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Originally Posted by Bucco
You should really read before typing.
First, there is no longer an Ombudsman at the Times, and it only existed for a few years.
Interesting, it was created as a result of the Blair incident (plagiarism) to correct an incident of bad reporting. The only other paper who had an Ombudsman was the Washington Post, and that also was an attempt to insure accuracy., and both papers have found other ways to insure accuracy in reporting. They take reporting news accuretly very serious and have been shown the last years to be just that...accurate. Perfect ? Nobody is, but I read multiple sources each day, so I think I can judge truth, and it always plays out.
Those who constantly yell "fake" at the media are 99% proven wrong, so I am comfortable.
But the subject is Daily Sun. I take it for what it is,......news wise, low expectations, knowing the incredible bias, and enjoy it. I don't complain. Believe me, Daily Sun has a national reputation.
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My wife and I are more-or-less satisfied Daily Sun subscribers. It may be "news lite" but for years now I've gone to foreign sources for serious news, particularly national/international news, and preferably sources without a dog in the fight at hand. Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan News) for anything in Asia; their coverage is amazingly complete when compared to virtually any American medium. For Europe, all European capitals and many other cities have English-language editions of their newspapers, many of which are better and more complete sources than their American counterparts. Even al-Jazeera appears to have higher reporting standards than a lot of American outlets.
The Daily Sun isn't much different from many American outlets in that their "news" seems to be heavily AP. Going beyond that, however, the Sun does an admirable job on regional news and the local stuff; Villages news, current events, things like that. But I knew that before I subscribed. I knew the product I would be getting and am satisfied with it.
We've come (sunk?) a long way since the time when Uncle Walter was the most trusted man in America.