What do you read? Where do you get your news?

[Phelia]

What do you like? What do you trust? Do you vary sources and voices?

My daily reads are a mix of NYT, BBC, the Intercept, and assorted links from social media (lots of NPR/Politico/Atlantic/etc.) and email. I feel fairly well informed but generally think American news is pretty terrible right now and there's a lot that needs fixing. My pet peeves are the susceptability to distraction and overall tendency to trip on their own dicks.

Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone is a reliably fantastic read. Al Jazeera has great reporting and some excellent video content on YouTube. I read Jezebel for fun, but they also have a lot of top-notch political reporting.

I scan Breitbart headlines and really outrageous articles about 2-3 times a week just to see what the propaganda machine is spinning (spoiler: it's ridiculous). I also rage-watch a few alt-right personalities on YouTube (Steven Crowder, Lauren Southern, Gavin McInnes) - it helps me to know the troll talking points before I encounter them in the wild.

Don't watch cable news but I fuckin' love Samantha Bee, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver but it's depressing that they do a better job exposing underreported fuckery and holding people accountable than traditional journalists do.

 

[JackLuis]

I generally lean on Rw Story to give me my fix, but dig into the British Papers and Al-Jaz, Sputnik, RT and Politifact as the mood moves me. I find the MSM to be so shallow that it is silly.

Lately I've been taken with CounterPunch, they have some insightful stuff that digs deeper than the puddle that is ABC/NBC/etc.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

I read the NYT and the WaPo in the morning, always check in with CNN but then I listen to a litany of podcasts the rest of the day. Majority Report, Randi Rhodes (she can get on my nerves), Robert Reich and Mike Malloy, every day. There's the entertainment value but then also pick up on what to read further, articles, books etc. I don't have time to do as much reading as I would like so they kind of condense things. Find out about a ton of things I wouldn't otherwise.

I have never seen anything as hysterical as Alex Jones. Makes me pee my pants. So funny. I cannot see him without dying laughing. That's my comic relief.

LOVE Seth Myers.

I do check in with the highlights from Morning Joe nowadays. I like hearing them rip Trump.

 

[dan_c00000]

I have never seen anything as hysterical as Alex Jones. Makes me pee my pants. So funny. I cannot see him without dying laughing. That's my comic relief.

When he gets really worked up he turns so purple it's crazy! I'm shocked he hasn't like passed out.

I'd also suggest the following: Dissent, Jacobin, American Prospect, The Baffler, Foreign Affairs, New Left Review, TomDispatch, New Republic, Nation, and fucking books.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

Alex Jones: The New World Order has Arrived, and It Involves Cannibalism, Sort Of

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B497NYv3B0U

When he gets really worked up he turns so purple it's crazy! I'm shocked he hasn't like passed out.

I'd also suggest the following: Dissent, Jacobin, American Prospect, The Baffler, Foreign Affairs, New Left Review, TomDispatch, New Republic, Nation, and fucking books.

 

[Chris_Michael]

When I'm bored, i look through Yahoo!News but I realize it's not the best place to rely on facts.

When I'm actively looking for something, I look up several people on Youtube and listen to what they have to say. Most of them have vastly different opinions, which creates a dynamic where I'm not listening to one biased voice. Also, some of these people aren't even from America so I hear issues about the UK and America from people who have different perspectives on our country.

These are not news media sources. They are people who have no need to push any agenda other than their own views. They do get paid ad revenue and some do accept sponsors but for the most part, it's just opinion - debates, commentary, and just laid back content.

 

[Hard_Rom]

CBC, BBC, London Free Press, MSN and Yahoo pages. The LFP being our local. No blogs, no podcasts, not even late show monologues. Pretty much mainstream flow. I watch every day in that order cbc, bbc, lfp... I check Humberside news by way of the BBC.

 

[Iceprincess12]

I don't read headlines or watch news anymore. I used to watch Fox business, Hannity and read the yahoo headlines. When I stopped being involved with it, the world still moved on, my daily life didn't fall apart and nothing really changed. Inconceivable!!!

 

[johnnieblue44]

I don't read headlines or watch news anymore. I used to watch Fox business, Hannity and read the yahoo headlines. When I stopped being involved with it, the world still moved on, my daily life didn't fall apart and nothing really changed. Inconceivable!!!

