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What are your favorite sources of information?

Occam's Razor said:
Are you a Fox fanatic? Or an MSNBC addict? Where do you first turn for news? MSM? Ideological sites? Talk radio?

Where do you go to fact check what you hear from your news sources?

One of my goto sites since 1999 is RefDesk.com. It hasn't changed much format-wise since then, but has an amazing list of tools and reference. Kind of like the Craigslist of information. Stripdown, simple, largely devoid of ads.

As for news sources, I don't really have any trusted favorites. Google news streams news by subject to a single page and provides multiple sources for cross referencing and comparing. I don't own a TV or subscribe to cable, so blissfully, the din of hyperbole and sensationalism is low.
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The first news source that I check every day is the BBC.

I watch very little TV.
 
never from TV, occasionally from USA today, most of the time through searches either google or yahoo
 
Most of my news and information I get from NPR and my local PBS station, but occasionally during breaking news I'll tune into more mainstream outlet.
 
I primarily use Google News, Russia Today, a couple of forums including this one, and various YouTube channels. I believe that it pays well to be informed from multiple independent sources that aren't afraid to be critical of the government.
 
Basically any outlet that is deemed anti Jewish, anti capitalist, racist, or nationalist is what I trust news wise.


Any news source deemed to be fair, conservative, liberal and or progressive I stay away from.


Always trusting the demonized is a good measuring stick for what's really going on.
 
I read two Canadian/Toronto newspapers daily, one conservative - one liberal - they also offer a different view of American and World news, from a Canadian perspective. For American news, I basically only source CNN unless there's a topic of interest that I like to pursue further. For American political news, I like Real Clear Politics which covers varied views on current subjects of interest from varied sources and their own writers.
 
Occam's Razor said:
Are you a Fox fanatic? Or an MSNBC addict? Where do you first turn for news? MSM? Ideological sites? Talk radio?

Where do you go to fact check what you hear from your news sources?

One of my goto sites since 1999 is RefDesk.com. It hasn't changed much format-wise since then, but has an amazing list of tools and reference. Kind of like the Craigslist of information. Stripdown, simple, largely devoid of ads.

As for news sources, I don't really have any trusted favorites. Google news streams news by subject to a single page and provides multiple sources for cross referencing and comparing. I don't own a TV or subscribe to cable, so blissfully, the din of hyperbole and sensationalism is low.
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My own two eyes are the best source of information since I can personally verify the info.
 
carlinkid said:
My own two eyes are the best source of information since I can personally verify the info.
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I agree. however, we are all human, are we not? I like to triangulate with other POVs, so I know exactly where I am. One can float on a raft in an ocean and know he is at sea... but until you can compare your position, you can never be sure where on the sea you are.

Even the best of us is afflicted by the prejudices of our life experiences. Plus, we can't be everywhere and can't explore everything... getting information from others can be enriching. Getting information from our past is essential.
 
Occam's Razor said:
Are you a Fox fanatic? Or an MSNBC addict? Where do you first turn for news? MSM? Ideological sites? Talk radio?

Where do you go to fact check what you hear from your news sources?

One of my goto sites since 1999 is RefDesk.com. It hasn't changed much format-wise since then, but has an amazing list of tools and reference. Kind of like the Craigslist of information. Stripdown, simple, largely devoid of ads.

As for news sources, I don't really have any trusted favorites. Google news streams news by subject to a single page and provides multiple sources for cross referencing and comparing. I don't own a TV or subscribe to cable, so blissfully, the din of hyperbole and sensationalism is low.
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I get most of my inside information from Peter Grimm, David Taylor and Ray410. They always have the facts.
 
Google News is good. Multiple sources on each item. The Register & Slashdot for tech news.

No TV news. News doesn't come from TV. Drama comes from TV.
No news blogs. News doesn't come from blogs. Hysterical opinions come from blogs.

I'll sometimes trawl through partisan "news" sites just to see what's floating around in that swamp of paranoia, propaganda and disinformation.
 
As of right now:

TheHill , ncregister , telegraph, l'osservatore romano, drudge, new oxford review, bloomberg, crains chicago, drf -- as far as daily websites go

National Review, Chronicles, Forbes, Fortune, Reason, Catholic New World, Crains, Foreign Affairs, and The Economist -- as far as weekly, bi-weekly, and various other print periodicals are concerned

Shambhala Sun, Mother Earth News, Field & Stream, Writer's Digest, Triathlete, Gilbert, and Saveur -- as well..but these aren't really the type sources you were asking about...

TV -- Never touch the stuff... I'll stream C-Span if that counts...
 
Occam's Razor said:
Are you a Fox fanatic? Or an MSNBC addict? Where do you first turn for news? MSM? Ideological sites? Talk radio?

Where do you go to fact check what you hear from your news sources?

One of my goto sites since 1999 is RefDesk.com. It hasn't changed much format-wise since then, but has an amazing list of tools and reference. Kind of like the Craigslist of information. Stripdown, simple, largely devoid of ads.

As for news sources, I don't really have any trusted favorites. Google news streams news by subject to a single page and provides multiple sources for cross referencing and comparing. I don't own a TV or subscribe to cable, so blissfully, the din of hyperbole and sensationalism is low.
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I don't watch TV.....

My two main sources of news are the Chicago Tribune (progressive) and The Blaze (conservative/libertarian)......

I suppose I do visit yahoo news and Fox News, but I don't care much for either....
 
