All news sources represent the political, commercial and sectarian interests, as well as the culture, of their publishers. This means that content is carefully selected, slanted, enhanced or redacted, but never truly 'objective'. Indeed, much of what passes as 'news' in the western press and associated media is little more than a mixture of propaganda, social trivia and celebrity pap. Elsewhere, the emphasis is frequently on propagating the narrow political or religious 'party line' of a ruling clique.
Where the treatment of global and other issues does manage to transcend the publishers' interests, it still conforms to the prevailing but unwritten 'socially and politically correct' orthodoxy. Only rarely are sources and viewpoints from 'the other side' made available in uncensored or uninterpreted form.
Examples of this are a frequently lopsided coverage in the UK/US press of the current World economic situation or a one-dimensional presentation of events in Asia, Africa and, particularly, the Middle East.
This is further compounded by the very limited access for English speakers to a sufficiently wide variety of country specific original news material in English to fill the information/opinion gap.
Unless one is multilingual and prepared to spend hours surfing the net for appropriate local news sources across the Globe, it is difficult to arrive at a reasonably informed view on many issues that are of crucial Importance to us all.
THEGLOBALNEWSNET.COM provides a broad, but manageable selection of news media in ENGLISH from around the World. It offers ENGLISH speaking visitors an opportunity to experience major (and minor) world events from the varying and sometimes opposing standpoints of those most directly involved.
Being able to compare the local slant on events with the treatment these receive in their own (English) news media, English speaking visitors of this site should have a better opportunity to help formulate a more balanced view on many issues.
Users of this site, who speak additional languages, can also access our EUROPEAN NEWS (L) section which offers a wide selection of printed sources, plus live local TV and Radio coverage, all in their original language.
In addition, our 'Extras' section provides access in English to a range of online reference sources and practical utilities.
We have tried to create a no-frills, but broadly based news gateway that is uncluttered, balanced and easy to navigate, with links that are tested and updated regularly.
The News Team
Where the treatment of global and other issues does manage to transcend the publishers' interests, it still conforms to the prevailing but unwritten 'socially and politically correct' orthodoxy. Only rarely are sources and viewpoints from 'the other side' made available in uncensored or uninterpreted form.
Examples of this are a frequently lopsided coverage in the UK/US press of the current World economic situation or a one-dimensional presentation of events in Asia, Africa and, particularly, the Middle East.
This is further compounded by the very limited access for English speakers to a sufficiently wide variety of country specific original news material in English to fill the information/opinion gap.
Unless one is multilingual and prepared to spend hours surfing the net for appropriate local news sources across the Globe, it is difficult to arrive at a reasonably informed view on many issues that are of crucial Importance to us all.
THEGLOBALNEWSNET.COM provides a broad, but manageable selection of news media in ENGLISH from around the World. It offers ENGLISH speaking visitors an opportunity to experience major (and minor) world events from the varying and sometimes opposing standpoints of those most directly involved.
Being able to compare the local slant on events with the treatment these receive in their own (English) news media, English speaking visitors of this site should have a better opportunity to help formulate a more balanced view on many issues.
Users of this site, who speak additional languages, can also access our EUROPEAN NEWS (L) section which offers a wide selection of printed sources, plus live local TV and Radio coverage, all in their original language.
In addition, our 'Extras' section provides access in English to a range of online reference sources and practical utilities.
We have tried to create a no-frills, but broadly based news gateway that is uncluttered, balanced and easy to navigate, with links that are tested and updated regularly.
The News Team
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