Moral of the story: There's no excuse for not keeping your critical thinking cap on, at all times, no matter the source. On 2 October 2012 15:31, Josh Coffman wrote: > FYI, Google has been previously caught filtering, editing, or otherwise > ignoring some news items based on it's own bias. I don't have links with > proof; just do a search on it. You can see it sometimes on what they choose > to honor with a google doodle on days when other things may be more > important. Definitely check multiple sources and check the story source. > > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 2:07 PM, keith smith wrote: > >> >> Google has started to tailor what you get based on what they know about >> you, which is far more than you might expect. To me this is a problem. It >> is akin to telling me what I want to hear, not what I need to know or the >> truth, if there really is something called the truth. >> >> ------------------------ >> Keith Smith >> >> --- On *Tue, 10/2/12, Alan Dayley * wrote: >> >> >> From: Alan Dayley >> Subject: Re: OT: Which news source(s) do you prefer? >> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" >> Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 11:57 AM >> >> >> I scan news.google.com headlines once a day and dive into things that >> look interesting. I have purposefully not customized the feeds there so >> that I get as general a view as possible, though Google does some feed >> tweaks automatically based on what it knows about me. >> >> The rest of my news comes from people I follow on Twitter, Google+ and >> others. I curate who I follow in social media and relevant news just comes >> to me, and mostly with better quality than if I go out and hunt for things. >> >> Alan >> >> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Patricia Wilson >> > wrote: >> >> For politics and world news foxnews special report. For techie stuff >> zdnet. >> >> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:44 AM, >> > wrote: >> >> >> Which news sources (print and/or internet) do y'all prefer? >> >> I'm fed up with *all* media sources ... with all of the bias (both ways), >> spin, distortion, inflammation, exaggeration, ambulance chasing >> sensationalizing, and overdone visual graphics. >> >> Haven't subscribed to any print media for more than 20 years, but used to >> scan the USA Today headlines online; however, since they just changed >> their format to force an excessive (imh) clutter of graphics on us, it is >> no longer a viable option for me. >> >> Are there any online news headline sources that are not radical, liberal, >> left-wing, extremist, fanatic, spinmeisters? ... or (almost as bad) >> extreme right-wingers? >> >> I've tried all those listed at this link and found nothing that seems >> reasonably "fair and balanced" ... and most of all *efficient* without >> excessive clutter. >> >> - - - http://www.upquick.com/best/news.htm - - - >> >> So what would y'all recommend? >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Patricia Wilson >> Apache Junction, AZ >> Member NRA, ARRL >> WB8DXX (Extra) >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> -----Inline Attachment Follows----- >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >