Where do you get your news?

Trebuchet · 21st January 2023, 11:17 AM

Kind of USA-centric I suppose, but others welcome.
What are your primary and secondary sources for what's going on in the world?

Multi-vote enabled.

Norman Alexander · 21st January 2023, 11:24 AM

https://www.sbs.com.au/news
https://www.abc.net.au/
https://www.theguardian.com/au

TomB · 21st January 2023, 12:00 PM

Mostly from CNN.com. But if something really catches my attention, I try to find as many versions of the story as I can to get alternate viewpoints or additional information.

Upchurch · 21st January 2023, 12:04 PM

I generally catch wind of a story on social media or whatnot and then search more legitimate news sources for confirmation.

GlennB · 21st January 2023, 12:08 PM

BBC news on tv, The Guardian newspaper online.

theprestige · 21st January 2023, 12:20 PM

Here, for the most part.

shemp · 21st January 2023, 12:54 PM

https://www.bbc.com/news
https://www.cbsnews.com/
https://www.fark.com/

ahhell · 21st January 2023, 01:21 PM

Mostly various podcasts and the BBC app on my phone.

marting · 21st January 2023, 01:56 PM

"All the news that fits" - RS

The Don · 21st January 2023, 02:52 PM

Here and the BBC mostly.

Upchurch · 21st January 2023, 03:13 PM

Originally Posted by The Don

Here and the BBC mostly.

I counted here as social media, which it kinda is.

novaphile · 21st January 2023, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by Norman Alexander

https://www.sbs.com.au/news
https://www.abc.net.au/
https://www.theguardian.com/au

All of the above plus:

https://slashdot.org (which is a news aggregator/commentary site)
(With a particular focus: 'news for nerds and stuff that matters')

Pulvinar · 21st January 2023, 03:22 PM

Ars Technica, El Reg, PBS, and skim local TV website for local news.
Oh, and here for the weird stuff.
Any ads and I'll do without.

Darat · 21st January 2023, 03:44 PM

Very similar to most people, BBC website, Radio 4, The Guardian, Indie and I use Google News for my tech news and stories.

Orphia Nay · 21st January 2023, 03:51 PM

ABC News Australian TV and website/app.
BBC News app. This sends notifications of breaking stories.
Associated Press app.
Reuters app.
Google News app.

Trebuchet · 21st January 2023, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by The Don

Here and the BBC mostly.

Originally Posted by Upchurch

I counted here as social media, which it kinda is.

Which is why I included ISF in the "social media" poll option!

shemp · 21st January 2023, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by shemp

https://www.bbc.com/news
https://www.cbsnews.com/
https://www.fark.com/

Forgot to mention, I listen to a lot of NPR.

Trebuchet · 21st January 2023, 05:03 PM

Dang, I forgot radio altogether! And it's a significant source of "information" for quite a lot of people!

ETA: Incidentally, my votes were "cable news" and "social media". The former because my wife has them on 24/7 (ok, I exagerate) and the latter because I spend too much time here.

Brainster · 21st January 2023, 06:34 PM

Out of force of habit, mostly Memeorandum. It was originally a news aggregator that focused on showing which stories were being covered by which (political) bloggers, but nowadays with the blogs being less of a factor it mostly shows which stories are being covered by the various news sites.

TomB · 21st January 2023, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by Trebuchet

Dang, I forgot radio altogether! And it's a significant source of "information" for quite a lot of people!

I forgot about radio.
I keep my car radio on NPR.

Puppycow · 21st January 2023, 09:26 PM

I often start with Google News.

https://news.google.com/home?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en

Gulliver Foyle · 22nd January 2023, 12:36 AM

The Graun for international news.
The Journal (website) for Irish news and RTÉ radio 1 for more indepth stuff and analysis.
I will also read articles recommended by posters whose intelligence is demonstrated.

The_Animus · 22nd January 2023, 10:40 AM

Mostly from articles posted to r/politics, r/technology and r/science with supplementation from various other places like social media, npr, this forum, and satire and comedy shows like the daily show and last week tonight.

P.J. Denyer · 22nd January 2023, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by Upchurch

I generally catch wind of a story on social media or whatnot and then search more legitimate news sources for confirmation.

Pretty much this. Youtube, Twitter & ISF mostly. Plus radio news/James O'Brien on LBC.

