Quote:
Originally Posted by pure_mercury
I wouldn't trust the professors in a Political Science department at most universities to be unbiased. I certainly wouldn't go to Al-Jazeera first, either. The United States actually has some of the best reportage in the world, although they were cowed quite a bit in the post-9/11 through early Iraq War period.
|
NO one is unbiased, as Meta points out. However, I think this 53 minute lecture in podcast form is completely worth listening to, for anyone who wants a holistic overview of media as related to politics, and how Americans are getting such a biased selection of reporting. (So you don't have to listen if you don't want to: If you don't respect Chomsky's views, you aren't going to respect this guy's views.)
http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/ideas_20080128_4451.mp3