Beowulf All American 681 Posts user info edit post |
and post a quick statement on how you view each of them...i'll go first...please feel free to add some, thats the point!
websites: http://www.nytimes.com check this 3 or 4 times a day. usually has more indepth info that the AP articles that are all over yahoo http://www.washingtonpost.com check this 2 or 3 times a day. i just consider it the lesser of nyt/wp. usually if i'm looking for a story in nyt and i don't see it, i see if wp has something new about it http://www.drudgereport.com- i view this as pretty conservative. the ads make me want to gag. a lot of the links go to breitbart, which i had never heard of before DR. and lately it seems really slow. i only recently decided to bookmark it for regular use http://www.huffingtonpost.com- obviously this is like 95% positive coverage for liberals. it has a lot of entertainment news thats good, and tons of embeds(i love sites with lots of embeds of stuff i'll probably like). they announce nude or risque photos all the time. plus lots of daily show/colbert clips http://www.realclearpolitics.com- i use this as my site for just finding a lot of various things. i haven't been clicking as many links as i use to, but i still use it. this is usually the catalyst for finding my way onto wsj. which i have a hard time putting any stock into, because i know rupert murdoch owns it. but i'll be frank, if i had the choice between news papers, i'd read wsj over wp or usa today http://www.politico.com- not as much positive coverage to liberals, but definitely noticable sometimes. but i like politico http://www.yahoo.com/news- outside of the newspapers and political websites, this is my news source for everything else. probably read 20-40 stories a day from here. of course some of those are on topics i've already read about(healthcare, etc)...i just read them to make sure theres nothing the other story left out.
tv. i don't watch much tv, this is what i can catch now. if you all know of other shows with episodes online post them!
meet the press this week face the nation fox news sunday I wish i got PBS, Marko was talking about it in a thread the other day and it really made me wish I had PBS.
newspapers
news and observer- i heard from someone on here once that it was fairly liberal leaning. I view it more as the "best local paper here", and its provided at work. usa today- also provided at work. i love the 50 state thing where theres 1 or 2 little facts about the goings on in every state in the union, plus a few territories i think. this is my least favorite of the big 4(usa today, wall street journal, washingtonpost, nyt)
in that order. i watch purely based on quality of show and ease of use. except i watch fox last deliberately.
other websites i've heard of are the atlantic, thehill, thenationalreview, weekly standard, mcclatchy(which i like when i catch it but yahoo doesn't have a lot of it, but i see it on drudge and RCP sometimes too), CSM(which I don't really feel is a good news source), reuters(which i like but don't read much anymore), NPR(national public radio) which i heard is US biased(lol, mambagrl) and very liberal. I've heard of dailykos, but i think they are the kinda ppl like moveon that do more harm than good to the democratic party.
any general comments, suggestions, links, etc? Hope this thread gets some traction...
[Edited on December 3, 2009 at 3:59 AM. Reason : newspapers]
[Edited on December 3, 2009 at 4:02 AM. Reason : dailykos] 12/3/2009 3:53:34 AM |
0EPII1 All American 42541 Posts user info edit post |
too lazy to write [words], so here are links:
http://www.bbcnews.com http://www.edition.cnn.com http://www.skynews.com http://www.antiwar.com http://www.commondreams.org
On TV:
BBC World CNN International Sky News 12/3/2009 4:11:10 AM |
Supplanter supple anteater 21831 Posts user info edit post |
A lot of my free time to get news in depth is in the car, so I get a lot through the radio. NPR/WUNC/BBC (depending on time of day), WCHL 1360AM (a local news station mostly for Orange County but has some triangle area focus too sometimes, & they carry CBS radio news on the hour).
I've got CNN.com & MSNBC.com book marked if I want to follow up on an interesting story I hear somewhere else. Usually WRAL.com for weather related stuff & news14.com sometimes too b/c they're statewide & break it down by region so it is easy to find a story for a particular area, & nbc17.com. But I usually news websites to follow up on when I hear about something interesting in conversation, or see it here on tdub, or on bluenc.com, or orangepolitics.com or the like. I pick up the occasional physical copy of the indy, & look at school newspapers online too, or look at the N&O online, but less so than the other online news sources. 12/3/2009 4:33:58 AM |
HockeyRoman All American 11811 Posts user info edit post |
morning - Brad & Britt on 101.1 and/or Morning Edition on NPR. If I am near a tv I see how hot Robin Meade is that particular morning and what she's talking about and sometimes Fox and Friends if I know they will be bitching and whining about something or I need a good laugh. afternoon/evening - NPR: All Things Considered and Marketplace on the rare occasion I take the truck to work - Alan Colmes and/or BBC 2am - Rachel Maddow and switching over to Glenn Beck during commercials 5am - Bill O'reilly until he gets to be obnoxious. yahoo is my homepage so whatever is on there I usually see first.
