Mal Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/20/365519963/obama-will-announce-relief-for-up-to-5-million-immigrants So Obama did that. I'm a bit conflicted a bit but I like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2866409/New-study-unveils-America-s-educated-cities-HALF-ten-California.html I live/have lived in 3 of these areas. I don't know what that means, because Im nawt smard eenuf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Poor Revanchist. Why else would you be reading the Daily Mail? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 See my posd about not bean smard eenuf. Plus, I like the Daily Mail. It's news, with a lot of rag magazine built in. I love my celebrity gossip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 I just can't ever keep track of with British publications are real news sources and which are tabloids. I'm fairly confident I can trust the BBC, but beyond that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Is the BBC a reliable news source? They are, afterall, supported by government, which always makes me a little nervous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 The Guardian to me is pretty reliable. Far better than The Daily Mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 BBC is not exactly Korean state television it's one of the most trusted news sources in the world- it's not government run, it's funded by something similar to a tax the only government involvement is deciding how much that 'tax' should be not how it's spent. There are a lot of systems in place to maintain its neutrality and besides all that why would you think a profit driven agency is more likely to be neutral? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Forgive me if I seem to imply anything. My question was a serious one, as I know nothing about the BBC, other than there are some things on BBC America that are okay shows and some basic things I have heard. My understanding is that the government gets to say how much money is given to the BBC, through specific taxes, yes. To me, if you agitate someone in government, they have the power to reduce the taxes given. I'm not sure if that is the case, as my knowledge is fairly limited on BBC. (And I don't want to google BBC at work for a 12 inch reason.) I thought I had heard that the BBC is basically ad free? Again, no base knowledge other that what limited things I have heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 (And I don't want to google BBC at work for a 12 inch reason.) What now? Are you thinking of BBW? Do not google BBW at work. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 BBC is a thing. I suggest you look it up at home tonight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 I can promise you you're safe to google BBC, the first non-British Broadcasting Corp result is halfway down the second page of google results (who ever even goes to the second page?), and is the Baptist Bible College. Lower on the same page is an Urban Dictionary definition that finally informed me what you were concerned about, but that's the most risque thing I saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 BBC is pretty independent of government, it's put in place by royal charter. They're managed by the BBC Trust who make sure BBC is doing what its charter says so and that there's no funny business (since it's funded by public money). I think for stuff like General Election coverage there's some party required stuff for the existing government, but most part surveys say it's pretty biased to the left and right, so all in all pretty even coverage (though would likely, like most of our press, be considered left by US standards). As for being ad-free, while I can't test it my understanding is they do have adverts shown for when folks view it outside of the UK. I'd say their coverage is fine as a starting point, but can be quite slim on some subjects (and their Science n Tech parts could do with a fair bit of TLC cos can be downright wrong at times). Guardian is one I read mainly, it's UK left. Daily Mail is generally Right leaning, but also has issues in how they do coverage and some..non-PC coverage (doesn't help they had a pro-Nazi stance back in the day). IIRC it's a Murdoch paper too. Then there's The Sun, which is a Murdoch paper and close ties to the whole News of the World phone hacking shitstorm. My grandad is a Mirror reader, a lefty tabloid. There's Independent which mainly aims to be non-biased, is quite a dry read. Ooh, and Private Eye which is mainly there to be a thorn in the side of anyone with power. Also the source of "tired and emotional" (though not sure if America has that euphemism in their dictionary). This seems pretty simple representation of spectrum of media: This seems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 http://thefreethoughtproject.com/breaking-congress-secretly-okd-nsa-spying-domestic-criminal-cases-focused-torture/ Jesus Fuck. If this actually gets signed into law it will have some very grim implications about the future of this country. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Me these past few weeks: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 That headline is awful. It says "Congress Passes Bill...", but then the body makes it clear the bill hasn't actually passed yet. Not to mention the part about giving police unlimited access to the information is iffy at best. Having read it, I don't like it either, but at least be accurate in your damn coverage of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/15/news/economy/2-dollar-gas/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 If I was a gas and oil geologist, I would be shitting myself. I guess I can try to extend my master term to three years... to wait out the storm if I want to get into gas and oil. Talk about bad timing on my part... seems like most of the transition from old to new people is happening way faster than I thought it would. BUT YEAH CHEAP GAS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/15/news/economy/2-dollar-gas/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 If I was a gas and oil geologist, I would be shitting myself. I guess I can try to extend my master term to three years... to wait out the storm if I want to get into gas and oil. Talk about bad timing on my part... seems like most of the transition from old to new people is happening way faster than I thought it would. BUT YEAH CHEAP GAS. You willing want to contribute to evil instead of getting into another field? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 If you want to play that card then being American is evil as well. The American thirst for energy drives most of our policies. With that, some of our elected leaders are willing to pay any price to quench it (Have you guys seen the Cheney interview?). But yes, I am willing to go into gas and oil. It is not high in my choices of things I want to do but you bet your ass that I won't deny that door if it present itself. I may not be able to do anything about the political/policy side of things but I do on the ground level. I like clean land and water myself. With that said, I rather go into academia or environmental assessment/consultation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Being American is evil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 But not evilly cunning enough to win a cyber warfare battle, apparently? Do you think we just lost a cyber battle to North Korea? Because it really seems like it was North Korea, a sovereign nation, who did the Sony hack. Unlike some punk kid, we can't exactly go bust into Kim Jung Un's bedroom. If they wanted to, they can really stall and mess with our lives if they felt like it. It is almost like they can step on us at any time. Personally I'm not too sure if I can dismiss this as just another hacking. I'm pretty confused honestly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 (edited) Well, that's the thing. The US could just bust into his bedroom. Just have to be worried about the nations that'd take the side of North Korea. Edited December 18, 2014 by Saturnine Tenshi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 That movie is coming out. After all the money Sony sank into it, Jesus Christ himself couldn't stop its release. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Faiblesse Des Sens Posted December 18, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 That movie is coming out. After all the money Sony sank into it, Jesus Christ himself couldn't stop its release. I think they should use this as an opportunity to test a straight to VOD release. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 But not evilly cunning enough to win a cyber warfare battle, apparently? Yeah, it was probably North Korea. I think saying "we" (as in the US) lost a cyber warfare battle is overstating it: Sony lost the battle. It didn't help that they didn't say anything about it for a long time. That said, North Korea has one of the best cyber warfare divisions in the world, so it's entirely possible that we would lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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