I read billboards on the highways because it's fun to keep my eyes off the road.

I get my news from the old guys who sit around McDonald's in the morning for hours and bitch about the world. I like to see how many times they start sentences with "Well, back in the day...."

 

[Phelia]

I generally lean on Rw Story to give me my fix, but dig into the British Papers and Al-Jaz, Sputnik, RT and Politifact as the mood moves me. I find the MSM to be so shallow that it is silly.

Lately I've been taken with CounterPunch, they have some insightful stuff that digs deeper than the puddle that is ABC/NBC/etc.

Cool. I just took a look at CounterPunch and enjoyed the first article I clicked. Will try to work it into my rotation. I find it can be difficult to strike the right balance between tidbit-style briefs to maintain a broad surface-level understanding and going deep into longer reads.

And fuck theSkimm. UGH.

Anyway. Thanks!

I read the NYT and the WaPo in the morning, always check in with CNN but then I listen to a litany of podcasts the rest of the day. Majority Report, Randi Rhodes (she can get on my nerves), Robert Reich and Mike Malloy, every day. There's the entertainment value but then also pick up on what to read further, articles, books etc. I don't have time to do as much reading as I would like so they kind of condense things. Find out about a ton of things I wouldn't otherwise.

I have never seen anything as hysterical as Alex Jones. Makes me pee my pants. So funny. I cannot see him without dying laughing. That's my comic relief.

LOVE Seth Myers.

I do check in with the highlights from Morning Joe nowadays. I like hearing them rip Trump.

Ah, podcasts! I have a long commute now and podcasts keep me sane. I've been listening to one about the Roman Empire, but poli-casts might be a great way to work in some deeper content. I'll check out the ones you've mentioned. Thank you!

I can't even derive lols from watching Alex Jones anymore! He's just too crazy. And I think of the poor (dumb) people buying the crazy supplements and doomsday kits from his sponsors. Ugh. It's all just so so so gross.

When he gets really worked up he turns so purple it's crazy! I'm shocked he hasn't like passed out.

I'd also suggest the following: Dissent, Jacobin, American Prospect, The Baffler, Foreign Affairs, New Left Review, TomDispatch, New Republic, Nation, and fucking books.

Hear hear to fucking books. Good list but I find some of them can get a bit up their own asses. I don't have much patience for the kind of intellectualism that's impressed with proving itself. Real smart people can explain complex ideas, simply.

When I'm bored, i look through Yahoo!News but I realize it's not the best place to rely on facts.

When I'm actively looking for something, I look up several people on Youtube and listen to what they have to say. Most of them have vastly different opinions, which creates a dynamic where I'm not listening to one biased voice. Also, some of these people aren't even from America so I hear issues about the UK and America from people who have different perspectives on our country.

These are not news media sources. They are people who have no need to push any agenda other than their own views. They do get paid ad revenue and some do accept sponsors but for the most part, it's just opinion - debates, commentary, and just laid back content.

It's good that you recognize that it is opinion. I see too many who try to style themselves as THE voice of reason in a world of corrupt media while they do all sorts of shady shit behind the scenes to enrich themselves of people's fear and outrage. Don't trust people who tell you what to be scared of.

I am no fan of the MSM or establishment media or whatever the fuck we all probably have different definitions of anyway, but there is a reason that traditional news orgs have accountability and (in theory) must learn and adhere to journalistic ethics.

I don't read headlines or watch news anymore. I used to watch Fox business, Hannity and read the yahoo headlines. When I stopped being involved with it, the world still moved on, my daily life didn't fall apart and nothing really changed. Inconceivable!!!

Different philosophies. I think citizens have a basic responsibility to stay informed. Your own immediate comfort doesn't absolve you of that.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

Same here. Plus I can listen at work. The ones I listen to are all Air America alumni.

The guys on the Majority Report are very funny. They tend more towards policy discussion, but have an hour of hilarity. Right now they have a running Sebastian Gorka impression that is hysterical. Randi Rhodes is a loud mouthed New Yorker. She's been all over the Russian thing. And Mike Malloy is an old time radical. The best. Never fails to rag on the Christian Right.

Ah, podcasts! I have a long commute now and podcasts keep me sane. I've been listening to one about the Roman Empire, but poli-casts might be a great way to work in some deeper content. I'll check out the ones you've mentioned. Thank you!

