by Peter Joseph Swanson
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April 13, 2007

Where do you get your news?

June 06, 2007 06:33 PM EDT (Updated: June 06, 2007 06:34 PM EDT)
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Where do you get most your news and why?

My mom would like me to watch FOX NEWS ("It's fair and balanced" she says.).  But I don't have cable.  Lucky me.  I watch PBS (and it also shows BBC).  I used to have public radio on all the time but it started to just make me nervous.       

 

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Comments: 38

Sue * Jun 6, 2007, 6:36pm EDT
I watch both CNN and Fox News...I don't think either is fair and balanced, but if you watch both...you can balance it out yourself.
I hardly ever watch the news! My husband, on the other handm is the news king and flips the channel back and forth between CNN abd FoxNews! It's drives me insane. He's so darn news worthy, I just get all I need to know from him, 'cause he's going to tell me all about whether I want to hear or not! LMAO
Ron B. Jun 6, 2007, 6:55pm EDT
local news and BBC for world news.
Sandra ~ D. Jun 6, 2007, 7:00pm EDT
Well, golly, Peter, that's not hard at all. I get ALL my news from the old hippies that hang out at the local coffee shop. um-hum they got it going on.

I'm the same as Ron, local news when I want to know what's going on locally but primarily BBC.
Newspaper (it's pretty old school, I know) and NPR. I can't get interested in TV news. It's too many sound bites and not enough development.
I mainly watch my local news becouse I figure if anything big happened in the world that I should know theyd tell me about it. Then if something is mentioned that happened out of my area then I'll check out usually CNN.
Ray Lanfear Jun 6, 2007, 7:14pm EDT
Everywhere, one of the die hards that still read a newspaper. Watch Fox also and of course off the Net.
Susan O. Jun 6, 2007, 7:15pm EDT
NPR / BBC world news
t b. Jun 6, 2007, 7:28pm EDT
Im almost ashamed to tell you this Peter...
I get my news every morning when I load aol's front page on my computer.
I get my politics (somebody slap me) mostly from watching Bill Mahr, whose politics I dont agree with. But I find his humor very appealing and quite funny.

In my defense, I have been watching the history channels new program "Universe" and finding it both educational and entertaining.
The same goes for "Man vs Wild" and "Deadliest Catch" on the Discovery channel.
I suppose I mention these viewings to try to prove Im not a total idiot.....t
Don(time to open them FEMA camps) S. Jun 6, 2007, 7:38pm EDT
I make it up like fox ;-)
donna h. Jun 6, 2007, 7:50pm EDT
Newsday
Gina C. Jun 6, 2007, 7:53pm EDT
I channel surf the telly, Peter - doesn't make much difference to me when it comes to the political stuff; it's pretty much the same thing just alot of opposing views and pundit pontificating...and in between the gossip and such, there's some actual world news -

The local NYC news channels are kind of interesting - the Ch. 11 news is always strange -
I try to avoid the news most days.
It's 90% negative and really is a mood buster sometimes.
It's part of my "stay positive" plan.
I like to search out and read other forms of news, than just the main fox or cnn.
I check out BBC and even Al jeezera.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/55ABE840-AC30-41D2-BDC9-06BBE2A36665.htm

For fun I go the theonion.com
Sheila Deeth Jun 6, 2007, 8:22pm EDT
PBS in the morning. Internet during the day. Son and husband in the evening - they get it from the internet and colleagues (internet colleagues in my son's case). Then if something's interesting we look up more about it - yes - on the internet. We like the guardian (English newspaper) web site.
Anne Marie A. Jun 6, 2007, 8:46pm EDT
Cartoon network has the most accurate reporting. :0)
Carol LeHane Jun 6, 2007, 8:48pm EDT
Not Faux News. Mostly CNN, but when I want commentary I will often go to MSNBC because while some of it commentators attempt to give a balanced view through their choice of guests most of it commentators are up front about their philosophical based predjudices and are a mix that that includes both liberal, conservative and moderate commentators.
Michele (Misha) B. Jun 6, 2007, 9:37pm EDT
I don't watch the news regularly, if I do it's local news. I hear alot at work and on here, the internet.
Esther IS Flesh and Blood S. Jun 6, 2007, 10:14pm EDT
In the morning and at noon I watch Fox, at 5 and 6, I watch ABC, and at 10 I watch local spanish station Telemundo then national news Telemundo at 10:30 to find out what is happening in all of the spanish speaking countries of the world. Alot of news but very needed these days to stay on top of everything going on. Might I add that the spanish version of the news is not biased nor is it censored in any way. Thanks for asking an interesting question.
Miz Lynn aka/BooBoo Jun 6, 2007, 11:52pm EDT
CNN and Fox News, they balance each other out...
P.W. Dowdy Jun 7, 2007, 12:29am EDT
I gave up news years ago.

