The Reliable News: A list

[k.k.]

We'll never be able to agree on a list.

My Left Wing? Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!

[4nr]

Two sites that I find informative are www.atimes.com (Asian Times online) and www.financialsense.com.

I think both are matter of fact and worthwhile reading. On atimes, I especially enjoy Lawerence Eyton's articles on Taiwan politics (not much lately) and Tom Englehart's contributions on geopolitics. A few recent articles on atimes: Hedge funds: playing dice with the universe and Tom Englehart's Bushs faith and the middle east inflame and The Destablization Game

Financialsense is exceptionally good covering geopolitics. I find F. William Engdahl's articles on oil pipeline's especially interesting. I also find article's on finance such as m1/m2/m3 money supplies, hedge funds, yen carry trade, the FED, debt, T-bills, china market #'s, etc. very interesting. (JR Nyquest, Richard Benson, Marc Farber, Alex Merck, Jim Willie and many others stand out).

[smell the glove]

I realize this is IP and all, but it’s interesting that so far nothing local has been listed as “reliable news.” I for one am always intrigued at how international politics is represented (or not) locally. I know I’ll get slammed for the left-leaning bias of this one (not to mention its sister English paper), but I tend to read 自由時報 more often than any other local paper. Occasionally, though, I also go to Yahoo 新聞 or Google 新聞 台灣版 and follow the links.

[Jaboney]

I left this one out earlier. It's good to check what isn't news, as well: Project Censored.

[Fox]

For issues relating to War and Peace read: The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace http://www.carnegieendowment.org/

For issues relating to finance read: The Wall Street Journal.

For issues relating to international politics read: The Economist

For social commentary read: The New Yorker and Salon

For fun in social commentary read: The Onion

For intelligent listening listen to: Fresh Air on NPR

For issues relating to Aussie Rules Football read: The Sun Herald

For the most part: Take it easy.

[QAM]

sticky!
This thread may not give us impartial new outlet, but it has turned out to be very valuable for news hounds. Thanks jwcampbell for the Iraq news link. I have thought about looking for English news in Iraq, but never took the time. Some of these other local perspectives help gain a better more specific understanding of world events. We can get reports like the one saying more than 400 doctors have been kidnapped in Iraq -- something you may not learn about in a CNN report. Now, how did we survive before the Internet?
I get much of my information from npr.org podcasts. Here is an article about a Taiwanese-American songbird still looking for link

[H5N1]

I've come late to the thread, so a number of my favorites have already been mentioned here. Two gleanings I'd like to share are PINR, which claims to present objective analysis of the strategic interests behind military, economic and political actions around the globe. I'd be quite interested to hear other's opinions on how accurate their claim is.
http://www.pinr.com/

WBUR Boston produces a show called On Point. This week Newt Gingrich came on the show to plug his new book, and I felt that the host treated him fairly, and that he acquitted himself quite well. Even though public radio is traditionally left, what transpired actually sounded like a dialogue: A refreshing change from the IP forum.
http://www.onpointradio.org/

[TainanCowboy]

Salvatore -
Thanks for that http://www.pinr.com/ heads-up.

I'm going to spend some time on there.

[MikeN]

Salvatore -
Thanks for that http://www.pinr.com/ heads-up.

I'm going to spend some time on there.

Add mine- it look a good one

[dearpeter]

I just followed a link to this. A real gem, I daresay.

http://usinfo.state.gov/media/misinformation.html