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I am curious to see where you guys usually get your news. Do you follow one specific news network (CNN) or do you just follow a news aggregate (Drudge Report), or do you do both? We don't need a whole laundry list of every newspaper/magazine/etc that you have read. These are just ones that you actually check regularly. Here are ones that I will check multiple times a day and all throughout the day: Drudge Report Berliner Zeitung (German) Washington Post LA Times These are ones that I check only a few times a week: MSNBC BBC News Die Welt (German) But that is basically it, besides my university paper. I use to read Kommersant on a daily basis but then they changed it to Russian only.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 17:23 |
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| # ? Nov 22, 2009 10:51 |
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In terms of most amount of time spent watching/listening/reading: BBC. Both World News (on PBS for most though I  have ways of getting the full channel) and the UK/domestic product.The Guardian (UK) The New York Times Channel 4 / ITV (UK, more British-focused than BBC at times) NPR Globe & Mail Sometimes I will also watch Canadian news, although less frequently since their politics are pretty dull at the moment and CBC just killed their 24 hour cable news stream the other month. If there is hot poo poo going on in Parliament, put it just below BBC, and there isn't put it with NPR. I keep trying to like The National but run into how they organize the news based on where it came from instead of how many people are affected. That means on days when Ottawa is nearly inactive you'll see Canadian bears making GBS threads in Canadian woods can top an American disaster. Craptacular! fucked around with this message at Nov 04, 2009 around 17:38 |
| # ? Nov 04, 2009 17:35 |
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For daily british news The BBC and The Guardian put all their stuff online and have a good content:fluff ratio, I check one or the other each day. For comment Lenin's Tomb takes a wildly divergent line to most of my regular sources, and quite convincingly too. It's a blog, so it's a mix of editorial and second-hand sources for the international stuff, but I read it every week and it nearly always changes my mind about something or other. Some good recent articles: Royal Mail Strike, The Rwandan Civil War, The Banking Crisis and 1989. Liberal Conspiracy is something of a guilty pleasure, it has a bit more on high-level political appointments and such, but also a lot of boring inter-blog stuff, and it's a bit heavy on the analysis side. For International News, IPS was posted in LF by Henry Krinkle recently, its excellent if a bit overwhelming at times, mostly focuses on human rights and development issues. Al-jazeera is a bit more manageable and that's what I've been using previously.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 18:17 |
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The Daily Show The Colbert Report Fark.com And here....
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 18:23 |
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Every morning I watch the first third of the recorded The Daily Show from last night. On the drive to work I listen to the national news broadcast, followed by the local news broadcast, followed by Morning Edition on NPR. At lunch I watch the rest of last night's The Daily Show. On the drive home I listen to the national news broadcast, followed by the local news broadcast, followed by All Things Considered on NPR. I get little news bits during the day from these forums and news.google.com.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 18:27 |
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NPR, WaPo, NYT, a collection of websites of papers from around the country. Political info from TPM. I find blog sites like DKos and DU useful because they often have a diary that spotlights a particular story I had missed elsewhere (rarely for the blogs themselves or the comments of much use). I then read the original article and skip the blog. Bonddad's blog for some economic insight. Sciencedaily for science news. John Cole's Balloon Juice blog for more political commentary/entertainment. The Inquirer or The Register for IT news. The Atlantic occasionally has some good stuff. If nothing else, it's always fun to laugh at whatever Megan McArdle has written. Salon and Slate are occasionally interesting. Glenn Greenwald is always good for some left-wing reactionary hysteria that is sometimes worth reading. Wired is usually good for something snarky, as well. I cast a pretty wide net. I don't take anyone very seriously.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 18:44 |
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NPR All Things Considered Morning Edition To The Point The World On The Media PBS NewsHour Frontline BBC World Service World News America EDIT: How the hell could I forget The Daily Show and The Colbert Report? Al Jazeera English Talking Points Memo Five Thirty Eight D&D/LF Occasional NY Times/WaPo/CS Monitor/Local Papers Solkanar512 fucked around with this message at Nov 04, 2009 around 21:39 |
| # ? Nov 04, 2009 19:41 |
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NPR: Morning Edition Fresh Air All Things Considered Internet: Wherever D&D/LF link to. Sometimes I click through facebook stories from organizations like RAN and Mobilization for Health Care for All.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 19:56 |
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NPR - on the way to work, at lunch, on the way home: Morning Edition Kojo Nnamdi show Wait Wait (meta news) Marketplace All Things Considered The World  Science Friday TV: Daily Show Colbert Report Occasionally Maddow/Keith Randomly watch CNN sometimes Internets: D&D crap DKos (mostly for the environment diaries and random polls) Lots of LBGT blogs/publications Other: Skeptics Guide to the Universe podcast
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 20:56 |
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The Huffington Post, Associated Press and Reuter's Iphone Apps (they're free, you should get them) Pat Buchanan's website (on some issues, like foreign policy and Israel-Palestine). CounterPunch Oh, and the Daily Show.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 21:05 |
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NPR runs an awesome show every now and then called the Barber Shop that deals with issues facing the African American community, and it's most excellent. All the other NPR shows people listed. Colbert and Stewart. SomethingAwful.com
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 21:22 |
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The SA forums (obviously the most reliable) Wikinews (also super reliable) BBC world news (a decent channel) Deutsch Welle TV (Who doesn't love germans?)
