New! The Real News BETA.
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http://www.therealnews.com/web/index.php
New source for unbiased news
The Real News is a non-profit news and documentary network focused on providing independent and uncompromising journalism.
It won't blindly follow wire services or official press releases that attempt to set the news agenda.
The Real News does not accept funding from governments, corporations or advertising, therefore is not subjected to external pressure in news reporting.
It Â’ll have a daily hour news show for television, and a full fledged 24/7 news website.
Will require 250,000 membership support of USD10 per month to make it happen.
Can choose a one time or monthly donation online using PAYPAL.
Many SingaporeansÂ’ mentality is to want free access, so not likely to pay for the access.
LetÂ’s hope it gets at least 250,000 suckers from the US and Canada alone to make it a realityÂ…..hee, just kidding, North Americans, pls forgive and forget. -
Good link!Originally posted by googoomuck:http://www.therealnews.com/web/index.php
New source for unbiased news
The Real News is a non-profit news and documentary network focused on providing independent and uncompromising journalism.
It won't blindly follow wire services or official press releases that attempt to set the news agenda.
The Real News does not accept funding from governments, corporations or advertising, therefore is not subjected to external pressure in news reporting.
It Â’ll have a daily hour news show for television, and a full fledged 24/7 news website.
Will require 250,000 membership support of USD10 per month to make it happen.
Can choose a one time or monthly donation online using PAYPAL.
Many SingaporeansÂ’ mentality is to want free access, so not likely to pay for the access.
LetÂ’s hope it gets at least 250,000 suckers from the US and Canada alone to make it a realityÂ…..hee, just kidding, North Americans, pls forgive and forget.
People should have access to as much info as possible.
Right or wrong ? We need to depend on our brains and make the right decision.
No one should monopolise the news.
Fox network, CNN, BBC ... I have enough! -
I don't think there's such a thing as unbiased news. However, variety is indeed a way of mitigating the problems of bias in news reporting.
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Unbiased reporting also have a few flaws like lack of context. So, news consumers must not read the newspaper and watch the news passively but to analyze the news.
This picture is a chilling image of the Vietnam war.
The executioner was South Vietnam police chief Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan. The prisoner was a Vietcong.
Gen. Loan's actions were misinterpreted because of the picture, although it was reported that the prisoner was an enemy, a Vietcong.
People who saw the picture had a question in their mind, “Do we support people who do this?'"
This picutre was a part of the media presentation of the Tet Offensive that had a very big negative impact on public opinion of the Vietnam war.
Why people did not question the reason that the prisoner was shot? It turned out that the prisoner was a Vietcong captain involved in killing a policeman and his family. In a war, such execution is justified. -
Hey, what happened to the picture in the post? Someone monkeyed with it.Originally posted by googoomuck:Unbiased reporting also have a few flaws like lack of context. So, news consumers must not read the newspaper and watch the news passively but to analyze the news.
This picture is a chilling image of the Vietnam war.
The executioner was South Vietnam police chief Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan. The prisoner was a Vietcong.
Gen. Loan's actions were misinterpreted because of the picture, although it was reported that the prisoner was an enemy, a Vietcong.
People who saw the picture had a question in their mind, “Do we support people who do this?'"
This picutre was a part of the media presentation of the Tet Offensive that had a very big negative impact on public opinion of the Vietnam war.
Why people did not question the reason that the prisoner was shot? It turned out that the prisoner was a Vietcong captain involved in killing a policeman and his family. In a war, such execution is justified.
Censorship? Visual bias?
News without visuals is likely to get little attention. -
STÂ’s obsession with chasing after advertising dollars will selectively omit such news.
Well, its second-half outlook would be better than the first six months, analysts said.
http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?type=comktNews&storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20070810:MTFH77527_2007-08-10_08-56-25_BKK207831&pageNumber=0&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=HybArt-C1-ArticlePage2
Thai Shin Sat Q2 net loss more than forecasts
BANGKOK, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Thailand's Shin Satellite PCL (SATT.BK: Quote, Profile , Research) reported a worse-than-expected quarterly net loss on Friday, dragged down by higher interest income tax payments despite higher revenues.
Shin Sat, which operates IPSTAR, the world's largest broadband satellite, posted a net loss of 83 million baht ($2.4 million), or 0.08 baht per share, in the second quarter compared with a 34 million baht net loss a year earlier.
Seven analysts polled by Reuters had forecasted an average net loss of 56 million baht.
Second-quarter revenues rose 16 percent to 2.04 billion baht, boosted by IPSTAR user terminals sales in Australia and New Zealand. It sold 11,116 IPSTAR user terminals in the quarter, taking its total to 86,203.
But operating costs rose 11 percent from a year earlier to 1.8 billion baht due to marketing costs in promotions in the satellite and telephone businesses.
Shin Sat, which had $400 million in foreign debt, earned $200 million in investment gains in the quarter which would be used to repay $141 million of long-term debt, the statement said.
The firm paid 51 million baht income tax on the gains and booked a 7 percent increase in interest expenses.
Shin Sat had a foreign exchange gain of 213 million baht compared with a 146 million baht gain in the same period last year, its financial statement showed.
Its second-half outlook would be better than the first six months, due mainly to steady sales growth of IPSTAR user terminals, analysts said.
Two analysts polled by Reuters Estimates forecast the firm would make a 321 million baht net profit this year, compared with a net loss of 46 million baht a year earlier.
The firm should win more new clients overseas, especially in China and India, and sell more IPSTAR equipment, they said.
Shin Sat, which operates five satellites, was founded by ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose relatives sold their controlling stake in Shin Corp (SHIN.BK: Quote, Profile , Research), which owns 41 percent of Shin Sat, to Singapore's Temasek Holdings [TEM.UL] last year.
The firm's major rivals include Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. (1135.HK: Quote, Profile , Research) (SAT.N: Quote, Profile , Research).
At 0840 GMT, Shin Sat shares were down 1.9 percent at 10.30 baht, while the overall Thai stock market <.SETI> was down 1.57 percent. ($1=34.00 Baht)