Why is DU far ahead of CNN?
itsrobert
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:27 PM
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Why is DU far ahead of CNN?
Aren't they the news agency?
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:28 PM
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1. DU is usually the best (and fastest) source of news.
I don't know how - I guess being part of a collective of very well-informed news junkies helps.
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:28 PM
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2. possibly hundreds of people gathering information and posting it?
As it is here? DU is better than a news agency.
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:28 PM
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3. CNN covering live. Blast at reactor. n/t
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:29 PM
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4. CNN is a corporate entity.
They have to filter and package all their news in nice little sound-bites. On here, we get more leeway to really opine, and aren't limited to 15-minute time-slots.
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:29 PM
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5. It is pretty good, isn't it? We have people all over the world finding all sorts of stuff
be nice if some of it were good (wistful here)
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:29 PM
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6. because people watch bbc and al jazeera, probably.
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:30 PM
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7. they're a corporate news agency
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:30 PM
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8. We have a number of people either there or with family/friends there
Watching/hearing different things. Never underestimate the abilities of a linked community.
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:31 PM
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9. They're the propaganda agency
News is not really their priority.
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:32 PM
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10. They are also wrong. They said new explosion was at #1. It wasn't.
That was the one yesterday. The new one was at #3. They suck as a news organization. I was watching AL Jazzeera and was amazed at how professional they seem compared to CNN et al.
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:33 PM
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11. They said smoke at 1, explosion at 3. n/t
godai
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:34 PM
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13. No, CNN said smoke from #1, explosion at #3.
They are just taking this from NHK, so it's not rocket science.
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:34 PM
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...don't need to fact check, or at least pretend to.
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:35 PM
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14. Thanks to the Internet we read news from around the world constantly -
CNN follows the US corporate script and only reports what the rich folks want to hear.
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:35 PM
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15. DU is made up of actual people who care about honesty and the common man...
And CNN is a propagandist organization that calls itself a news agency. :patriot:
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:37 PM
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16. Are you watching it,now?
It's live,they're there reporting. Not sure,maybe they can report from the future?
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Sun Mar-13-11 10:41 PM
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17. DU doesn't have to run news stories by corporate masters for approval
before reporting/posting. Plus numerous people combing the internets at all hours and real people delivering eyewitness accounts from around the world. DU- the first place I check for breaking news, updates and information.
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