On my own time via the interwebs - On the Media and Science Friday. Some of you may not consider them "news" but they usually have topics pertinent to current events. 12/3/2009 5:00:46 AM |
BridgetSPK #1 Sir Purr Fan 31378 Posts user info edit post |
FROM DA WOLF WEB!
WHERE ELSE WOULD I GET IT?! 12/3/2009 5:23:09 AM |
JCASHFAN All American 13916 Posts user info edit post |
I don't have a lot of free time to play with so most of my news is on the go.
Podcasts Wall Street Journal This Morning NPR Talk of the Nation Opinion Page NPR It's All Politics NPR Science Friday the Economist CFR.org (there are more, but they're more learning and less actual "news")
Twitter Wall Street Journal Politico Bloomberg News Feed AfPak Channel
TV (basic cable only) Local News Fox News (yes, Fox News) CSPAN 12/3/2009 7:35:23 AM |
Solinari All American 16957 Posts user info edit post |
listen to NPR all day: foundation of my news knowledge and provides my general news awareness links from drudgereport: supplements what I know of the news opinionjournal.com: provides context and analysis
[Edited on December 3, 2009 at 7:47 AM. Reason : s] 12/3/2009 7:45:47 AM |
God All American 28747 Posts user info edit post |
Morning breakfast: CNN (they're the only ones who actually do "two anchors reading the news" instead of dumbass "The View" style punditry)
Morning drive: NPR (National/Local News and Morning Edition)
Day: Message Boards and Google News
Evening drive: NPR (National/Local News and All Things Considered)
Evening: The Daily Show 12/3/2009 8:56:59 AM |
d357r0y3r Jimmies: Unrustled 8198 Posts user info edit post |
Internet only, really. Google news, drudgereport, politico, breitbart, WSJ, bloomberg, kitco for gold-related news. I read stuff on mises.org, lewrockwell, zerohedge, and some other sites, but I wouldn't really call that "news." I get linked to a lot of other news sites throughout the day, but I don't necessarily "visit" those sites on a regular basis. 12/3/2009 9:02:41 AM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
i read drudge and huffington and split the difference 12/3/2009 9:23:25 AM |
Lumex All American 3666 Posts user info edit post |
Public Radio iPhone app iGoogle's news gadget dailytech.com digg Slate's "The Fray" forum for commentary
I don't do much web-surfing at home, and I watch maybe 1-2 hours of TV a week. I'm not really a "newsie". 12/3/2009 9:25:44 AM |
HockeyRoman All American 11811 Posts user info edit post |
My problem with news cycles is that when there is a big story of extremely little real importance (e.g. this damned Tiger Woods things) it becomes inescapable. 12/3/2009 9:43:37 AM |
jwb9984 All American 14039 Posts user info edit post |
NPR foxnews.com CNN.com drudgereport huff post nytimes.com washingtonpost.com occasionally try to catch shep smith NBC nightly news daily show and colbert espn TWW! 12/3/2009 9:52:10 AM |
God All American 28747 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "kitco for gold-related news" |
...tf?12/3/2009 10:26:23 AM |
Socks`` All American 11792 Posts user info edit post |
I have no clue what's in the news. I mostly make shit up. 12/3/2009 10:28:04 AM |
Shaggy All American 17820 Posts user info edit post |
^ + el reg 12/3/2009 10:29:43 AM |
d357r0y3r Jimmies: Unrustled 8198 Posts user info edit post |
It's pretty easy to understand, man. Just go to the website. As with all commodities or stocks, there's a lot of news that comes out that can potentially cause fluctuation in prices.
[Edited on December 3, 2009 at 11:53 AM. Reason : ]12/3/2009 11:53:10 AM |
God All American 28747 Posts user info edit post |
Why do you need to know about gold-related news? Do you have a stockpile in your bunker? 12/3/2009 11:54:32 AM |
d357r0y3r Jimmies: Unrustled 8198 Posts user info edit post |
I wish. I do own some, and I want to buy more, and you should too. For instance, if a story came out that a certain central bank was about to sell off tons of gold, that might indicate a good buying opportunity coming up. 12/3/2009 11:57:14 AM |
tschudi All American 6195 Posts user info edit post |
welcome back, dnl 12/3/2009 12:03:26 PM |
pack_bryan Suspended 5357 Posts user info edit post |
Huffington Post Al Jazeera in English Daily kos Americablog.com BBC News LA Times Tehran Times Daily Drudge Report New York Times Peoples Republic of China online Boston Globe El Pais
I'm sure one of those sticks out like a sore thumb to some of you.
