How Do You Get Your News?

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:11 am

So... I don't have TV, and thus get my daily dose of news going through the Google News headlines almost every day. I see a lot of stuff there that isn't discussed here even though it seems like it would normally fit in (like the R&R Austerity report being flawed, or the Kermit Gosnell trial). So I'm just curious... How do you guys get your news?

Count Arioch the 28th · Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:32 am

Here. Also Encyclopedia Dramatica.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:07 am

Huffington post, snippets of linking around, the cable news channels at work, when I'm passing through, workplace gossip, facebook...

Juton · Post by **Juton** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:22 am

I go to a few sites every few days, in no particular order cbc.ca, reddit.com, drudgereport.com, alternet, antiwar, truthout, wsws, zerohedge. I try and get a variety of perspectives because every site has bias.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:58 am

Mostly through NPR. Secondly, a combination of whatever is linked on Rational Wiki and what I see here.

I've learned to be cautious when reading the Huffington Post, particularly on matters regarding science. I tend to agree with them politically, but they seem way too quick to jump onto pseudo science conspiracy theories, and to dramatically exaggerated the findings of reports (that they're at least kind enough to link in their articles).

Josh_Kablack · Post by **Josh_Kablack** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:42 pm

Mainly Brief glimpses at Google news and occasional link following from news stories I actually read.

Supplemented by subscriptions to

The Pittsburgh Post Gazette - a local daily with very heavy local-boosterism biased and often falsely accused of left-leaning bias from the sort of people who think an endorsement of Obama is treason.
The Economist - a international news magazine that puts on airs of having deep insights while trying to puff up the bitcoin bubble and pretending that Thatcher fought for freedom instead of against the right of mere citizens to vote.
The Pittsburgh City Paper - local alternative newsweekly. This one actually does have a very mild left leaning bias and advocates for such rabble rousing causes as police accountability, regulation of predatory mortgages and mechanisms to reduce political corruption. However it's only weekly, it has but a few columnists and it is heavily beholden to local bars, restaurants, concert promoters and the beer and tobacco companies which promote local concerts. That results in frequent mixed messages. For example, their disdain for the local Poured Drink tax to fund Mass Transit but fevered support for the Regional Asset District Tax to fund Stadiums to benefit corporate overlords.

Plus irregular viewings of The Daily Show and Colbert Report -- but I'm honestly unsure if those should count as news or not.

Whatever · Post by **Whatever** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:58 pm

The Economist used to be worth reading, but the quality has been down in recent years. There's a lot less international coverage and lot more soapboxing. It was worth reading back when it had relatively unbiased US coverage, but now their US coverage is as slanted as their UK coverage.

I try to check google news pretty frequently, although I've removed a few sections (sports, entertainment, health, business). I also get some news here, a bunch of liberal-leaning stuff from facebook friends, and a bunch of conservative/libertarian stuff from my few friends who tweet.

K · Post by K » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:17 pm

Yeh, the Economist has gone to crap.

I go to:

New York Times for any hard news and opinion.

Huffington post aggregates a lot of news from other sources and that's good for things like recent bombings.

Slate, Salon, and the Atlantic for interesting and often biased takes on things and human interest stuff.

New Scientist for science news. Very cool.

Io9 for sci-fi news.

Daily Show is online for free on Hulu and on their own site, so you can keep up on the basics from just that.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:35 pm

Josh_Kablack wrote: Plus irregular viewings of The Daily Show and Colbert Report -- but I'm honestly unsure if those should count as news or not.

Numerous polls place them at 2nd place for viewers being able to answer questions about current events.

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:37 pm

I have a subscription to New York Times, both the online and dead tree edition, so that's what I normally go through.

I also supplement it with ThinkProgress and Talkingpointsmemo. For economic stuff I go to Krugman's Blog and New Economic Perspectives. Occasionally I'll read stuff from Bruce Barlett, Erza Klein, and David Brooks (I know, I know

). I use those three to get the opinion of 'establishment' center-right, center-left, and faux-centrists.