I occasionally catch Greta Van Susteren's show on Fox. She does a lot of interviews with members of Congress, governors etc. She is a good interviewer and asks hard hitting questions of both Democrats and Republicans. I don't think anyone could fairly call her a cheerleader for either side. I've watched her make them squirm on both sides. And I like to watch John Stossel's show that airs on Fox on the weekend.

I check out several different sources of written print for the latest news some with a spin to the left and some to the right. But my favorite sources to read up on the issues would be the Cato Institute for a libertarian view, the Heritage Foundation for a conservative view, the Hoover Institute for a moderate leaning conservative view and Brookings Institute for an independent view.
 
CanadaJohn said:
I read two Canadian/Toronto newspapers daily, one conservative - one liberal - they also offer a different view of American and World news, from a Canadian perspective. For American news, I basically only source CNN unless there's a topic of interest that I like to pursue further. For American political news, I like Real Clear Politics which covers varied views on current subjects of interest from varied sources and their own writers.
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I stopped "reading the paper" well over a decade ago. I'm even more of a news junkie now, but the way online newspapers are formatted lend itself to skimming, which is much quicker than in ye olden ink-stained days of actually holding a newspaper and turning pages!

But I've subscribed for over a decade (for free) to WaPo, the NY Times, and LA Times. Drudge report has always been my home page--links to major pubs in the left-side list plus Reuters, AP, and international sources in English, and I check local sources 3-4 times a day, Townhall, Politico, and etc., and Google. Have a friend who's mad for Glenn Reynolds who links me up frequently to Instapundit.

What I read depends on what's going on. How incredible to have the world of information (lots of it anyway and none of it requiring being dressed, much less having to go to a library) at your fingertips!

And I do watch bits and pieces of Fox News. :mrgreen:
 
vesper said:
I occasionally catch Greta Van Susteren's show on Fox. She does a lot of interviews with members of Congress, governors etc. She is a good interviewer and asks hard hitting questions of both Democrats and Republicans. I don't think anyone could fairly call her a cheerleader for either side. I've watched her make them squirm on both sides. And I like to watch John Stossel's show that airs on Fox on the weekend.

I check out several different sources of written print for the latest news some with a spin to the left and some to the right. But my favorite sources to read up on the issues would be the Cato Institute for a libertarian view, the Heritage Foundation for a conservative view, the Hoover Institute for a moderate leaning conservative view and Brookings Institute for an independent view.
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NRO (Jonah Goldberg) is a good site.
 
vesper said:
I occasionally stop by NRO. Jonah Goldberg's book, Liberal Fascism is an excellent read.
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Goldberg is a hack who makes a living stringing together ridiculous right-wing cliches to sell to uncritical dupes who accept whatever they read, as long as it's hysterical and lacks any substance.
 
First I watch some Fox then I will read it up on MSNBC to get a chance to see the differnt perspectives if some thing happends that intrest me so I can make a un biased assertion on something .
 
Grendel said:
Goldberg is a hack who makes a living stringing together ridiculous right-wing cliches to sell to uncritical dupes who accept whatever they read, as long as it's hysterical and lacks any substance.
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Well we will have to agree to disagree. Goldberg's book Liberal Fascism is probably one of the best historically accurate and well documented books I have read in a long time. Through historical events was able to lay out the argument how Fascism originated in the Progressive Era of history in Europe and the United States. Teddy Roosevelt (R) was our first "Progressive" president. But what came next ...Woodrow Wilson (D) was probably the one who should get most of the credit for bringing on the bastardization of our Constitution. If you ever have some free time, I do recommend reading Wilson's un-published manuscripts. You will discover he was a closet Socialist. But in hindsight it all makes complete sense. You see during that era (the beginning of the 20th century) Socialists were a very open party in our society. (See Eugene Debs). But after Wilson they knew they had found a friend in the Democrat party and after his presidency they became hardly a whisper. What do Socialism/Fascism have in common? They are both enemies of freedom/liberty. Cheers!
 
Grendel said:
Goldberg is a hack who makes a living stringing together ridiculous right-wing cliches to sell to uncritical dupes who accept whatever they read, as long as it's hysterical and lacks any substance.
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:shrug: Goldberg has his humor and his serious pieces. What I notice is that everyone attacks his serious pieces by accusing him of having humor; it seems as though that is easier than actually taking on what he presents.
 
any source except mainstream media
 
Occam's Razor said:
Are you a Fox fanatic? Or an MSNBC addict? Where do you first turn for news? MSM? Ideological sites? Talk radio?

Where do you go to fact check what you hear from your news sources?

One of my goto sites since 1999 is RefDesk.com. It hasn't changed much format-wise since then, but has an amazing list of tools and reference. Kind of like the Craigslist of information. Stripdown, simple, largely devoid of ads.

As for news sources, I don't really have any trusted favorites. Google news streams news by subject to a single page and provides multiple sources for cross referencing and comparing. I don't own a TV or subscribe to cable, so blissfully, the din of hyperbole and sensationalism is low.
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I use Google news religiously.
 
I watch Fox news until I get tired of watching old news. The problem is I get my new news from the internet and I get tired of listening to them rehash it. My primary news source is Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News and google news. Yes I know Drudge doesn't create the news they simply organize it and collate it. I like having all the news I care about in one place. I like being able to pick and choose which news story's I want to read by a list of headlines presented by those like minded pundits at Drudge Report.
 
If you don't make the effort to balance out the info coming out of the networks then you are as stupid as the networks. Today network news is as much about persuading as it is about informing and that is dangerous. It has created a greater divide than previous and so knowledge died and is replaced with prejudice.
 
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