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BBC News
I enjoy using this site because it is British, which gives you a different perspective on the news occurring in the world. An interesting term, ethnocentrism, which is the tendency to look at the world from one’s own culture, is something that comes to mind when thinking about this news channel. Americans believe that they are in the center of the world and tend to think to this idea. This site allows you to read about news going on in the world, and the US from a ‘outside’ point of view.
Associated Press (AP)
The tagline that is used on the front and center of this site is ‘advancing the power of facts.” The writing of articles tends to be as neutral as possible. AP tends to be the site that fact checks and confirms whether stories on other news sources are legit or fake. Associated Press is kind of like the ‘control group’ of the news sources.
According to a 2014 research study, 40% of articles posted on CBS are left leaning while 20% tend to be leaning on the right wing of the political spectrum. Technically, this would be a biased news source, but CBS is actually more center aligned than stations like CNN, Fox, and ABC. While reading articles from CBS, I like to find similar articles on the same topic on Google to see the validity of the news. Overall, this is a solid source to get news like controversial issues since they tend to write in the tone of neutrality.
Twitter defiantly gets a bad wrap when relating to the news, however it is warranted. There are plenty of bots, fake accounts, and plenty of fake news located on this social media site. The reason I enjoy using Twitter is because I am on it a lot, and that it is very quick when breaking news stories. These stories aren’t true all the time, but it allows me to find out about a story first and are able to look up the validity of the story on other news sources.
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