Posted on 03/21/2005 1:55:08 PM PST by EveningStar
Do you consider Newsmax and WorldNetDaily to be legitimate sources for the news?
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Sometimes not.
Like Debka.
At least as legitimate as CBS.
I consider them to be news sources, but some news sources are more legitimate than others.
Sometimes. Just have to keep it mind they have a bias. A conservative one, but still a bias.
Not all the time - too tabloid for me. But they do have interesting stuff in them sometimes.
As legitimate as any other news source, often more on top of things than the MSM.
Yes
Eh sure, why not. The quantity and quality of their news might not be that good, but they still have their own original reporting (at least, last time I visited they did).
Sometimes. Doesn't hurt to cross-check, but that's true of any source.
That's a good point.
Newshacks reads as if it's written by some guy in his underwear sitting on a food stained couch watching television and radio and calling it news.
World News Daily is a smidgen better.
They're a disappointment, IMO. Don't seem to have any more interest in presenting the story straight than does the MSM. Quotes out of context, etc. I got disgusted with their sophomoric approach a long time ago...such a waste, too. The left does plenty enough looney stuff for them to be able to just tell the story straight up w/o sounding like a cheap Brit tabloid.
Occasionally. Kinda like the Weekly World News....
I love WWN. :)
Batboy rules!
More than CNN, CBS, ABC, or NBC.
On the other hand, sometimes it is useful, as a conservative, to get their angles.
I understand what you mean.
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