I'm starting a forum where we can keep track of media sources you like, use or recommend. Some of you have given me great tips on new sources and I will share them soon but I think we need a dedicated space for it.
I also wanted to add a primer on information literacy.
First up? The CRAAP test (yep, it's really called that)
https://researchguides.ben.edu/source-evaluation
CRAAP is an acronym for Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose. Use the CRAAP Test to evaluate your sources.
Next up is the flow of media information itself
https://ucsd.libguides.com/c.php?g=90761&p=5938572
Check out the table on the same page . What I like about this cycle is that as long as you identify your source, you can pretty much know where you are in the information lifecycle. Quality information and understanding takes time. Waco is a perfect example -- it takes years to really understand what happened and the lessons that can be learned from it. Yes, the media is to blame in many cases but so is the psychology of law enforcement and that takes time to change.
Lastly, I think it is helpful to get a handle on the bias of various media sources. I found the following charts helpful to get a sense of intrinsic biases in various media sources. Like what you are reading? Then it helps to know the overall bias of the source itself.
https://www.adfontesmedia.com/the-chart-version-3-0-what-exactly-are-we-...
2018
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-biased-is-your-news-source-you-pro...
2016
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-does-your-favorite-news-source-rat...
above: https://www.adfontesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Media-Bias-Char...
above: https://storage.googleapis.com/dixie-sun-wordpress/2020/10/d7259262-alls...
above: https://ei.marketwatch.com/Multimedia/2016/12/15/Photos/NS/MW-FC101_news...
above: https://ei.marketwatch.com/Multimedia/2016/12/15/Photos/NS/MW-FC099_mapn...
above: https://s3.amazonaws.com/libapps/accounts/54358/images/mediabias.jpg
The idea of such a project seems overwhelming but is so sorely needed for those who couldn't have the time to dissect everything. Giving a bias/truthiness rating can be done site by site, source by source, author by author, article by article or statement by statement.
Does [it] get a a score based on certain criteria to evaluate quality, is that quality weighted, how much bias. It's difficult to quantify and map on a chart once it's been through the churn.
Sources of raw data is where the most important aspect of information control and the critical juncture of where censorship and manipulation happens; the bias of interpretations when they've been through the spin cycle is the byproduct of that filter of omission, highlight, modelling, skew and outright fabrication of raw data.
That is so true! I think that is where we are today...this has been the first pandemic to effectively be "live streamed" in daily data-bits, and who the heck can really summarize it all? It will take years to put this into perspective. There is obviously a big shift occurring now and we are not able to stop it, either. We are already partly artificial and only partially intelligent. We are merging into something else and never really glimpsed before.
It is even more important today than ever before to teach the young how to properly think and ask why...because there is a whole lot of 'what the hell?' coming down the pipe
Reply to this thread if you have additional youtube links you like or recommend. The links below all came from other members. I have not added my own yet but will soon. I am not endorsing anything and attach zero quality. Purely acting as a means to share what I heard some of you watch or view
Russia Today live stream - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvCSr7qzAAM
Asha Logos Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU7JpgUNUdapn8d8b0zMg3g
godgevlamste Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/godgevlamste
The Duran on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/theduran
Alex Christoforou - https://www.youtube.com/user/alexchristoforou [this is one if the guys from the Duran]
Alexander Mercouris - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwGpHa6rMLjSSCBlckm5khw [this is the other guy from the Duran]
AlienScientist - https://www.youtube.com/user/AlienScientist
Erich von Däniken Official - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3qRYCKPYsxUlSetk7WJqKg
Richard Dolan - https://www.youtube.com/user/RichardMDolan
Glenn Greenwald - couldn't find the link
davID - couldn't find the link
Steve Quayle - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCenEYNg0gMTgG3vY2xl1qdA
Watching the Hawks RT - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbiFt3UdxX7LxferwDmuegQ
thirdphaseofmoon - https://www.youtube.com/user/thirdphaseofmoon
Dr. Steven Greer - https://www.youtube.com/user/SDisclosure
Prophecy Watchers - https://www.youtube.com/user/prophecywatchers
Gerald Celente - https://www.youtube.com/user/gcelente
secureteam10 - https://www.youtube.com/user/secureteam10
Peter Schiff - https://www.youtube.com/user/SchiffReport
CINEFX PRODUCTIONS - https://www.youtube.com/user/cinefx1
redfish - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHgnQzZY7T9TxhI40BmKJwQ
Faithful Word Baptist Church Mirror - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOphuvqUmX7kxzBXZL7Yajw
GrahamHancockDotCom - https://www.youtube.com/user/GrahamHancockDotCom
David Wilcock | Divine Cosmos (OFFICIAL) - https://www.youtube.com/user/davidwilcock333
Paul Begley - https://www.youtube.com/user/paulbegley34
FADE TO BLACK Radio - https://www.youtube.com/user/KJCRFadeToBlack
Bright Insight - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsIlJ9eYylZQcyfMOPNUz9w
L. A. Marzulli - https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLamarzulli
School For Prophets - https://www.youtube.com/user/AttilaKakarott
Amazing Discoveries Africa - https://www.youtube.com/user/SieleDiensAfrika
Resonance Science Foundation - https://www.youtube.com/user/ResonanceIS
Brien Foerster - https://www.youtube.com/user/brienfoerster
UFOTV On Demand - https://www.youtube.com/user/UFOTVstudios
metaRising - https://www.youtube.com/user/metaRising
This one is more my style and I was pleased to see some of you share my interest in cross-fertilizing biassed local news with far-off points-of-view. This is a healthy way to balance the crazy in the world. I *am* recommending some of the below, but your mileage may vary
Reddit's change my view - https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/
Chinese Global times - https://www.globaltimes.cn/index.html
China CGTN - https://www.cgtn.com/
South China Morning Post - https://www.scmp.com/news/asia
The Japan Times - https://www.japantimes.co.jp/
Japan Today - https://japantoday.com/ [particularly the user's comments -- they are often thoughtful...ya gotta love ex-pats!]
Russia Today - https://www.rt.com/
Al Jazeera News - https://www.aljazeera.com/middle-east
Gulf news - https://gulfnews.com/
GCC News - https://www.arabianbusiness.com/gcc
UK Column - https://www.ukcolumn.org/
Korean Herald - http://www.koreaherald.com/
The Internet Archives news archives - https://archive.org/details/tvarchive
(records as many news channels as it can and transcribes them which makes it all searchable. This is a powerful means to search much of what is happening in the moment in order to form a better picture (backed with actual data) of what is happening)
Wikipedia's News Portal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events
(helpful when you just what to know what happened (chronological description), without the garbage reporting/opinions)
Coast to Coast AM - https://www.coasttocoastam.com/
Graham Hancock website - https://grahamhancock.com/
Some members mentioned these links/sources:
whatreallyhappened.com - https://www.whatreallyhappened.com/
Information Clearing House - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
Lew Rockwell - https://www.lewrockwell.com/
I am putting these linktree links here because they branch into many directions and are hard to categorize
https://linktr.ee/PatriotMap
https://linktr.ee/Truth_seeker86
Whale - http://whale.to
https://the-eye.eu/
https://www.crystalinks.com/conspiracies.html
or just the general list of awesome links:
https://www.crystalinks.com/directory.html
What a monumental thread! Thanks so much for putting it together. I am sure many will find it very useful.
I totaly agree with TheCorsair00..!!
indeed very useful!
Thanks!