Your "news" source?

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by Cajundaddy

For the most part I think TV news is dead. They got so consumed with sensationalism and pre-fabbed content they forgot about journalism. Many newspapers fell to the same causes with grossly biased reporting and pre-fabbed content from the mother ship.

Well said!

[Lusso1]

I get my news from Fox News by reading the thread titles in PARF.

[Shuie]

From here.

[gprsh924]

Twitter and PPOT

[jcommin]

NPR on the radio. NY Times, CNN, Chicago Sun Times, MSN and others on the Web.

I do enjoy reading newspapers if I'm traveling: WSJ, USA Today and the local city papers.

[vash]

Wait, wait, dont tell me. on NPR.

heeeeeerrrrressss peeeeetttteer sagal!

[pitargue]

This is why TV news sucks.

[KNS]

I watch bits of CNN and Fox until I have to change the channel - they are equally bad. A plane crashed in the Indian Ocean (maybe...), three weeks later it is still "Breaking News!".

I like BBC for what is happening in the rest of the world.

[Brian in VA]

Twitter and PPOT

Haha me too

[recycled sixtie]

Being originally from the UK I am surprised that quite a few Americans watch BBC.
Now BBC like our CBC is government owned and run and therefore paid for by the taxpayer.

So here is the contradiction. It appears that so many Americans dislike government but some do seem to like the BBC and I would think that it seems to be the objectivity that is appreciated? Having a private station like CNN they seem to do whatever it takes to get ratings up and viewer numbers up.

Just an observation.....G

[74-911]

Originally Posted by cairns

The WSJ and the web. i never watch TV news- in particular CBS. I owned an Audi.

That makes two of us.... what a hatchet job 60 Minutes did on us Audi owners.

I am old school I guess. I get my news fix from newspapers and NPR, the only TV news I watch is for local weather reports mainly.

[targa911S]

Here..

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by recycled sixtie

Being originally from the UK I am surprised that quite a few Americans watch BBC.
Now BBC like our CBC is government owned and run and therefore paid for by the taxpayer.
So here is the contradiction. It appears that so many Americans dislike government but some do seem to like the BBC and I would think that it seems to be the objectivity that is appreciated?

They're not against big government, they're against taxes and big government in the US. They are more than happy to freeload off of someone else. I listen to BBC World News and NPR because of the variety of world news they report, not necessarily because of their objectivity. US news outlets report on one or two big events a day and run their story over and over.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by recycled sixtie

Being originally from the UK I am surprised that quite a few Americans watch BBC.
Now BBC like our CBC is government owned and run and therefore paid for by the taxpayer.

So here is the contradiction. It appears that so many Americans dislike government but some do seem to like the BBC and I would think that it seems to be the objectivity that is appreciated? Having a private station like CNN they seem to do whatever it takes to get ratings up and viewer numbers up.

Just an observation.....G

Same reason I like PPOT as a news source....to get different perspectives (some which aren't US centric). Back when I had DirecTV and a "news event" happened, I'd switch between CNN, Fox, BBC, and even an Al Jazeera station if it was "over there" (or their web sites). All of them have their biases and agendas, and I fully realize that...I assimilate the info and form my own opinion accordingly.

[Tilikum Turbo]

Multiple sources...this way, I can listen and hear/read opinions which don't match or validate my own....this is a wonderful path to growth.

[FLYGEEZER]

BBC on the tube & NPR in the car. ALL cable/network news shows are dog and pony shows.

[sand_man]

PPOT and NPR is often on for background noise....

[MRM]

Whenever I'm in the car I listen to NPR. I don't agree with their agenda but it's easy to calibrate for their bias and they don't shout. I hate talk radio because of the shrillness. I read CNN and the two local papers on the Internet and sometimes the free version of the WSJ. Most days I also read Realclearpolitics.com. For the most part anything important gets reported quickly and accurately here.

[dw1]

My news sources:
I still rely mostly on newspapers and I subscribe to 2 different papers. Cable and on-line news seems to far more concerned about speed than accuracy or putting events in context, and with newspapers I can read them when I want, and focus on what I am interested in.

During my rather long commute, I typically listen to WNYC in the morning (BBC & NPR news programs) and WBGO in the evening.

I miss having the time to read TIME or US News & Word Report. I read a copy of TIME a few months back in a doctor's waiting room and was extremely impressed with the quality of the writing and in-depth reporting. (Darwinism in print journalism?)

Unfortunately a lot of my "reading time" is spent reviewing technical journals.

The complete list:
Regional newspaper: Newark Star-Ledger
Local newspaper: Morris County Daily Record
TV: NBC, CNN, News 12 NJ
Radio: WBGO news, WNYC news (BBC & NPR)
On-line: Aljazeera, and not the "Aljazeera America" (the international one is much better at international news & sport than US-based services)
Other: ESPN Sports Center, The Daily Show, The Onion, Pelican Parts off-topic forum, CBS Sports on-line,

Automotive news: Top Gear (UK), Car and Driver, Road & Track

[5String43]

New York Times, which remains excellent, Los Angeles Times, which is decidedly less so. There is far too much important stuff going on for TV to be able to much more than gloss over the big stories, though BBC does a pretty good job of trying.