Where do you guys get your news?

gunnut · 12-20-2007, 18:02 PM

I don't mean the precise source, but the medium.

I still like physical newspaper. Everything is at a glance. I can jump from article to article without waiting for the page to load. Don't need internet connection. Don't need power.

I also watch TV news to supplement my newspaper. And finally, I search on the internet for specific articles. I also listen to talk radio, but I don't consider that the best news source.

**Parihaka** · 12-20-2007, 18:07 PM

Newspaper, TV (but lessening as it's become reduced to soundbites) conversation and primarily internet.

Tarek Morgen · 12-20-2007, 18:17 PM

I like the informationm newspaper provide, but I hate the format (of the paper itself). I cant think of a more unpractical way to produce them. Internet has the advantage I can always look up more information, or alternative sources if I wish to know more.

TV I use mostly for documanteries and similar stuff...but even they are losing in their qualitiy fast.

Bluesman · 12-20-2007, 18:21 PM

CIA, NSA, DIA, NRO, FBI, DHS, DoS, DoE, and a bunch more...

**Parihaka** · 12-20-2007, 18:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluesman

CIA, NSA, DIA, NRO, FBI, DHS, DoS, DoE, and a bunch more...

Smartass

glyn · 12-20-2007, 18:59 PM

Barbers are generally well informed

Shamus · 12-20-2007, 19:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluesman

CIA, NSA, DIA, NRO, FBI, DHS, DoS, DoE, and a bunch more...

Strangely enough I don't see CNN on this list

.

dalem · 12-20-2007, 19:42 PM

Internet for news and analysis, radio for interviews and infotainment.

I simply have no use for newspapers or television news. The exception would be for spikes like wars, plane crashes, etc., where FOX/CNN still has the crown for visual information flow.

-dale

Southie · 12-20-2007, 20:52 PM

Internet (msnbc, tbo {local news}, etc), TV in the morning only, and the newspaper for the crossword puzzle.

Debbie · 12-21-2007, 01:57 AM

I like the physical paper but most stories have been on the internet for a day or two before I see them in print. I like talk radio and the BBC and Alternet are favs.

tankie · 12-21-2007, 02:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shamus

Strangely enough I don't see CNN on this list

.

Yea and where,s FOX

Adux · 12-21-2007, 03:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gunnut

I like newspaper. Can't use the computer sitting on the can...or can you?

I dont agree with this choice, use IBM T43.

Feanor · 12-21-2007, 03:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tankie

Yea and where,s FOX

You beat me to it

crooks · 12-21-2007, 15:55 PM

Newspapers are the best, I buy about 4 daily to get different views on the news - TV comes second as I like RTE news, and then third is the internet -It's very accessable and the way headlines often appear online before on TV's fixed news updates is excellent.....I'd use it more frequently If I was working with everyday access to a computer.\

Media in general is very varied these days, which is a great thing.

MKD · 12-21-2007, 17:19 PM

Generally avoid any news from television.

I subscribe to a variety of global newspapers online to try and get a world, vice just national, perspective.

Would anybody recommend a neutral podcast? I currently subscribe to BBC World and it is not bad.

View Poll Results: Where do you guys get your news?
I like newspaper. Can't use the computer sitting on the can...or can you?	10	35.71%
I am a TV junkie.	2	7.14%
I read the internet. If it's on the net, it must be true.	16	57.14%
I listen to talk radio.	0	0%
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll

12-20-2007, 18:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
gunnut *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 01-27-06 Location: DPRK, Democratik People's Republik of Kalifornia Posts: 9,361 Country:	Where do you guys get your news? I don't mean the precise source, but the medium. I still like physical newspaper. Everything is at a glance. I can jump from article to article without waiting for the page to load. Don't need internet connection. Don't need power. I also watch TV news to supplement my newspaper. And finally, I search on the internet for specific articles. I also listen to talk radio, but I don't consider that the best news source. __________________ "Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb. Last edited by gunnut : 12-20-2007 at 18:07 PM.

12-20-2007, 18:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tarek Morgen *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 02-08-07 Location: Kassel Posts: 807 Country:	I like the informationm newspaper provide, but I hate the format (of the paper itself). I cant think of a more unpractical way to produce them. Internet has the advantage I can always look up more information, or alternative sources if I wish to know more. TV I use mostly for documanteries and similar stuff...but even they are losing in their qualitiy fast. __________________ uh I might be wrong

12-20-2007, 18:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
Bluesman WAB Bartender *Defense Professional* *Military Professional* Join Date: 11-24-04 Location: Vacaville, CA. Posts: 7,386 Country:	CIA, NSA, DIA, NRO, FBI, DHS, DoS, DoE, and a bunch more... __________________ "The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it, and if one finds the prospect of a long war intolerable, it is natural to disbelieve in the possibility of victory." - George Orwell

12-20-2007, 18:59 PM	#6 (permalink)
glyn *Military Professional* Join Date: 09-15-06 Location: Penzance, Cornwall UK Posts: 6,525	Barbers are generally well informed __________________ Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.

12-20-2007, 18:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
Parihaka Moderator Join Date: 11-10-04 Location: Te Ika a Maui Posts: 9,462 Country:	Newspaper, TV (but lessening as it's become reduced to soundbites) conversation and primarily internet.

12-20-2007, 19:42 PM	#8 (permalink)
dalem Lord High Hullabalooster *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 11-23-04 Location: Columbia Heights, MN Posts: 8,319 Country:	Internet for news and analysis, radio for interviews and infotainment. I simply have no use for newspapers or television news. The exception would be for spikes like wars, plane crashes, etc., where FOX/CNN still has the crown for visual information flow. -dale

12-20-2007, 20:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
Southie USAF Retired TSgt *Military Professional* Join Date: 04-09-07 Location: Tampa FL Posts: 1,558 Country:	Internet (msnbc, tbo {local news}, etc), TV in the morning only, and the newspaper for the crossword puzzle. __________________ “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin

12-21-2007, 01:57 AM	#10 (permalink)
Debbie WAB Cautioner of Poo *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 11-20-06 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 3,455 Country:	I like the physical paper but most stories have been on the internet for a day or two before I see them in print. I like talk radio and the BBC and Alternet are favs. __________________ But when the night is falling and you cannot find the light, if you feel your dream is dying - hold tight, you've got the music in you..... New Radicals

12-21-2007, 15:55 PM	#14 (permalink)
crooks Green, White 'n Orange *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 10-17-06 Location: Blarney, County Cork, Ireland Posts: 1,291 Country:	Newspapers are the best, I buy about 4 daily to get different views on the news - TV comes second as I like RTE news, and then third is the internet -It's very accessable and the way headlines often appear online before on TV's fixed news updates is excellent.....I'd use it more frequently If I was working with everyday access to a computer.\ Media in general is very varied these days, which is a great thing. __________________ 'Liberty - it is newly strung and shall be heard.' - Motto of the United Irishmen.

12-21-2007, 17:19 PM	#15 (permalink)
MKD New Member Join Date: 12-15-07 Posts: 9	Generally avoid any news from television. I subscribe to a variety of global newspapers online to try and get a world, vice just national, perspective. Would anybody recommend a neutral podcast? I currently subscribe to BBC World and it is not bad.

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