Mind you my news feed on Youtube is mostly legitimate UK news sources (newspapers & TV channels. Not GBeebies etc)

angrysoba · 22nd January 2023, 12:54 PM

Mostly internet- Guardian, BBC, social media (Twitter and Reddit plus here of course), other websites generally and of course certain You Tube channels.

Biggest ommisikn from the poll is radio and podcasts

dann · 22nd January 2023, 01:02 PM

For US news, I usually start on YouTube with Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, Trevor Noah (I wish Jon Stewart would return now that TN has left) and then move on to CNN and MSNBC and whatever else pops up on YouTube.
I subscribe to WP.

arthwollipot · 22nd January 2023, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by Norman Alexander

https://www.abc.net.au/
https://www.theguardian.com/au

These two, mainly. Also https://the-riotact.com/ for local news. Social media in general, primarily Facebook, is my least reliable source.

For American politics specifically, Colbert and Seth Myers are my primary go-to sources.

The_Animus · 23rd January 2023, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by dann

For US news, I usually start on YouTube with Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, Trevor Noah (I wish Jon Stewart would return now that TN has left) and then move on to CNN and MSNBC and whatever else pops up on YouTube.
I subscribe to WP.

Just in case you didn't know this already.

Jon Stewart does interviews and discussions now on his podcast called "The Problem With Jon Stewart". I watch them on YouTube occasionally and they have some pretty good discussions.

mgidm86 · 23rd January 2023, 04:23 PM

Would Fox News fall under the Planet X category?

Nosi · 23rd January 2023, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by Upchurch

I generally catch wind of a story on social media or whatnot and then search more legitimate news sources for confirmation.

While I use social media for my news, I do have a few select sources there that I trust, I don't just take news from some random.

Nosi · 23rd January 2023, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by Upchurch

I counted here as social media, which it kinda is.

Despite its sober face, this forum is definitely social media or a species thereof.

Nosi · 23rd January 2023, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by Pulvinar

Ars Technica, El Reg, PBS, and skim local TV website for local news.
Oh, and here for the weird stuff.
Any ads and I'll do without.

I use an adblocker, as ads are frequently host to viruses and badware.

Trebuchet · 23rd January 2023, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by Nosi

Despite its sober face, this forum is definitely social media or a species thereof.

Which is why I specifically included it in the Social Media poll option!

Distracted1 · 23rd January 2023, 07:44 PM

Radio should have been in the poll.

For me, NPR and the local "newsradio" KYW. Also right here- when circumstances allow me to spend time looking at the forum.

Carlotta · 25th January 2023, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by dann

For US news, I usually start on YouTube with Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, Trevor Noah

These guys plus the Young Turks and their spin-offs. And my local NPR radio affiliate, which has at least two hours of BBC a day. BBC website to check details. Local TV station site. And here.

Trebuchet · 25th January 2023, 05:59 PM

Do any of you watch Newsnation?
Because my wife does. A lot. It's supposed to be a really neutral site. Ok, then.
Anchors are pretty much folks formerly with, or fired from other cable networks. Like Chris Cuomo, because hey, since my brother is a serial sexual harasser, why not do a segment with Billo Reilly?
Since they have limited resources, they focus on: Idaho Murders, thought winding down now. Border Crisis!! Crisis!!!! And I forget what else.

HansMustermann · 25th January 2023, 10:19 PM

I am the Listener. The Dark Mother, sweet bride of Sithis, whispers into my mind all I need to know

Darat · 26th January 2023, 03:59 AM

Originally Posted by HansMustermann

I am the Listener. The Dark Mother, sweet bride of Sithis, whispers into my mind all I need to know

Fox News then....

jimbob · 26th January 2023, 04:18 AM

Newspaper, social media (especially for specific events) government for statistics

And the one I didn't see mentioned - radio news in my case BBC World Service in preference to Radio 4

Wudang · 26th January 2023, 04:20 AM

The Guardian online mainly via their app.
Byline - https://bylinesnetwork.co.uk mainly via their app.
France24 English TV- great for news around the world
Twitter -> Mastodon - especially tech (jwz, cstross etc), UK and politics (OxfordDiplomat etc) and Ukraine (ChrisO etc). As accounts move to Mastodod I drop them on Twitter
Here

Daily Newspaper, either dead-tree or on line	25	45.45%
Broadcast TV Network -- CBS, NBC, BBC, PBS	15	27.27%
Cable news network -- CNN, Fox, MSNBC	10	18.18%
Social Media -- Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, ISF	26	47.27%
Other internet sources	42	76.36%
Sources outside your country	25	45.45%
Government sources	12	21.82%
The Planet Xians beam it directly into my head	5	9.09%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 55. You may not vote on this poll

