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Where do you get your news from?

Posted by robertstevenson • 3/25/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: local news, national news, news, newspaper, Online, radio., TV, world news

Where do you get your world news and national news from? Do you get your local news from the same place?

(For those of you who joined my grammar discussion, yes I know I ended my question in a preposition

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3/25/08

Xight

Mostly computer/tech related news I read from Slashdot.org, techcrunch.com, engadget.com, gizmodo.com, and kotaku.com. Sometimes some other stuff that comes across StumbleUpon/Digg.

I'll read Cnn.com every once and a while when I have spare time. Its not a real priority for me though. Media seems to want to put on the news what they think is important or controversial. I think I find the UK new sites better reading than the ones in the US =P.

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1. 3/25/08
  
  Norski
  
  I see you're a specialized reader (so am I - different topics, though).
  
  About the U.K. sites: I agree, although probably for different reasons. Some have a positively (rude?) approach.
2. 3/26/08
  
  Xight
  
  I think I'll take a rude/blunt approach over a censored one sided view of things.
3/25/08

LisaT

latimes.com
cnn.com
economist.com

social and literary criticism, I get from aldaily.com

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3/25/08

pamelabaker

I get some of my news from local T.V. stations. I get my headlines from the B.B.C. news.bbc.co.uk/ and OneNews.com. If I am following a story or event, I will do a search online and read as many views as possible.

As for the grammar discussion....if you invented a grammar check like the spell check, I think you would be set for life !!!!

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1. 3/25/08
  
  Norski
  
  Online searches. Smart move. That's a good way to find articles and information that didn't make it to the front page.
2. 3/25/08
  
  robertstevenson
  
  Hey, Maybe I could assign that in one of my classes.
3/25/08

Norski

I get my news mostly from CNN.com, FOXNews.com, iht.com (International Herald Tribune: far from the worst resource for global coverage), and Google searches.

I'd stick with one source, but I've noticed that even reprints of the standard Associated Press articles are edited differently by different news outlets.

Interesting discussion topic, BTW.

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1. 3/25/08
  
  robertstevenson
  
  Thanks,
  
  I teach print journalism (used to work at a couple local dailies)and I do read newspapers, but I believe that we're heading toward a convergence. I also try to sample npr, cnn, fox.com. I'll be checking into iht.com.
3/25/08

cooper

I have pages of news sites bookmarked from a to z but if you mean the dailies I think McClatchy is the best resource around, I read paper forms of WAPO, Washington Times, New York Times and WSJ - habit as that is what my family always did.
I only watch local news routinely as far as media coverage on telly it vaires none of that great.

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3/25/08

PetLvr

besides one of my 2100 RSS feeds and my Bloglines, email and google alerts ... people posting news have been competing to be first or to pass news items along via twitter.

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1. 3/25/08
  
  robertstevenson
  
  I'm really pretty new to Forums and Blogging, but I believe strongly in their potential. Once someone establishes his or her credibility, I think they can be more powerful than traditional media. Like early US newspapers editors, (purveyors of truth - not businessmen), bloggers will help keep democracy by the people/for the people. Plus it's interactive.
3/25/08

aningeniousname

Ann Coulter and Bill O Shit head

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3/25/08

clioandme

I usually turn to the Washington Post, the New York TImes, the Christian Science Monitor, and the International Herald Tribune, but hyperlinks can lead me almost anywhere.

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3/25/08

MarkPogue

Link TV, MSNBC, linktv.org, democracynow.org, english.aljazeera.net, commondreams.org,

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3/25/08

SolReka

People get their news from Fox - hmmm lol

slashdot all the way - awesome and impartial information from some serious boffins.

I love watching the news on TV, most of it being fabricated diatribes which show how homogenized society is.

Has anyone ever heard about ITER or the Hadron Collider (LHC) two events which should be plastered all over the news The LHC could potentially create a black hole on Earth and ITER a new sun. LHC will be switched on in May this year.

Still, guess people would rather know about Mrs Jones cat which was rescued from some tree

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3/25/08

DrowseyMonkey

Damn, I was all ready with the comment re your preposition, LOL.

