minx Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 there's a lot of discussion of current events in spray. most of you just post mindless drivel that i would expect from sprayers like myself. h/e a few of you post insightful remarks. i'm curious what news sources people around here rely on for their info. Quote
AlpineK Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 For 90% of my news I listen to NPR ( Fairweather) The rest comes from random sources including stuff people post here. Quote
iain Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 I like google news for a web source. You can get the local angle on stories, and it actually IS "fair and balanced". The BBC is also very good for a news source that actually cares about the rest of the world. I'm also a fan of NPR, though they need to counterbalance Daniel Shore's tirades about this and that. I also like to try to mess with cnn.com's polls. The Christian Science Monitor is another excellent source. Quote
lummox Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 latimes.com washingtonpost.com nytimes.com laprensa.com iht.com bbc.co.uk radio and magazines too. oh yeah: and a couple blogs written by oversexed teenaged girls with tattoos and piercings. Quote
catbirdseat Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 I get my news from as many sources as I can: Â Radio: NPR, KOMO, KIRO Net: Yahoo, CNN Newspaper: Seattle Times, New York Times Quote
nonanon Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 Another vote for Google News. We also get the NYT daily, and watch the BBC World News Friday nights on PBS if we're not already out of town. Quote
arlen Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 I listen to NPR to stay current, and I feel extra satisfied if I catch the Beeb a few times a week. My fave web source is The Week for aimless news browsing or I'll look through Google News for whatever in particular. Â My fave source for interesting web scrapings is zfilter . Quote
catbirdseat Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 Anyone willing to predict where Fairweather gets his news? Quote
badvoodoo Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 CNN.com, Yahoo.com, Slashdot.org, TheRegister.co.uk  And of course The Daily Show and TheOnion.com.  Local news I could give a rat's ass about. I really don't care what the Protest Of The Day is, or which road people are complaining is too busy this week. Quote
minx Posted January 23, 2004 Author Posted January 23, 2004 Anyone willing to predict where Fairweather gets his news? Â i thought he was on the George Shrubya e-mail list, each day it tells him what was happening and what he should think about it. Quote
catbirdseat Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 He has already stated that he thinks that all Seattle newspapers suck and that he reads the Tacoma News Tribune. I'll guess he likes the Wall Street Journal and Forbes and maybe The Christian Science Monitor. Quote
Stonehead Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 Objectivity is an illusion. All media and by extension, all news, is a tool for manufactured consent. Â The other day I heard someone remark that we have a one party system consisting of two factions, Republican and Democrat. Â "The business of America is business."--Calvin Coolidge Quote
catbirdseat Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 Objectivity is an illusion. All media and by extension, all news, is a tool for manufactured consent. The other day I heard someone remark that we have a one party system consisting of two factions, Republican and Democrat.  "The business of America is business."--Calvin Coolidge That is not too far from the truth, IMHO. Quote
Stonehead Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 Doesn't it sound much better when you say: Â "That is closer to the truth, IMHO." Â The meaning stays the same but there is no subconscious trigger for its opposite meaning. Quote
arlen Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 Anyone willing to predict where Fairweather gets his news? Â the schwarz report Quote
chelle Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 bbc news on pbs when I'm around to watch it. NYT daily. You can register for a free daily email. The Economist, I like their coverage of world stuff and business. Used to love the WSJ, but I don't get it for free anymore... Quote
dkemp Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 Seattle Times & PI & NYT.  A couple years ago I learned of FAIR - its a left leaning organization that does retrospective of recent news offerings. That is, its not a newspaper but a media-watchdog. Its particularly good at pointing out how big stories get on front pages and the same stories retractions are buried. Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting  A great show is Now with Bill Moyers, Friday nights on PBS. Now Again, he talks not just about news events, but the way news is formatted, edited and delivered. Quote
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