21st January 2023, 11:17 AM	#1
Trebuchet Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Port Townsend, Washington Posts: 35,641	Where do you get your news? Kind of USA-centric I suppose, but others welcome. What are your primary and secondary sources for what's going on in the world? Multi-vote enabled.
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21st January 2023, 11:24 AM	#2
Norman Alexander Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Dharug & Gundungurra Posts: 13,622	https://www.sbs.com.au/news https://www.abc.net.au/ https://www.theguardian.com/au
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21st January 2023, 12:00 PM	#3
TomB Graduate Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 1,409	Mostly from CNN.com. But if something really catches my attention, I try to find as many versions of the story as I can to get alternate viewpoints or additional information.
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21st January 2023, 12:04 PM	#4
Upchurch Papa Funkosophy Join Date: May 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 33,430	I generally catch wind of a story on social media or whatnot and then search more legitimate news sources for confirmation.
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21st January 2023, 12:08 PM	#5
GlennB Loggerheaded, earth-vexing fustilarian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wales Posts: 29,007	BBC news on tv, The Guardian newspaper online.
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21st January 2023, 12:20 PM	#6
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21st January 2023, 12:54 PM	#7
shemp a flimsy character...perfidious and despised Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Out back preparing the bunker for the next Civil War Posts: 52,733	https://www.bbc.com/news https://www.cbsnews.com/ https://www.fark.com/
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21st January 2023, 01:21 PM	#8
ahhell Philosopher Join Date: Feb 2017 Posts: 5,058	Mostly various podcasts and the BBC app on my phone.
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21st January 2023, 01:56 PM	#9
marting Illuminator Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,621	"All the news that fits" - RS
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21st January 2023, 02:52 PM	#10
The Don Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sir Fynwy Posts: 35,968	Here and the BBC mostly.

21st January 2023, 03:13 PM	#11
Upchurch Papa Funkosophy Join Date: May 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 33,430	Originally Posted by The Don Here and the BBC mostly. I counted here as social media, which it kinda is.
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21st January 2023, 03:22 PM	#12
novaphile Quester of Doglets Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Sunny South Australia Posts: 3,991	Originally Posted by Norman Alexander https://www.sbs.com.au/news https://www.abc.net.au/ https://www.theguardian.com/au All of the above plus: https://slashdot.org (which is a news aggregator/commentary site) (With a particular focus: 'news for nerds and stuff that matters')
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21st January 2023, 03:22 PM	#13
Pulvinar Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,422	Ars Technica, El Reg, PBS, and skim local TV website for local news. Oh, and here for the weird stuff. Any ads and I'll do without.

21st January 2023, 03:44 PM	#14
Darat Lackey Administrator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: South East, UK Posts: 106,880	Very similar to most people, BBC website, Radio 4, The Guardian, Indie and I use Google News for my tech news and stories.
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21st January 2023, 03:51 PM	#15
Orphia Nay Penguilicious Spodmaster. Tagger Photo Contest Winner Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ponylandistan Presidential Palace (above the Spods' stables). Posts: 41,219	ABC News Australian TV and website/app. BBC News app. This sends notifications of breaking stories. Associated Press app. Reuters app. Google News app.
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21st January 2023, 04:13 PM	#16
Trebuchet Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Port Townsend, Washington Posts: 35,641	Originally Posted by The Don Here and the BBC mostly. Originally Posted by Upchurch I counted here as social media, which it kinda is. Which is why I included ISF in the "social media" poll option!
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21st January 2023, 04:42 PM	#17
shemp a flimsy character...perfidious and despised Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Out back preparing the bunker for the next Civil War Posts: 52,733	Originally Posted by shemp https://www.bbc.com/news https://www.cbsnews.com/ https://www.fark.com/ Forgot to mention, I listen to a lot of NPR.
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21st January 2023, 05:03 PM	#18
Trebuchet Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Port Townsend, Washington Posts: 35,641	Dang, I forgot radio altogether! And it's a significant source of "information" for quite a lot of people! ETA: Incidentally, my votes were "cable news" and "social media". The former because my wife has them on 24/7 (ok, I exagerate) and the latter because I spend too much time here.
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21st January 2023, 06:34 PM	#19
Brainster Penultimate Amazing Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 19,566	Out of force of habit, mostly Memeorandum. It was originally a news aggregator that focused on showing which stories were being covered by which (political) bloggers, but nowadays with the blogs being less of a factor it mostly shows which stories are being covered by the various news sites.
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21st January 2023, 07:13 PM	#20
TomB Graduate Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 1,409	Originally Posted by Trebuchet Dang, I forgot radio altogether! And it's a significant source of "information" for quite a lot of people! I forgot about radio. I keep my car radio on NPR.
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21st January 2023, 09:26 PM	#21
Puppycow Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Yokohama, Japan Posts: 27,799	I often start with Google News. https://news.google.com/home?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en
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22nd January 2023, 12:36 AM	#22
Gulliver Foyle Muse Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Cork baaaiii Posts: 969	The Graun for international news. The Journal (website) for Irish news and RTÉ radio 1 for more indepth stuff and analysis. I will also read articles recommended by posters whose intelligence is demonstrated.

