Bbc Or Cnn

StormLiong

<div class="IPBDescription">which is your prefered news service?</div> Imho, BBC > CNN because it has a somewhat unbias and less dramatized presentation of the news. At least with their world news service they do make its a worldwide news.

Necrotic

If I have spare time in the morning before work I stick BBC News 24 on the telly and when I get to work I normally put the BBC breakfast news on whilst I'm setting everything up, but I don't think I've ever watched CNN so I can't really say which ones better...just which one I watch.

Saying that most news I pick up off the old interweb.

AlienCow

BBC I suppose, I don't think I have CNN. If its between BBC and ITV then BBC wins every times <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

twoflow

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Rellix

BBC mainly because it seems less biased. The fact that it is not dependent on funding from advertisements means that profits are not a goal, so they wont change things to make them more interesting. Also since the government doesnt own them it means they are free to do as they wish within the law.

So yeh pretty unbiased.

StormLiong

CNN doesn't exactly have ads in it either though.

Merkaba

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I tend to surf both news.bbc.co.uk and www.cnn.com. I'd rate BBC over CNN for reasons described above and because the BBC's website is laid out much better than CNN's.

I'm not sure I trust either to give completely unbiased outlooks though. While the BBC may seem to be unbiased, there's also the question of what <i>isn't</i> there...I'd very much like to hear of other news sources on the web for this reason.

DrSuredeath

CNN International.

Roberto

<a href='http://www.debka.com/' target='_blank'>debka</a>
for the middle east news

cnn and bbc for the rest of the world

Dubbilex

The BBC is public broadcasting (like the States' PBS). The BBC also has several TV channels and all the radio frequencies from, what is it, 90 - 93 fm? And remember those Beethoven mp3s?

On the other hand, CNN is just a corporation, run by CEO/President Jonathan Klein. They give news and that's just about it - generally American-centric news, at that (although this is also an unfair comparison; The BBC does a lot of international stories in Africa, etc. etc., but that's just because Britain has historically had its claws in a million other countries).


So it's really an unfair comparison. CNN is only a fraction of the size of the BBC. Even our PBS (essentially an underfunded BBC ripoff) is nowhere near as popular or cultural as the BBC is.

Maybe you Brits just like culture and stuff? But here in America, we like reading all about aging serial killers and California wildfires that <i>seriously threaten</i> homes on The Hill.



PS: And you should hit up Al Jazeera for Middle-eastern news <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Thaldarin

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So yeh pretty unbiased. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Don't we pay television license to the BBC? And have crappy shows like Eastenders? Seems like no sponsors/advertisements means us paying out for pure c**p on the telly.

DrSuredeath

<!--QuoteBegin-Dubbilex+Jul 14 2005, 09:00 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dubbilex @ Jul 14 2005, 09:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The BBC is public broadcasting (like the States' PBS). The BBC also has several TV channels and all the radio frequencies from, what is it, 90 - 93 fm? And remember those Beethoven mp3s?

On the other hand, CNN is just a corporation, run by CEO/President Jonathan Klein. They give news and that's just about it - generally American-centric news, at that (although this is also an unfair comparison; The BBC does a lot of international stories in Africa, etc. etc., but that's just because Britain has historically had its claws in a million other countries).


So it's really an unfair comparison. CNN is only a fraction of the size of the BBC. Even our PBS (essentially an underfunded BBC ripoff) is nowhere near as popular or cultural as the BBC is.

Maybe you Brits just like culture and stuff? But here in America, we like reading all about aging serial killers and California wildfires that <i>seriously threaten</i> homes on The Hill.



PS: And you should hit up Al Jazeera for Middle-eastern news <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I think it's more like American news networks go for the sensational news coverage analysis looks while the rest of the world go for the boring facts reportings, seriously.

You can see a big difference between CNN and CNN International.

Spacer

Channel 4 news, because that one newscaster just takes the **** out of ANYTHING that comes on the show. Plus Channel 4 rocks.

TychoCelchuuu

BBC. The British accent makes boring news <i>fun!</i>

Depot

I would favor CNN as the British press tends to over-dramatize somewhat - similar to the NS Forums. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Alcapwn

I only get BBC news for like an hour or two here on Long island (Maybe its my cable company? Crappy cablevision!) so its either fox news, CNN, or MSNBC.


I usually watch Fox or CNN....