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 21:40 |
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Mostly here, TPM and Politico, and maybe MSNBC.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 21:44 |
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I get good deals on BusinessWeek and the WSJ through school, so I generally just rely on those. The forums are a great source as well.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 22:06 |
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I will generally browse Google news and/or watch BBC America. I used to watch the Daily show when I thought he equally bashed the ridiculousness of politicians and mass media. However, lately it seems that he just bashes conservatives and Fox News with a sparse quip about Obama every now and then...
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 22:19 |
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NPR, al-Jazeera and HenryKrinkle's twitter feed
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 22:25 |
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The Daily Rotten, and that's pretty much it.
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| # ? Nov 05, 2009 03:41 |
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Theres a lot of quality news sources out there still surprisingly, but most americans just simply don't know about them. I love NPR and PBS, NY times occassionally as it's probably the best paper still in print. I also love al-jazeera, though I always forget to check it. For science related stuff, physorg.com rules and carry all sorts of stuff and I try to check that daily for inspiration. At night we get this program called The Global Report on our public access, and it's basically an independent news type program that's actually pretty decent as they show pretty much everything that goes on around the world that somehow never made the corporate press. It can be really shocking sometimes seeing some pretty crazy stuff that happened that should be really important news but doesn't appear on CNN/MSNBC/FOX etc.
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| # ? Nov 05, 2009 03:54 |
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On the recommendation of Chalmers Johnson, I visit antiwar.com, which, obviously, only covers war-related issues, on which they're extremely well-informed. It's also a kind of news-aggregate for news stories relating to war and occupation.
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| # ? Nov 05, 2009 03:56 |
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Digg, usually. On off days, there's a lot of "OMG LOOK AT THIS CUTE PUPPY/KITTY/ANTEATER" kind of bullshit, but whenever something interesting happens it's sure to be on the front page.
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| # ? Nov 05, 2009 03:59 |
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Google News, Fark, Drudge Report, Instapundit, and for local stuff, the WCCO website.
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| # ? Nov 05, 2009 04:07 |
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When it's functioning (sometimes it just never loads), I use http://www.newsmap.jp to find stories, along with BBC News website and occasionally the NY Times website.
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| # ? Nov 05, 2009 04:14 |
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I usually just watch the local news, usually whatever is on the NBC here. Yahoo and AOL and whatever they link to for the net. I probably will start listening to NPR again on the early drives to work coming up this winter.
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| # ? Nov 05, 2009 04:59 |
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BBC, NYT and NPR for general news. MarketWatch and SeekingAlpha for econ stuff.
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| # ? Nov 05, 2009 05:09 |
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My local paper and Something Awful. I try my best to stay uninformed these days, makes my life much happier and easier to live.
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| # ? Nov 05, 2009 06:30 |
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Daily Show/Cobert just to get a sense of what's going on, which I'll follow up on actual news sites (CNN, MSNBC) if I hear something interesting. NPR during work especially morning edition and all things considered. (My most trusted source.) When bored I check HuffPo and Drudge to see what both sides are currently up to/who's spinning what but both are huge grain o' salt sites. Micheal Moore's website for cathartic liberal rage when I get too down about it all. And of course DND. VVVV- NPR.org streams 24hrs and you can listen to specific stories and programs. mistaya fucked around with this message at Nov 05, 2009 around 06:41 |
| # ? Nov 05, 2009 06:32 |
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Funny thing, when I wanted to get news on the elections, I decided to go here instead of watching the 24-hour news drivel. I refuse to watch any of those channels. CNN and MSNBC have the whole "forced balance" thing to it, and Fox News is Fox News. When I'm at college, here and Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert. When I'm not busy I also watch The News Hour and BBC World News, since our college is nice enough to have BBC America. At home, add NPR to that list. I have no idea where the NPR station is at college.