[Edited on December 3, 2009 at 1:07 PM. Reason : chinese characters failed] 12/3/2009 1:06:32 PM |
cheeze All American 892 Posts user info edit post |
google news; i figure the aggregation of multiple papers helps mitigate some of the bias from either side. 12/3/2009 1:07:20 PM |
mrfrog ☯ 15145 Posts user info edit post |
Recently I've become addicted to
http://www.businessinsider.com/
They're rag-tag and like to throw punches. On top of that they kind of have a nerdy economist-y side. 12/3/2009 1:14:38 PM |
PinkandBlack Suspended 10517 Posts user info edit post |
-buy gold -push for return to gold standard -watch the crazy deflation/race to find more gold/return to panic economies of the 19th century -live like a mad supervillain for the rest of your life as you and private, non-transparent banks control the money supply (at least we have the power to audit the fed, good luck doing that to Citibank when you get rid of the regulatory structure, not that you care but hey).
anyway, off-topic...i'm a big newsie
-WVTF 89.7 Radio, NPR Talk, BBC News (most-used source, stream this at work) -The Roanoke Times online -Richmond Times-Dispatch online -Star City Harbinger -Public Knowledge (media, internet, tech watchdog) -EFF -CNET -Dollars and Sense blog (which actually aggregates quite a bit of stuff from places like Naked Capitalist) -Curious Capitalist blog (Justin Fox+Barbara Kiviat at Time Magazine online) -Wonkette (for laughs) -Daily Show/Colbert -WDBJ 7-Roanoke, Va (local news+CBS News) -CBS Sportsline -ESPN Radio
and I read sources I don't always agree w/ but respect, too.
-American Conservative (very smart, would be better if they ditched the nativist slant) -Reason (good civil liberties stuff and sometimes smart on the economy, but too arrogant and Ayn Rand-obsessed usually) -Washington Examiner (the conservative DC paper not owned by Moonies) -New York Post (garbage tabloid but hey, we all need junk food) -Washington Post (Charles Krathhammer is actually a slimy Vogon and George Will is a bit silly but they're smart and actually one of the better things about the Post no matter how bad they get)
I don't watch cable news because it gives me seizures. 12/3/2009 1:21:29 PM |
RedGuard All American 5596 Posts user info edit post |
My general sources of news: Washington Post - (paper and web) I subscribe to it and read the online edition. Best coverage of the greusome inner workings of politics inside the beltway. Excellent Pentagon coverage. Also, it's my local paper. Enjoy EJ Dionne and Anne Applebaum's columns. NY Times - (web) Intelligently written. Slightly left leaning in my opinion, but still an excellent source of news. I usually read Brooks, Herbert, Kristof and Krugman's columns. NPR & PRI - (radio) One of my favorite sources of news. ATC, Morning Edition, and Marketplace Drudge Report - (web) Right-wing bias, but they publish so many entertaining articles, I can't help myself. BBC - (web) Good Western but not American coverage. Al Jazeera English - (web) Good for a non-western, Muslim perspective. Probably the best third world coverage. Politico - (web) Great for the die hard, gory details of the great Federal soap opera.
Magazines: Aviation Week & Space Technology Economist - Had to give up my subscription though because I had no time to read it with school
Sources when interesting things happen in East Asia: Chosun Ilbo (English edition) Donga Ilbo (English edition) Hankyoreh (English edition) - For the amusing, leftist Korean perspective Mainichi Shinbun (English edition) The People's Daily (English edition) - Because pseudo-commies need love too
RSS Feeds: Small Wars Journal War is Boring The Great Satan's Girlfriend Wings Over Iraq Ares (AWST's defense blog) China Defense Mashup Flight Blogger (Seattle PI's aerospace blog) James Wallace Aerospace Blog Cranky Flier One Free Korea Daily NK ROK Drop
Never watch TV news. 12/3/2009 11:58:44 PM |
Solinari All American 16957 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "My problem with news cycles is that when there is a big story of extremely little real importance (e.g. this damned Tiger Woods things) it becomes inescapable." |
what the crap are you talking about? I listen to NPR all the time and have barely heard a peep about it...12/4/2009 12:10:30 AM |
Pupils DiL8t All American 4960 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "if you all know of other shows with episodes online post them" |
Bill Moyers Journal http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/archives/archives.php
Frontline http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/12/4/2009 4:14:36 PM |
SandSanta All American 22435 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "My problem with news cycles is that when there is a big story of extremely little real importance (e.g. this damned Tiger Woods things) it becomes inescapable" |
Don't get your news from entertainment television?12/4/2009 5:34:13 PM |
joe_schmoe All American 18758 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "welcome back, dnl" |
lulz.12/6/2009 12:47:59 PM |