[Snail]

Uhh... It's more likely than you think?

[Mustang19]

Actually yeah, they have a government TV network that's been spreading the truth about US imperialism through its youtube channel. If Stalin were alive today I think he'd be proud.

[JCDNWarrior]

Big problem, as almost every news outlet does, is that they share one side of the situation. RT has some pretty good reporting, but obviously fails to report on the Russian side. Same with PressTV, nice coverage and not all too untrue, but only one side. Speaking half-truths still classifies as lying, doesn't it?

But at any rate, one source can never be enough, especially if there's a dividing line.

[Mustang19]

I'm not an expert on knowing stuff but following the daily news is not a great way of learning about the world. If you want to learn about a particular topic get a book. News gives you hot anchorwomen, pretty animations and flashy logos but very little context.

[jr2]

News gives you hot anchorwomen, pretty animations and flashy logos but very little context.

QFT.  Although they can be useful for getting the scoop on the latest happenings in the world... if you can sit through their hype because they are slavering over how their ratings will jump from their getting to report this one.  :sour:

[Grizzly]

I'm not an expert on knowing stuff but following the daily news is not a great way of learning about the world. If you want to learn about a particular topic get a book. News gives you hot anchorwomen, pretty animations and flashy logos but very little context.

Read a quality newspaper. You get daily news with context.

(can't give you any good examples though, since the good newspapers I know are all dutch).

[Mustang19]

Even good newspapers like the Wall Street Journal typically give you less than a page on any issue. You learn about what's happening now but very little about the history of the situation.

[chief1983]

I'm not an expert on knowing stuff but following the daily news is not a great way of learning about the world. If you want to learn about a particular topic get a book. News gives you hot anchorwomen, pretty animations and flashy logos but very little context.

Walter Cronkite just turned over in his grave.

[Mustang19]

NATO is getting its feet deeper into the muck.

British advisers to aid rebels

Sorry for all the Yahoo News, it's the only thing I read after checking my email.

[Herra Tohtori]

Apparently, Gaddafi has been either captured or killed. There are conflicting reports in world news sources.


Will pro-Gaddafi forces continue forming resistance pockets or start a guerrilla warfare even without their leader?

[JCDNWarrior]

Given the weird and conflicting reports about Libya since the start of it all around March, it could be either or not at all. Sirte's been captured (after all the NATO bombing, perhaps flattened?) a month after the 'rebel final offensive'. I feel bad about the massive civilian casualties because of the fighting and all the other things going on. Massive deception though, so it makes it hard to say much else conclusive about all the events in Libya to date.

[Bobboau]

damnit, I was hoping to post about that :\

[General Battuta]

Haha I like how I was completely wrong about my stance on this issue back when it started

Thank **** for air support

e: oh and my buddy got released from Syrian prison, he's okay

[Luis Dias]

Well it could have been way worse.

Hopes for the best.

[zookeeper]

I guess it's not exactly confirmed yet, so hopefully he's ok.

[Herra Tohtori]

Reports seem to have started agreeing on that he's dead.

Curiously, the first source I noticed saying so was the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation's news service rather than some of the bigger ones like BBC or CNN.

[Dilmah G]

I heard it was during a firefight, can anyone confirm? If there was a contact involving Gaddafi **** must really be looking bad for the fellas. Apologies - haven't been keeping up to speed on this lately.

[Bobboau]

if by "the fellas" you mean Gaddafi's forces, then yeah, not their brightest hour.

[achtung]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/20/us-libya-gaddafi-finalhours-idUSTRE79J5Q720111020

Seems like a good summation of the reported events.

[NGTM-1R]

if by "the fellas" you mean Gaddafi's forces, then yeah, not their brightest hour.

A couple of people have suggested he delibrately sought to make himself a martyr, but, being himself, I don't think he's judged the effect that will have correctly...