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Beowulf
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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
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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
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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
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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
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FROM DA WOLF WEB!

WHERE ELSE WOULD I GET IT?!

12/3/2009 5:23:09 AM

JCASHFAN
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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
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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
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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
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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
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i read drudge and huffington and split the difference

12/3/2009 9:23:25 AM

Lumex
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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
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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
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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
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"kitco for gold-related news"


...tf?

12/3/2009 10:26:23 AM

Socks``
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I have no clue what's in the news. I mostly make shit up.

12/3/2009 10:28:04 AM

Shaggy
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^ + el reg

12/3/2009 10:29:43 AM

d357r0y3r
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"...tf?"


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
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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
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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
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welcome back, dnl

12/3/2009 12:03:26 PM

pack_bryan
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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
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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

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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
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-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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"welcome back, dnl"


lulz.

12/6/2009 12:47:59 PM

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