source for facts. So all they can do is see what they want to see (in a sense). That's why the same "Facts" on two different stations have different conclusions. If you want the REAL facts...give up.

Recently the NY Times printed an article that elaborately explained how the US Government was tracking terrorists through these off-shore bank accounts. These facts that got out compromised security; so there becomes the question. "How important is it really to know?" The government surely has no vendetta against its people and if you feel so YOU are actually the downfall...or will be the root cause. Every powerful government fails because the people don't trust it; even though through history it has always been proven that the government generally was falsely accused. Read history to get a good feel for todays problems...it does repeat itself as it is today.
    
Hell...go back as recently as Nixon. Nixon was basically innocent; his only crime was trying to not lose public faith. It was proven that he wasn't bugging anyone for reasons that he was accused for; but rather in an anti-terrorist unit. There was no knowledge of a Democrats headquarters...which AGAIN compromised security causing the terrorists to become knowledgable. You people out there think being in the know gives you power, but you never can find all the facts to actually build the true story. So what's the point in trying to find all the facts; when it only leads to false assumptions?

Edited by Fusionman - August 27 2006 at 14:15

I don't realy "trust" anything like that inherently, but I only ever check CNN and BBC and I wouldn't say I believe one perticular organization more than the other.

Ghost Rider wrote: Ok, I ticked "my own country's newspapers and websites", but the issue of trust is a delicate one indeed. As a matter of fact, I very rarely buy newspapers, though I regularly read the news (more than once a day too) on the website of one of the major Italian dailies, "La Repubblica" (which is rather left-wing, though by no means extremist). I can't say I trust it blindly, though, as news can be easily manipulated, especially in a rather delicate situation like that of Italy.

Fox TV is in there, wtf? 

Which primary news sources do you guys generally trust (they all make mistakes sometimes) to keep you accurately informed on national & international affairs? And maybe you can name any you think are particularly full of sh+t....