The most accurate news coverage of the war

[Blaegis 0]

The current conflict in Iraq has introduced broader news coverage than ever before. We've seen embedded reporters, live shots of the battlefield, BaghdadCams, official briefings from all sides and instant analysis by the newstations' pet experts. However, quantity does not necessarily mean quality. In your opinion, which of the above news agencies/stations/websites provided the most accurate, objective and impartial coverage of the war? After all, the entities providing the best wartime coverage are likely to be accurate in peacetime as well. I'm well aware that my list is far from all-inclusive, but there are only 10 poll choices allowed - so if your favorite news source isn't mentioned, feel free to mention it below.

[FallenPaladin 0]

I voted for other. I prefer the website http://www.iraqwar.ru to all the mentioned above.

[red oct 2]

i watch CNN, but mostly perfer Newsweek magazine and MSNBC News.

[black__bird 0]

The Fox News, The Whole Fox News, and nothing but the Fox News.

[Renagade 0]

I still wonder how news reporters get so close to the action without getting blasted like the ones in baghdad.

[edc 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The Fox News, The Whole Fox News, and nothing but the Fox News.

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Ditto.

[Hit_Sqd_Maximus 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (edc @ April 08 2003,02:53)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The Fox News, The Whole Fox News, and nothing but the Fox News.

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Ditto.<span id='postcolor'>

Same, I was looking for fox on the list, didnt see it ( ) so voted other

[FSPilot 0]

Iraqi State TV owns.

[ralphwiggum 6]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Hit_Sqd_Maximus @ April 08 2003,05:03)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (edc @ April 08 2003,02:53)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The Fox News, The Whole Fox News, and nothing but the Fox News.

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Ditto.<span id='postcolor'>

Same, I was looking for fox on the list, didnt see it (    ) so voted other<span id='postcolor'>

it's the 3rd entry upthere

[ale2999 0]

I voted cnn LOL

[canukausiuka 1]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (RalphWiggum @ April 08 2003,00:20)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">3--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Hit_Sqd_Maximus @ April 08 2003,053)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (edc @ April 08 2003,02:53)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The Fox News, The Whole Fox News, and nothing but the Fox News.

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Ditto.<span id='postcolor'>

Same, I was looking for fox on the list, didnt see it (    ) so voted other<span id='postcolor'>

it's the 3rd entry upthere <span id='postcolor'>

Perhaps they are from Florida

I couldn't decide between BBC and Fox, but since I only read Fox, and I watch BBC, I put BBC (I love how good their Realmedia stream comes in on my network... MSNBC's suck!. I'm always reading Fox though.

[Othin 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (FallenPaladin @ April 07 2003,05:12)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I voted for other. I prefer the website http://www.iraqwar.ru to all the mentioned above.<span id='postcolor'>

hahahahaha that's too funny.

I voted for Foxnews but I meant to vote for Reuters. Fox has the best analysts, but reuters has covered things pretty fairly.

[cervomix 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I voted for other. I prefer the website http://www.iraqwar.ru to all the mentioned above. <span id='postcolor'>

I agree with you, this site is surely showing more how is the reality than american medias!

[Guest]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (cervomix @ April 08 2003,18:44)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I voted for other. I prefer the website http://www.iraqwar.ru to all the mentioned above. <span id='postcolor'>

I agree with you, this site is surely showing more how is the reality than american medias!<span id='postcolor'>

I wouldn't go that far. It does however give a good alternative to the mainstream US media. I'd say that it's on the level of Fox. I would separate the public sources in a couple of catagories.

Fairy Tales

[*]Iraqi state TV

[*]CentCom/Pentagon

Biased, editorializing media

[*]Fox

[*]CNN

[*]Sky

[*]IraqWar.ru

[*]The Independent

[*]Daily Telegraph

[*]Al-Jazeera

In between

[*]BBC

[*]AP

Relatively unbiased, clean reporting

[*]Reuters

[*]AFP

[*]AFX

I gave Reuters my vote

[bn880 5]

I totally agree with Denoir on his categories. You have to balance it all out. And if stress doesn't get to you at the "Fairy Tales" and "Biased, editorializing media" organizations, you shuld read them all and make conclusions.

[FallenPaladin 0]

Reuters is the best, right, I forgot... I`m truly ashamed.

If the word news crosses my mind it`s normally linked to Reuters, because Reuters is the origin of the german news, if I watch them. iraqwar.ru is nice because it`s something else than US or Iraq propaganda, it`s a third parties propaganda so to say.

Watching propaganda can be quite entertaining. CNN is kinda bombastic with it`s design (WAR!!! tadadam tadadam) , it`s like the german tv channel RTL (WAR IN IRAQ!!! SHOWDOWN!!! tadadam tadadam)

[-iCeMaN- 0]

FOX News is good but they don't put it on enough, so I stuck with CNN But I absolutley hate ABC !!! To hell with ABC!

-iCe-

[Badgerboy 0]

CNN? Ha you jest...

It looks like some freaky gameshow, plus the fact that the gloss over news items for bloody ages.

BBC etc were reporting on the Kurdish Friendly fire incident... footage, commentary, and a rough list of casualties. I flick over to CNN. 'It would seem that a Kurdish truck has been hit by US warplanes, reports say there are possible wounded. No American service men were involved'

It took 1/2 a bloody hour for them to get to grips with it!

Bah....

[Shack 0]

BBC is the best I've seen, they try to stay neutral, especially when the Iraqi Information Minister comes out with some of his classics, you can see the BBC people wanting to laugh, but saying 'The Iraqis however claim this, we'll try and get evidence to support it as soon as possible.'

[-iCeMaN- 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Badgerboy @ April 08 2003,19)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">CNN? Ha you jest...

It looks like some freaky gameshow, plus the fact that the gloss over news items for bloody ages.

BBC etc were reporting on the Kurdish Friendly fire incident... footage, commentary, and a rough list of casualties. I flick over to CNN. 'It would seem that a Kurdish truck has been hit by US warplanes, reports say there are possible wounded. No American service men were involved'

It took 1/2 a bloody hour for them to get to grips with it!

Bah....<span id='postcolor'>

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Yes...yes indeed....

I never said a single word about BBC or anything against BBC..

-iCe-

:EDIT:

MY 100th POST!!

(in 2.5 weeks)

[ralphwiggum 6]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Shack @ April 09 2003,01:31)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">BBC is the best I've seen, they try to stay neutral, especially when the Iraqi Information Minister comes out with some of his classics, you can see the BBC people wanting to laugh, but saying 'The Iraqis however claim this, we'll try and get evidence to support it as soon as possible.'<span id='postcolor'>

and they go back to hotel and take a nap

i realy don't have any neutral source that i depend upon. I try to see if almost all news media have same facts. a bit slow, but more accurate.

[Hit_Sqd_Maximus 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (denoir @ April 08 2003,19:43)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Relatively unbiased, clean reporting

[*]Reuters

[*]AFP

[*]AFX<span id='postcolor'>

PBS?

Shit!

[stgn 39]

enybody heard of DR1 and TV2 they are pritty neutral just sends too little so I voted BBC world gives me all the news when i wake up(on DR1 when its night)

STGN

[Die Alive 0]

I said it once before, best news source... Naked News. They've got nothing to hide!

-=Die Alive=-

[stgn 39]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Die Alive @ April 09 2003,15:03)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I said it once before, best news source... Naked News. They've got nothing to hide!

-=Die Alive=-<span id='postcolor'>

just can't stop

STGN