22nd January 2023, 10:40 AM	#23
The_Animus Illuminator Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3,336	Mostly from articles posted to r/politics, r/technology and r/science with supplementation from various other places like social media, npr, this forum, and satire and comedy shows like the daily show and last week tonight.
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22nd January 2023, 12:26 PM	#24
P.J. Denyer Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 8,894	Originally Posted by Upchurch I generally catch wind of a story on social media or whatnot and then search more legitimate news sources for confirmation. Pretty much this. Youtube, Twitter & ISF mostly. Plus radio news/James O'Brien on LBC. Mind you my news feed on Youtube is mostly legitimate UK news sources (newspapers & TV channels. Not GBeebies etc)
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22nd January 2023, 12:54 PM	#25
angrysoba Philosophile Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Osaka, Japan Posts: 33,729	Mostly internet- Guardian, BBC, social media (Twitter and Reddit plus here of course), other websites generally and of course certain You Tube channels. Biggest ommisikn from the poll is radio and podcasts
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22nd January 2023, 01:02 PM	#26
dann Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 16,967	For US news, I usually start on YouTube with Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, Trevor Noah (I wish Jon Stewart would return now that TN has left) and then move on to CNN and MSNBC and whatever else pops up on YouTube. I subscribe to WP.
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22nd January 2023, 10:03 PM	#27
arthwollipot Observer of Phenomena Pronouns: he/him Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ngunnawal Country Posts: 79,916	Originally Posted by Norman Alexander https://www.abc.net.au/ https://www.theguardian.com/au These two, mainly. Also https://the-riotact.com/ for local news. Social media in general, primarily Facebook, is my least reliable source. For American politics specifically, Colbert and Seth Myers are my primary go-to sources.
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23rd January 2023, 08:47 AM	#28
The_Animus Illuminator Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3,336	Originally Posted by dann For US news, I usually start on YouTube with Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, Trevor Noah (I wish Jon Stewart would return now that TN has left) and then move on to CNN and MSNBC and whatever else pops up on YouTube. I subscribe to WP. Just in case you didn't know this already. Jon Stewart does interviews and discussions now on his podcast called "The Problem With Jon Stewart". I watch them on YouTube occasionally and they have some pretty good discussions.
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23rd January 2023, 04:23 PM	#29
mgidm86 Philosopher Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,471	Would Fox News fall under the Planet X category?
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23rd January 2023, 04:55 PM	#30
Nosi Master Poster Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,976	Originally Posted by Upchurch I generally catch wind of a story on social media or whatnot and then search more legitimate news sources for confirmation. While I use social media for my news, I do have a few select sources there that I trust, I don't just take news from some random.
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23rd January 2023, 04:56 PM	#31
Nosi Master Poster Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,976	Originally Posted by Upchurch I counted here as social media, which it kinda is. Despite its sober face, this forum is definitely social media or a species thereof.
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23rd January 2023, 04:57 PM	#32
Nosi Master Poster Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,976	Originally Posted by Pulvinar Ars Technica, El Reg, PBS, and skim local TV website for local news. Oh, and here for the weird stuff. Any ads and I'll do without. I use an adblocker, as ads are frequently host to viruses and badware.
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23rd January 2023, 05:21 PM	#33
Trebuchet Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Port Townsend, Washington Posts: 35,641	Originally Posted by Nosi Despite its sober face, this forum is definitely social media or a species thereof. Which is why I specifically included it in the Social Media poll option!
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23rd January 2023, 07:44 PM	#34
Distracted1 Philosopher Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: No longer Philadelphia :( Posts: 5,766	Radio should have been in the poll. For me, NPR and the local "newsradio" KYW. Also right here- when circumstances allow me to spend time looking at the forum.
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