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| # ? Nov 05, 2009 06:35 |
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On TV I watch NBC Nightly News while I'm making dinner and later on The News Hour. Online I check out Drudge, Fark and Google News. For local perspective and Minnesota news I check the Minnesota Public Radio website and listen to the Midday and Policast podcasts. At night I listen to the BBC World Service while I fall asleep. As an extra benefit British accents and cricket scores really help with insomnia.
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| # ? Nov 05, 2009 08:06 |
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Google News (customized for Navy articles 'cause I'm a super-diggit) Arizona Daily Wildcat (College paper) Tucson Fox News (never anything good) AZCentral (sheriff Joe HAHA) Al Jazeera English Fox \ CBS |-> all I check are the health and scitech articles, I've given up on the rest of this garbage CNN / Drudge Report LiveScience (ugh, I'm starting to get sick of this one)
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| # ? Nov 05, 2009 16:32 |
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BannedThriceSoFar posted:My local paper and Something Awful. I try my best to stay uninformed these days, makes my life much happier and easier to live. I know exactly what you mean.
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| # ? Nov 05, 2009 16:36 |
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70% BBC world 20% SA D&D 10% mixed al jazeera, papers, etc This forum is probably my best source of news for holy-poo poo-are-you-kidding-me type stuff that never gets big coverage on major outlets.
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| # ? Nov 05, 2009 16:56 |
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Local: Various blogs covering the political spectrum. I tend to only read what is well written, or has a unique point of view. Some of the best are Ruth Holladay's blog (Former reporter for the Indianapolis Star) and Gary Welsh's Advance Indiana, who has written extensively about the bigoted not-for-profit organization Advance America. Most of the local stations/affiliates post their stories onto their website so I don't have to tune in. I also follow them on Twitter. Indianapolis Business Journal (the best paper in town) Indianapolis Star (on a steady decline Indianapolis Recorder NUVO Newsweekly Newstalk WXNT (Fox News Radio affiliate, but they have a local guy in the morning, and I usually listen to Alan Colmes while I'm getting ready to sleep) WTLC The Light, specifically Amos Brown's show. National: I follow various New York Times and other news shows/organizations on Twitter so I can at least get the headlines. I sometimes tune into Olbermann/Maddow. Even more rarely tune into the Sunday morning news shows. International: I try to make a habit of reading the BBC, but it's a very poorly maintained habit.
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| # ? Nov 05, 2009 22:04 |
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daily: news.google.com facebook news posts newscientist.com every now and then: CNN MSNBC . . . etc.
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| # ? Nov 05, 2009 22:32 |
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Nine MSN (home page) The Australian (go out and buy an issue every day, Sat and Sunday which are combined) Time Magazine (I don't know if this is just in Australian editions, but is anyone else annoyed of the lack of verbatims in the past few weeks? I want my weekly comments, dammit!  )Ten News at 5 ABC and SBS news programs And of course, the Something Awful Forums. Hell, in GBS they're already talking about the shooting at the military base in Texas. Posters usually keep on top of current events in these forums.
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| # ? Nov 06, 2009 00:18 |
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Krakened posted:Time Magazine (I don't know if this is just in Australian editions, but is anyone else annoyed of the lack of verbatims in the past few weeks? I want my weekly comments, dammit! Seriously? That's the best part.
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| # ? Nov 06, 2009 00:53 |
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I have a well culled Twitter feed that I check daily. I check my google news every once and a while. I listen to pretty much every podcast Leo Laporte does for my consumer tech news, and I watch the Daily Show and Colbert Report for political stuff. I check SA and Slashdot once or twice a day too. Network TV news, newspapers, and radio are garbage. Edit: I also listen to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe, This Week in Science, and Astronomy cast podcasts. Rutibex fucked around with this message at Nov 06, 2009 around 04:41 |
| # ? Nov 06, 2009 04:37 |
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Rutibex posted:
If you have the chance, give NPR, BBC World Service or Al Jazeera English a shot. Not all networks are trash, but the ones that are really loving suck.
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| # ? Nov 06, 2009 08:24 |
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If you don't have cable you can watch live streams of BBC World, Al Jazeera, France 24 and several other channels via http://livestation.com/ (The video quality sucks but it's the news, who cares)
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| # ? Nov 06, 2009 12:36 |
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News: SA Reuters Mobile FOX local AM newsradio CNN BBC when traveling News with stylepoints: SA local AM newsradio Rush Levin Hannity
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| # ? Nov 06, 2009 12:57 |
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I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Democracy Now!.
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| # ? Nov 06, 2009 17:26 |
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