Where do you get your news from?

[boboo]

We all know that most of these websites will be either from the left or right so please lets not get into a debate over which website is better and why.
Im just curious to see where people take their news from.

I refrained from listing french sources as probably it will not be useful to alot of people here. I may or may not agree with the positions coming from these news source, but still think they are relevant to read/watch/listen:

Political/general news for me:

Newspapers:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/ (The guardian, UK)

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/ (La jornada, Mexico)

http://www.nytimes.com/ (NY times, NYC, USA)

http://www.haaretz.com/ (Haaretz, Tel Aviv, Israel)

http://www.montrealgazette.com/index.html (The gazette, Montreal, Canada)

Websites with analysis:

http://www.democracynow.org/ (Democracy now!, NYC, USA)

http://www.globalresearch.ca/ (Global research, headed by Michel Chossudovsky, Montreal, CA)

http://www.flashpoints.net/ (Flashpoints, Berkeley CA, USA)

http://english.aljazeera.net/ (Al Jazeera, Qatar)

http://www.therealnews.com/t2/ (Real news network, Canada)

http://www.commondreams.org/ (Commondreams, USA)

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/ (Information Clearing house, CA, USA)

http://www.searchlightmagazine.com/ (Anti-fascist mag, UK)

http://www.truthdig.com/ (Truthdig, USA)

http://www.rabble.ca/ (Rabble, Canada. Maude Barlow involved in some way)

http://www.zcommunications.org/znet (Znet, USA)

http://www.dangerousminds.net/ (Dangerous minds, USA)

http://electronicintifada.net/ (Electronic Intifada, USA)

Technical news:

http://www.boingboing.net/ (Boing Boing, USA)

http://www.universetoday.com/ (universe today, USA)

http://www.2600.com/ (2600 hacker quarterly, USA. Mainly their radio show)

[Peatree]

Drudge Report

[korrowan]

www.unbiasedbiasednews.net

[Somekid123]

www.youtube.com/user/sxephil

[Chanus]

I would throw in the Economist ( www.economist.com )

[Rottening]

http://www.bloomberg.com

[korrowan]

www.youtube.com/user/sxephil

Lol hes a funny guy...It was better a year ago then now but still decent.

[guineapig]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/John_William_Waterhouse_oracle_1884.png

Old school!

[DOPE]

news.google.com
npr.org

[VictoryARC]

Npr
Bbc
Reuters
Nyt
The daily show

Thanks for the list OP

[Slathar]

Fox News

[Itchybottom]

http://english.aljazeera.net/
http://www.securityfocus.com/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/

Everything else for me is an E-Mail announcement list.

[Hoggen]

The AP. Virutally every major news organization just apes them or uses their stuff. Reuters sucks. Not that the AP doesn't suck too, they just suck less than Reuters.

[Scratch&Sniff]

http://www.infowars.com/

[xshayla701]

www.youtube.com/user/sxephil

YES

Edit: Oh, and Stephen Colbert

[Sephrana]

facebook :P

*edited to add* just for clarification....I avoid the news. AT. ALL. COSTS. I am intentionally one of the least informed people you will ever meet :) If something is THAT important....SOMEONE on my friends list on facebook will post about it and I can follow the links there and seek more info if i want to ;)

You may think i'm stupid for being uninformed......but really....I just choose to control how much depressing crap I view every day :P

[Rottening]

Oh and Marketplace on NPR is one of my favorite shows in the world.

http://www.marketplace.org

[Spud]

I get all my news from the Off Topic section of the p1999 forums.

Did you hear Rift Beta is open??? Also, Kool Mo Dee is the greatest rapper ever.

[SlankyLanky]

I get all my news from the Off Topic section of the p1999 forums.

Did you hear Rift Beta is open??? Also, Kool Mo Dee is the greatest rapper ever.

dont forget fox news.

[Fourthmeal]

NY Times when I wanna read, CNN/Fox News for headlines or when I feel like reading some angry comments

[Lazortag]

I've been a regular reader/watcher of Al Jazeera for a fairly long time. I'm not sure what makes it "superior" as a news source though because I haven't tried many others, except the BBC but their website layout is so ugly!

Just curious, what benefit does reading multiple news sources have?

[Slathar]

I've been a regular reader/watcher of Al Jazeera for a fairly long time. I'm not sure what makes it "superior" as a news source though because I haven't tried many others, except the BBC but their website layout is so ugly!

Just curious, what benefit does reading multiple news sources have?

well see, lazortag, in america and other western countries we have something called privately owned media companies. these privately owned media companies, such as the one owned by rupert murdoch, have vested interests for many different reasons. in order to best protect these interests (money) they spin news stories in beneficial ways. i hope this has been informative to you. have a lovely day.

[Lazortag]

well see, lazortag, in america and other western countries we have something called privately owned media companies. these privately owned media companies, such as the one owned by rupert murdoch, have vested interests for many different reasons. in order to best protect these interests (money) they spin news stories in beneficial ways. i hope this has been informative to you. have a lovely day.

I'm aware of what makes a really bad news source, I'm just not sure why some people prefer one legitimate news source over the other, apart from shallow reasons (like why I prefer AJE over BBC)

[nalkin]

Lol geegoo is so ignant it makes one cringe

[boboo]

I'm aware of what makes a really bad news source, I'm just not sure why some people prefer one legitimate news source over the other, apart from shallow reasons (like why I prefer AJE over BBC)

Theres no real way to answer this without being cheeky... Its because there is different articles coming from different sources :eek:

[boboo]

So for example, if you were to stick only to BBC, you would miss the details of the US diplomatic cables that The Guardian is publishing.

[guineapig]

I get all my news from the Off Topic section of the p1999 forums.

Did you hear Rift Beta is open??? Also, Kool Mo Dee is the greatest rapper ever.

rofl