My sister believes me crazy for doing so, accuses me of trying to live in a bubble. She drinks the stuff up like gourmet coffee.

That being said, I do catch a TV news show every now and then. I do scan the internet stories and RSS feeds from time to time. But I must tell you ,I suffer from media phobia.

I just have a weariness of strangers deciding for me what is important and what is not. Especially when the things the News Dealers consider important, so often bombard the human spirit.

No wonder there's so much stress out there.
SF Chron--it may not be the best newspaper in the world but it's one of the most entertaining. It's the home of the "Bad Reporter" cartoons. The guy who draws the strip doesn't always hit the mark but he has more original gag ideas than almost anyone. He can link totally unrelated news stories in a way that parodies both simultaneously and has a synergy besides.

Disclaimer: I'm a lifelong reader.
I listen to the BBC America broadcast, but also check out the BBC's website, as it isn't as censored by the US gov't as the radio show is. I also get a lot of news from activist and underground sources.

Lately I haven't been reading the news at all, it is too darned depressing. So much that I don't even want to act to make it change anymore. *sigh* It is what they want, I know, for the activists to give up, but sometimes it just feels like too much, ya know?
M M. Jun 7, 2007, 4:59am EDT
NPR, BBC World Service, The New York Times and Washington Post online, PBS. Also The Onion, The Daily Show, and The Colbert Report. I loathe the happy-talk and breathless "breaking news" local TV reporting.
Dave H. Jun 7, 2007, 6:14am EDT
The Comedy channel! All the cable news networks are very biased...Faux News is probably the most biased, but CNN is not far behind them....Hardball with Chris Mathews is entertaining, as is Countdown with Keith Oberman, both on MSNBC...the best sorta real news show on Faux is Gretta Van Sustran...PBS has the Jim Leaher news hour which is fairly good also...
Peter Joseph Swanson Jun 7, 2007, 9:30am EDT
I get my morning news from my AOL homepage, too. If something REALLY BIG happened I'd see it there. I LOVE Gwen Ifel on the Jim Lehrer PBS news (I'm a fan!) BBC World crams so much in half the time!
♯ ♪ Jun 7, 2007, 12:15pm EDT
I get it from people. I despise the news.

If I want the weather, I look out of the window. I despise weathermen more than newsmen.
elizabeth e. Jun 7, 2007, 12:21pm EDT
New York Times online, Boston Globe...and sometimes CNN...not much...but sometimes.
from Anderson Cooper, whenever possible
Layla Morgan Wilde Jun 7, 2007, 1:37pm EDT
NY times, BBC world news mostly.
Scott Oliver Jun 7, 2007, 2:02pm EDT
CNN.com - it rocks!
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Jun 8, 2007, 10:49am EDT
In the morning I watch the local news and then part of Good Morning America. I listen to NPR on my way to work and then watch the local news when I get home. Once in a while I watch Fox if I want to know the real news instead of the liberal take on the news.
La Bellota Jun 8, 2007, 4:00pm EDT
NPR, PBS, BBC

I love NPR the most but I have to go on blackout sometimes due to the stress of what is going on in our world.
Christopher M. Jun 12, 2007, 12:02am EDT
Try it out!

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Jamie ~grant me the serenity..~ G. Jun 21, 2007, 7:54am EDT
I usually get my news from Fox News in the morning or if I missed it I just see the headlines on my google homepage and lastly, I will get any extra news from someone on Gather today. :D

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