I'm a broke-ass bastard, so no television.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:30 pm

TV, Radio, Here, Tech-News-Sites . .

K · Post by K » Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:35 pm

Also slashdot. That has some really great tech news.

Korgan0 · Post by **Korgan0** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:38 pm

A lot of the people I follow on tumblr regularly post news from a very left perspective, and I supplement that with BBC news and occasionally the New York Times.

Ikeren · Post by **Ikeren** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:29 am

Facebook, Reddit/true, the main pages of New York Times and BBC for serious stuff, Salon and Slate for less serious stuff, Jezebel for things going on in Feminism, actually in print is only The Economist (I think it's slid, but it hasn't slid far enough that it isn't as good as, say, the New York Times.) Also, The New Yorker's longform articles always seem to catch my eye as being exceptionally good.

Josh_Kablack · Post by **Josh_Kablack** » Wed May 01, 2013 10:22 pm

Maybe I should just watch Fox News or read Mike Mearls:

Economist April 27th-May3rd 2013 Issue, Page 12 wrote: Youth unemployment is often at its worst in countries with rigid labour markets. Cartelised industries, high taxes on hiring, strict rules about firing, high minimum wages: all these help condemn young people to the street corner. South Africa has some of the highest unemployment south of the Sahara, in part because it has powerful trade unions and rigid rules about hiring and firing. Many countries in the arc of youth unemployement have high minimum wages and heavy taxes on labour. India has around 200 laws on work and pay.

That's the standard Chicago/Austrian/Austerian/Murdochian/Norquestian Emporer's No-clothes party-line bullshit backed by vague weasel-word generalities.Where it lost me is the very next paragraph

Deregulating labour markets is thus central to tacklick youth unemployement. But it will not be enough on its own. Briain has a flexible labour market and high youth unemployent.

In other words, "High youth unemployment means that we should get rid of minimum wage, unions, job-safety regulations, and allow currently wrongful terminations, because doing exactly that has not reduced youth unemployment in Britain."

Blasted · Post by **Blasted** » Wed May 01, 2013 11:41 pm

abc.net.au

I also use a variety of global news services such as bbc, aj, etc.
I like globalmail and crikey for interesting commentary, and theconversation is excellent for getting actual expert opinion.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Thu May 02, 2013 1:14 am

I generally go with the BBC and AJ.

I used to read bits of news.com.au at work just for things like "Florida Man caught wandering naked and drunk through apartment complex" or "Dog shoots man in ass" or "Cool science thing which may or may not lead to something, but it's still cool".

But then it pissed me off when it did an article about how women are unhappy because of easy sex being an option and because they're not getting married and pumping babies out. I decided that bullshit was enough. Bonus points for them quoting Tony Abbot and claiming them to be words of fucking wisdom.

nockermensch · Post by **nockermensch** » Fri May 03, 2013 1:20 am

BBC, Salon, Wikinews and The Onion for international news (never underestimate The Onion). I read local leftist news too, but I figure most of you won't benefit from those urls.

Of general interest, I've been thinking about getting a subscription from those guys, on the grounds that the world needs more gonzo reporting, and because I miss reading the War Nerd columns.

Aharon · Post by **Aharon** » Sun May 05, 2013 2:23 pm

Spiegel Online (Spiegel.de) for german news, futurity.org for science related news, local newspapers (rarely) for local news, the archive of the german legislature for news on upcoming laws that might affect me personally or my work.

Amethyst_Butterfly · Post by **Amethyst_Butterfly** » Thu May 23, 2013 11:36 pm

I usually get my news from various places on the internet, msn.com and news.myway.com

I have a TV, but I hate watching the news on there. I prefer to read it in 30 seconds versus watch them blunder through it for 45 minutes. That, and I just don't have much time - I haven't even been posting here as much as I wanted to due to a lack of free time.

nockermensch · Post by **nockermensch** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 10:12 pm

BTW, I went and got a signed in for http://www.nsfwcorp.com/. Good stuff so far, but I'm still to receive the first physical copy.