Where do you get your news?

[partofme]

I was wondering what sources some of you use to get the news. I really like The Economist and The Atlantic but for daily information I go to The New York Times. In the U.S. it is seen as a purely liberal publication but I honestly can't find another source that has such a broad range of coverage every single day that offers such high quality. I also like Newshour on PBS and some NPR programming. For financial news I like The Financial Times. From time to time I check up on Slate.com, The New Yorker, and I also use Google News to find various sources about the same subject.

[Donkey]

I'm pretty lazy, unfortunately, when it comes to news, so I get most of mine from the BBC website.

I don't actually have a working AM/FM receiver in my apartment at the moment (nor functioning internet, though we'll be fixing that), so NPR isn't something I've been using a lot.

[dilettante]

NPR and Google News are my general sources for finding out what's going on out there.

[Michael]

I am a long time fan of the Economist as my primary source of international news - especially for following what's going on in odd places (like Russia, Eastern Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia, etc) that don't get much coverage at all.

I'm also a fan of McClatchy (the old Knight Ridder wire service). I also read a couple of 'news aggregator' sites on a daily basis (like Google News) and few more that are specialized to some topics and just supply links to various news articles published on the web. I also track about a dozen various blogs (political or economic news) on a daily basis and often follow the links posted at those sites back to the primary news articles (usually NYTimes, Bloomberg or Guardian articles).

I also have a few more really cool blogs that I go to on a weekly basis that supply links to academic philosophy, history or media/culture articles.

I used to read a newspaper every day (and especially the weekend edition - Sunday NYTimes as well), but I haven't read a newspaper in about five years now.

[partofme]

I am a long time fan of the Economist as my primary source of international news - especially for following what's going on in odd places (like Russia, Eastern Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia, etc) that don't get much coverage at all.

I'm also a fan of McClatchy (the old Knight Ridder wire service). I also read a couple of 'news aggregator' sites on a daily basis (like Google News) and few more that are specialized to some topics and just supply links to various news articles published on the web. I also track about a dozen various blogs (political or economic news) on a daily basis and often follow the links posted at those sites back to the primary news articles (usually NYTimes, Bloomberg or Guardian articles).

I also have a few more really cool blogs that I go to on a weekly basis that supply links to academic philosophy, history or media/culture articles.

I used to read a newspaper every day (and especially the weekend edition - Sunday NYTimes as well), but I haven't read a newspaper in about five years now.

I don't actually read NYTimes in print. It's all available online.

[Michael]

I don't actually read NYTimes in print. It's all available online.
But many years ago, the Sunday NYTimes was a wonderful thing. Couldn't care less now.

[partofme]

But many years ago, the Sunday NYTimes was a wonderful thing. Couldn't care less now.

Why changed?

[SMadsen]

Free newspapers in the morning/evening during commuting. Otherwise TV.

Unless, of course, something exceptional happens. Then I either buy papers or check the internet. But we humans usually do the same things over and over, week after week, year after year, - so TV it usually is :)

[Michael]

Why changed?
There is very little in that newspaper that I now don't get via the net (for free). Years ago, it was a 'unique' thing. Now its not. Indeed, when there was no competition from the net, the Sunday NY Times was wonderful. But with so much competition on the net, all the 'flaws' in the NY Times seem that much larger and are no longer worth paying for/supporting. I find that the editorial content in the Times sucks bad (as it does in most old-school newspapers). I don't like the idea of supporting their politics with my money. I'll never forgive that organization for their leadership on the 'Clinton-derangement syndrome'. During the 1990's it was the NY Times that led the charge in attacking President Clinton in every possible way. That makes the paper appear like a petty little partisan rag to me that can't be taken seriously.

As a general rule, there are way better editorial columns on the net, way better lifestyle features, way better book reviews than anything the NY Times can or has done. And its all free. NY Times only looked good when it had no competition. The NY Review of Books absolutely sucks now (seems like this section is owned by the literary publishers and just prints sychophantic drivel about the latest fiction that no one buys).

Salon.com is another 'former' media source. I used to like that site, but now I consider it unreadable.

Btw I do like to watch the local 6 o'clock news on tv. Living in a big city, there is always something going on - plus they have the weather forcast.

[partofme]

There is very little in that newspaper that I now don't get via the net (for free). Years ago, it was a 'unique' thing. Now its not. Indeed, when there was no competition from the net, the Sunday NY Times was wonderful. But with so much competition on the net, all the 'flaws' in the NY Times seem that much larger and are no longer worth paying for/supporting. I find that the editorial content in the Times sucks bad (as it does in most old-school newspapers). I don't like the idea of supporting their politics with my money. I'll never forgive that organization for their leadership on the 'Clinton-derangement syndrome'. During the 1990's it was the NY Times that led the charge in attacking President Clinton in every possible way. That makes the paper appear like a petty little partisan rag to me that can't be taken seriously.

As a general rule, there are way better editorial columns on the net, way better lifestyle features, way better book reviews than anything the NY Times can or has done. And its all free. NY Times only looked good when it had no competition. The NY Review of Books absolutely sucks now (seems like this section is owned by the literary publishers and just prints sychophantic drivel about the latest fiction that no one buys).

Salon.com is another 'former' media source. I used to like that site, but now I consider it unreadable.

Btw I do like to watch the local 6 o'clock news on tv. Living in a big city, there is always something going on - plus they have the weather forcast.

I like Friedman and Krugman but everybody else on it is awful.

[Americano]

Local daily (M-Sat) paper for local news. Google news, Asia Times, Bloomberg, Aljazeera and others.

Weather is a hobby. I have a weather station and always a couple tabs open to the national weather service.

The last time I bought and read the 'big' Sunday Portland, OR newspaper, maybe three years ago, my thought was what a friggin' waste of money.