Well, I'm in Canada and mainly get my news from our 2 national news broadcasts on CTV and CBC. Plus I love CBC Radio. Both CBC & CTV have all-news networks and local stations, which I also watch ... and both have amazing documentary programs that cover a wide variety of national and international subjects. I also like The Globe & Mail newspaper, and MacLeans and The Wallrus (those are 2 Canadian magazines). Plus I visit all their websites from time to time as well.

I don't watch a lot of American news, but I do like some of the programs on MSNBC. I'm not a fan of CNN or Fox News. Fox has only been available here in Canada for the past few years, but you have to purchase the station ... I'd be surprised if it has many customers here. It was free for a few months, I tuned in a few times and thought I was watching a skit from a comedy show ... when I realized it was actually a news program it made me laugh even more ... then it just left me feeling kinda sad. All that yelling gets boring after a while.

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1. 3/25/08
  
  robertstevenson
  
  I was thinking of you when I wrote my little comment about the preposition. Have you ever considered being a copyeditor
2. 3/25/08
  
  DrowseyMonkey
  
  heehee ... you flatter me (or mock me ... not sure LOL) Anyway, I'm actually a terrible speller, and grammar...well it's hit & miss. But it was the first thing I thought when I saw this!
3/25/08

pamelabaker

I agree with you Robert. My brother was one of the people who went to help after "Catrina". He stood there and watched a live news report that was nothing but lies. The people off camera were shocked and questioned this but were ignored.
The more sources used, the more complete the picture.

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3/25/08

exinco

i'm using Flock browser. Flock browser 'pre installed' with latest news from various source.

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3/25/08

gosmelltheflowers

We always get our news from yahoo or google headlines or else just watch it on the tellie.

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3/25/08

gmoney

all sources are good, but must be validated

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3/25/08

jackpayne

AP Newswire.

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3/26/08

speedyeoh

I always get the news from local reporter blog and newspaper website. GOogle is the most use compare to yahoo.

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3/26/08

Shiley

From commputer I type in positive news or community service and then I write about it. I get tired of hearing about war and death.

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3/26/08

footiam

Newspapers, the Net, grapevine

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3/26/08

Nitehawk

As many RSS news feeds as I can get fed to NewsGator FeedDemon.

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3/26/08

davet

i flip flop (like politicians, lol) between fox and cnn.

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3/26/08

kaybday

I'm a news junkie plus I write news for media so I have to read a whole lot of stuff. I start with Fox and CNN (I figure one balances the other), but I also check Drudge and Google News every day. Subs to Christian Science Monitor because they still put people on ground more than any other, New Yorker 'cause it's so funny and well written, Atlantic just to see what eggheads are thinking, NewsMax, Daily Kos, American Spectator, and a whole lot of websites. I also like to call people and ask questions, something that endears me to editors who pay me peanuts mostly.

I also love Google archives. You can take a stroll through history and prove every politician in Washington waffles depending on the temperature of the iron.

best, Kay (that's a great question btw)

Damn. I forgot Wired. And for really interesting tech stuff connected to writing, Talent Zoo (I write for their subsidiary but I don't get anything extra if you go there).

Jeez. I meant to add it's perfectly fine to end a sentence with a preposition, according to most of my editors.

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1. 3/26/08
  
  robertstevenson
  
  Thanks. I look forward to visiting your blog later today.
3/26/08

Naturalwoman

www

www.valeriemorrison.net/blog

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3/26/08

riverstyxxx

Digg

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3/26/08

kristilinauer

If I'm just being lazy and want to watch the news, I'll watch Fox (although I haven't had it for two months now. I miss it.) I also enjoy my local news station.

If something catches my attention, and I want more in depth info, I go first to foxnews.com to read the entire article, then over to cnn.com to "compare notes", so to speak. Then I'll do a general search on the internet to see what info other sites have on that topic.

I also enjoy NewsMax.com but I don't make a habit of reading it daily. I'll make my way over periodically.

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3/26/08

kristilinauer

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