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secrets0stolen · 03-29-2011, 10:15 PM

Is there one? What do you use?

Brutha · 03-29-2011, 10:43 PM

I don't really believe in the context of news. Reading everyday an article about the events of the last day doesn't give you much perspective.

I rather read articles that describe a problem in depth and can describe a development instead of articles that focus too much on current events.

I subscribe to a variety of different RSS feeds. It's never very good to take too much information from the same source.

juancito · 04-20-2011, 04:04 PM

If I did have to follow the news this is what I would read:
The Wall Street Journal, Al jazeera, BBC.
The Economist magazine.

AlmostGodess · 04-20-2011, 06:40 PM

I am reading magazines in different languages. If there is something that interests me, I will try to see how that news is presented in different countries.

My favorite English magazines are the International Herald Tribune and the Economist.

randi · 04-22-2011, 12:39 PM

I like Bloomberg.com. At least as far as financial articles go, many of them are very in-depth and provide lots of learning opportunity (What IS a CDO anyway?)

Kosmos · 04-22-2011, 02:34 PM

Fox News, Fair and Balanced! No doubt!

NoJobRob · 04-23-2011, 11:05 AM

The only way to get up to speed on current political events that's unfiltered and unbiased is to watch C-Span. That's where you'll see the game, not just the highlights with right/left spin. CNN is actually the most moderate television news source in my opinion, but they still have leftist spin, they're just more clever at sneaking it in there. Fox news is just absurd, and MSNBC is just as ridiculous, they're the left's version of Fox news. It is hard to find plain old news without any bias whatsoever. I usually read the news online and just skim through the articles and extract the facts, while ignoring the rhetoric. Needless to say I don't have to spend much time reading the news. LOL

If I owned a news station I'd call it NBS (No BS). I'd just have people reporting the actual news and leave the mud slinging out of it. You know, like grown, mature adults should do. LOL

alexb5784 · 04-23-2011, 03:31 PM

I watch, read, and listen to:

- France 2 - French TV station with news programs
- BBC
- The Economist
- The Guardian

Sometimes I watch CNN and rarely Fox News. I don't watch the local new because all they talk about is murders and which politicians are taking vacations on taxpayer's money.

taylor · 04-24-2011, 04:01 AM

I don't do news personally. It seems too much like surface level gossip to me. People will naturally fill me in on any big news story in sufficient detail to keep me roughly up to speed.

Every once in a while I will read a well rated political or economics book. Those are going to teach you more in the short time it takes you to read them then a year's worth of news articles from the bbc or something. "The medium is the message." definitely applies to politics.

Oh, a couple of exceptions for pleasure viewing:
CurrentTV
Bloomberg
Jon Stewart

machoman · 04-24-2011, 04:45 AM

I use this one

BBC News - News feeds from the BBC

SnerpGoodWord · 04-25-2011, 04:23 PM

I read the Wall Street Journal online edition plus some low quality but fast-responding financial news outlets.

03-29-2011, 10:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
secrets0stolen Retired Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: A Greyhound Station where I set my thoughts to far off destinations... Posts: 4,380	Reliable source of news? Is there one? What do you use?

04-23-2011, 03:31 PM	#8 (permalink)
alexb5784 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 664	I like European News I watch, read, and listen to: - France 2 - French TV station with news programs - BBC - The Economist - The Guardian Sometimes I watch CNN and rarely Fox News. I don't watch the local new because all they talk about is murders and which politicians are taking vacations on taxpayer's money.

04-24-2011, 04:01 AM	#9 (permalink)
taylor Family Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,827	I don't do news personally. It seems too much like surface level gossip to me. People will naturally fill me in on any big news story in sufficient detail to keep me roughly up to speed. Every once in a while I will read a well rated political or economics book. Those are going to teach you more in the short time it takes you to read them then a year's worth of news articles from the bbc or something. "The medium is the message." definitely applies to politics. Oh, a couple of exceptions for pleasure viewing: CurrentTV Bloomberg Jon Stewart Last edited by taylor; 04-24-2011 at 04:04 AM.

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03-29-2011, 10:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
Brutha Family Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 8,749	I don't really believe in the context of news. Reading everyday an article about the events of the last day doesn't give you much perspective. I rather read articles that describe a problem in depth and can describe a development instead of articles that focus too much on current events. I subscribe to a variety of different RSS feeds. It's never very good to take too much information from the same source.

04-20-2011, 04:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
juancito Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: In a house Posts: 81	If I did have to follow the news this is what I would read: The Wall Street Journal, Al jazeera, BBC. The Economist magazine.

04-20-2011, 06:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
AlmostGodess Banned Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: France Posts: 6,053	I am reading magazines in different languages. If there is something that interests me, I will try to see how that news is presented in different countries. My favorite English magazines are the International Herald Tribune and the Economist.

04-22-2011, 12:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
randi Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 104	I like Bloomberg.com. At least as far as financial articles go, many of them are very in-depth and provide lots of learning opportunity (What IS a CDO anyway?)

04-22-2011, 02:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
Kosmos Family Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Oklahoma, USA Posts: 2,218	Fox News, Fair and Balanced! No doubt!

04-23-2011, 11:05 AM	#7 (permalink)
NoJobRob Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Hawaii Posts: 629	The only way to get up to speed on current political events that's unfiltered and unbiased is to watch C-Span. That's where you'll see the game, not just the highlights with right/left spin. CNN is actually the most moderate television news source in my opinion, but they still have leftist spin, they're just more clever at sneaking it in there. Fox news is just absurd, and MSNBC is just as ridiculous, they're the left's version of Fox news. It is hard to find plain old news without any bias whatsoever. I usually read the news online and just skim through the articles and extract the facts, while ignoring the rhetoric. Needless to say I don't have to spend much time reading the news. LOL If I owned a news station I'd call it NBS (No BS). I'd just have people reporting the actual news and leave the mud slinging out of it. You know, like grown, mature adults should do. LOL

04-24-2011, 04:45 AM	#10 (permalink)
machoman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 607	I use this one BBC News - News feeds from the BBC

04-25-2011, 04:23 PM	#11 (permalink)
SnerpGoodWord Family Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,519	I read the Wall Street Journal online edition plus some low quality but fast-responding financial news outlets.

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