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[LadyVer]

WaPo, NYT, Atlantic, Newsweek, Politico, Alex Jones (for laughs), Right Wing Watch, Texas Tribune, John Oliver, and a few others. Can only handle so much of Rachel Maddox before my ADD kicks in.

 

[Phelia]

Same here. Plus I can listen at work. The ones I listen to are all Air America alumni.

The guys on the Majority Report are very funny. They tend more towards policy discussion, but have an hour of hilarity. Right now they have a running Sebastian Gorka impression that is hysterical. Randi Rhodes is a loud mouthed New Yorker. She's been all over the Russian thing. And Mike Malloy is an old time radical. The best. Never fails to rag on the Christian Right.

Sounds great! That Gorka is such a fucking buffoon. I think the Jezebel writers started a podcast too. Yay I'm excited to tune in!

WaPo, NYT, Atlantic, Newsweek, Politico, Alex Jones (for laughs), Right Wing Watch, Texas Tribune, John Oliver, and a few others. Can only handle so much of Rachel Maddox before my ADD kicks in.

Yeah I want to love Rachel but anything on MSNBC is just blegh.

John Oliver is great but ahm sick of these immigrants comin' in to OUR televisions and stealing our jobs!!

 

[adrina]

I used to consume news voraciously. Do the check through of all the main ones and then some each day. At this point I can do no more than read headlines for most of it - I'll get the gist by that. It's better than it was a month ago. And even a month before that. But I'm finding a high degree of idiocy within the press corp. Even the accountable ones still sucked off the groper in chief - many continue to do so and it's only within the last week that spades are tentatively being called spades.

I find myself utterly disgusted with much of it. I can deal with mainstream and the slightly leaning one way or the other responsible ones, but I can't even look at crap like Breitbart, Daily Caller, Occupy Democrats, Addicting Info.

When I do read news these days, I'm more likely to get into non political pieces - policy yes, politics no. Atlantic, WSJ, BBC, Vox, Slate. I need something I can sink my teeth into. The clown show in Washington is maddening, yet predictable.

 

[ChloeTzang]

LOL. Loving every moment of this.

Breitbart of course

Red State

The American Conservative

Townhall

Bearing Arms

The Local (Germany) (Sweden)

For a look at what our neighbors across the northern border are saying - the National Post - very Canadian, eh

For more left wing news, I read the Fox News and the UK Daily Mail - they're left, but not left enough that I puke reading them

And, well, all those left wing media outlets like the Clinton News Network, Huffington Post and the rest, we aren’t reading them anymore, and frankly they can make up all the fake news and all the jokes they want. The punchlines are still going to be “And then the Republicans repealed Obamacare.” followed by "Trump elected President for a Second Term"

 

[IrezumiKiss]

I work in media, so at the office I'm already surrounded by several jumbo flatscreens with various news channels going, but usually am too busy to pay more attention than a cursory glance. Also means I don't really need to watch them out of the office.

Personally follow several journalists' individual Twitter feeds. What goes on there usually hits first and gets nicked for network broadcast later on. It's especially convenient for live feeds when something is going down.

 

[Chris_Michael]

THE RUBIN REPORT

Seriously, this guy is awesome. He interviews people from all over the spectrum, and most of his content is topical.

I love Dave Rubin.

https://www.youtube.com/user/RubinReport

 

[urguyscott]

Usually news from Japan or the BBC America, or a few others from Asia or Europe (even they have their left wing jerks). I never take anything off the U.S. News Media, and especially off the Internet (like writing a blog makes you a reporter). And there are no longer any newspapers in this country. Only good for wrapping trash in. Get tired of talking heads who worship Joseph Goebbels.

Even local news spends more time on entertainment and "being jolly" then letting you know what is going on around us.

It's sad but I can't think of one "news caster" in the entire country. I would bet a months wages that there is not a "talking head" on TV or radio or internet or paper that could really pass a high school journalism final from 40 or 50 years ago. (Spoiler alert: They would use something called the 5 W's and they would double check their "sources" and find out the story behind the story and only report the facts and leave the editorial on the Editorial Page.) Don't tell them or they will pull a Hillary Clinton and take cheat notes with them to a debate.

Oh, that is another thing, reporters don't give the questions to the people they are interviewing nor do politicians give questions they want asked to "reporters" to repeat in a "press conference". See that isn't being a reporter. But if you are a communists or Nazi then that is how they do it.