CommunistWithAGun

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Quaunaut

<!--QuoteBegin-Dubbilex+Jul 14 2005, 07:00 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dubbilex @ Jul 14 2005, 07:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> On the other hand, CNN is just a corporation, run by CEO/President Jonathan Klein.  <b>They give news and that's just about it - generally American-centric news</b>, at that (although this is also an unfair comparison; The BBC does a lot of international stories in Africa, etc. etc., but that's just because Britain has historically had its claws in a million other countries). 
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So friggin true, it pisses me off. I'm an American, but why in the royal hell is it when the London Bombings happened, the only thing anyone on CNN ever said was "Is there a chance this could happen in America? Is there a chance they came over here?" blahdee blahdee SUYF LET ME KNOW WTH HAPPENED IN BRITAIN. It took me several people and the internet to figure out how many bombings there were over there, as only one station had anything on it at all, and that was for barely an hour(and I had to go to school). That night- "The London Bombers, in America?"- go to hell, CNN. It isn't hard to get better than you <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Edit: And in all seriousness, I get all my news either from the internet, or from the Daily Show. What I find funny is, DS skews EVERYTHING negatively, and equally negatively. Its funny, and 95% of it is truth & facts. Daily Show may save news as we respect it <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

AlienCow

<!--QuoteBegin-Depot+Jul 14 2005, 02:36 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Depot @ Jul 14 2005, 02:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I would favor CNN as the British press tends to over-dramatize somewhat <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo--> Since when

*disregard British tabloids*

Caboose

I prefer BBC. CNN and other American networks talk very little of real news, and instead report on which celebrities are screwing eachother. Or every other minute giving a report on a court case involving yet more celebrities that I don't care about.

I don't get ant BBC television stations where I live, but the information on their website is great.

Mantrid

I get my news from... actually, these forums. If something happens, I usually hear about it here first. Then I follow the link, or go to Wikinews.

Alcapwn

<!--QuoteBegin-Quaunaut+Jul 14 2005, 12:30 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Quaunaut @ Jul 14 2005, 12:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Dubbilex+Jul 14 2005, 07:00 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dubbilex @ Jul 14 2005, 07:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> On the other hand, CNN is just a corporation, run by CEO/President Jonathan Klein.  <b>They give news and that's just about it - generally American-centric news</b>, at that (although this is also an unfair comparison; The BBC does a lot of international stories in Africa, etc. etc., but that's just because Britain has historically had its claws in a million other countries). 
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So friggin true, it pisses me off. I'm an American, but why in the royal hell is it when the London Bombings happened, the only thing anyone on CNN ever said was "Is there a chance this could happen in America? Is there a chance they came over here?" blahdee blahdee SUYF LET ME KNOW WTH HAPPENED IN BRITAIN. It took me several people and the internet to figure out how many bombings there were over there, as only one station had anything on it at all, and that was for barely an hour(and I had to go to school). That night- "The London Bombers, in America?"- go to hell, CNN. It isn't hard to get better than you <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Edit: And in all seriousness, I get all my news either from the internet, or from the Daily Show. What I find funny is, DS skews EVERYTHING negatively, and equally negatively. Its funny, and 95% of it is truth & facts. Daily Show may save news as we respect it <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Dont know what CNN you were watching, but the one i was watching had coverage on the bombings for nearly 2 days straight, sure the was the occasional, "Could this happen here?" talk with some blowhard from there network claiming to be some sort of specialist, but all in all it wasnt <i>that</i> bad.

Narfwak

Meh, I'll stick with PBS, NPR and the Daily Show.

Metalcat

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i think i will stick to tv2

www.tv2.dk

but wait, thats not cnn or bbc!

CplDavis

ahem... as Ive previously stated. KNN my friends.

Kharaa News Network ftw

The_Finch

I generally use myriad news sources. CNN, BBC, Reuters and Bloomberg are the most common.

kill4thrills

i like the bbc, but since we don't get bbc coverage 24hours a day here ( i only get bbc news a couple of times a day) i usually stick with cnn cause it's there 24/7

DrSuredeath

<!--QuoteBegin-WaterBoy+Jul 14 2005, 09:54 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (WaterBoy @ Jul 14 2005, 09:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I only get BBC news for like an hour or two here on Long island (Maybe its my cable company? Crappy cablevision!) so its either fox news, CNN, or MSNBC.


I usually watch Fox or CNN.... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
What the hell? No one blasted you for watching Fox yet?

Olmy

<!--QuoteBegin-TychoCelchuuu+Jul 14 2005, 02:30 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TychoCelchuuu @ Jul 14 2005, 02:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> BBC. The British accent makes boring news <i>fun!</i> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
You mean english accent right? right?

I would choose BBC over CNN definitely, but i would choose Sky News over both of them to be honest <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> .

StormLiong

<!--QuoteBegin-Olmy+Jul 14 2005, 05:28 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Olmy @ Jul 14 2005, 05:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-TychoCelchuuu+Jul 14 2005, 02:30 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TychoCelchuuu @ Jul 14 2005, 02:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> BBC. The British accent makes boring news <i>fun!</i> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You mean english accent right? right?

I would choose BBC over CNN definitely, but i would choose Sky News over both of them to be honest <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> . <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I've never seen Sky News. I though it was a cheap rip-off of CNN for British ppl.

DOOManiac

Daily Show.

It's where I get all my non-/. news.