When is the last time you watched the "news" and they reported what was happening in the world (unless it was political and then only if anti American)?
Believe it or not the world isn't flat with one end the fake reality show in Washington and the other end the fake reality shows out of Hollywood.

If I want a laugh I do watch MSNBC or CNN. Those guys are a riot.

If anyone has any honest news outlets please post them on this site. It would be nice to hear the truth for a change. I don't want to be "entertained" or "brain washed" I just want to know what is happening in the world.

 

[Chris_Michael]

Well, nobody is valued based on their ability to pass an exam, especially one 50 years ago...

Besides, the news media is competing with social media which is almost instant updates. These are corporations trying to profit. They don't give a damn about honesty, integrity, or knowledge. They apparently care about the hot blondes who will show off their big boobs and legs... and who will put out (Megyn Kelly).

The meteorologist is always the hottest goddamn woman. Well, sometimes. Man, that chick from the Spanish channel used to give me an instant boner. Damn, Latinas have some nice bodies

 

[ChloeTzang]

The meteorologist is always the hottest goddamn woman. Well, sometimes. Man, that chick from the Spanish channel used to give me an instant boner. Damn, Latinas have some nice bodies

But chinese weather girls have the best taste in appropriate clothing for male viewers like you .....

https://sociorocketnewsen.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/chinesereporter1.jpg?w=580&h=406

 

[colddiesel]

LOL. Loving every moment of this.

For more left wing news, I read the Fox News and the UK Daily Mail - they're left, but not left enough that I puke reading them
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Might Surprise you Chloe but most Brits and the Mail itself regard the Daily Mail as definitely right of centre. More interesting is the fact that Wikipedia has banned any citing of Mail articles or links to them on the grounds that they are inaccurate, deceptive and consistently wrong. 12000 links have been removed.

Try the Guardian, they could win medals for smugness (white collar socialists). Your gag reflex will be tested. Daily Star for laughs but online the nudes seem to be missing.

The Frankfurter Algemeine is the best and most accurate Newspaper in the world. It's in German though, and just a tad tedious - no a lot.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Might Surprise you Chloe but most Brits and the Mail itself regard the Daily Mail as definitely right of centre. More interesting is the fact that Wikipedia has banned any citing of Mail articles or links to them on the grounds that they are inaccurate, deceptive and consistently wrong. 12000 links have been removed.

Try the Guardian, they could win medals for smugness (white collar socialists). Your gag reflex will be tested. Daily Star for laughs but online the nudes seem to be missing.

The Frankfurter Algemeine is the best and most accurate Newspaper in the world. It's in German though, and just a tad tedious - no a lot.

I read the Guardian now and then. More to shake my head but somrtimes they have good articles. You just have to wade thru all the bs. I was being a bit tongue in cheek about the Daily Mail but that wikipedia thing was ridiculous. A small cabal of extreme left Wikipedia editors playing politics. Another reason not to rely on Wikipedia for anything accurate. Its a politicized website alas which detracts from its usefulness.

 

[Chris_Michael]

But chinese weather girls have the best taste in appropriate clothing for male viewers like you .....

https://sociorocketnewsen.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/chinesereporter1.jpg?w=580&h=406

Hahahaha Oh don't worry. Asian women have a special place in my heart that is sectioned off just for them.

 

[dan_c00000]

Hear hear to fucking books. Good list but I find some of them can get a bit up their own asses. I don't have much patience for the kind of intellectualism that's impressed with proving itself. Real smart people can explain complex ideas, simply.

I work in academia so I get your point. In fact, it's even been written about!

The "average" American reads about 12 books in a year. Which isn't bad. What is bad is that there's a growing portion of Americans who don't read any books. I make no judgement on what people read (that's for another thread) but if you aren't reading you aren't exposed to those complex ideas that go beyond the simple binary way of looking at life.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

I work in academia so I get your point. In fact, it's even been written about!

The "average" American reads about 12 books in a year. Which isn't bad. What is bad is that there's a growing portion of Americans who don't read any books. I make no judgement on what people read (that's for another thread) but if you aren't reading you aren't exposed to those complex ideas that go beyond the simple binary way of looking at life.

Speaking of books, this is one of my fave quotes...

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