Katy Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I used to like CNN... but last fall they got rid of their investigative news division entirely (aparently advanced computer graphics and talking heads are cheaper and get higher ratings). I also used to like ABC (since 5 or 6 years ago when I read that they were the most balanced source of news in the USA... they had the least negative things to say about Bush at the time, and even though I wasn't a big fan, I also don't like political agendas). They don't seem to be very balanced anymore though... recently I have heard more about gun control, the personal life of the Obama family, about medical correlations as if they are science, pushing flu shots, etc than I EVER cared to tolerate. And DH comes home from work having heard brief updates on the radio knowing more than I do about what's going on in the world than I do, and I make an effort to watch the news morning and night! I prefer a video source to a newspaper, as I can do stuff like fold laundry or start to cook dinner while it's on. Even the radio might be okay, as long as it's balanced. I don't want hating Obama any more than I want to hear how he's the best thing since sliced bread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danestress Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I do watch CNN once in a while. It makes me crazy at times though. The blah blah blah is irritating. Most of my news comes from the radio. I listen to NPR and the BBC. I am sure NPR has it's bias, but it is a better news source (in my opinion) than anything on nightly television. I have satellite radio in the car, so I switch around between a few news channels. If NPR is being boring, I switch to BBC. If neither of those give satisfaction, there are a few other news channels clustered together on Sirius radio. I've been thinking about dropping my subscription at the end of the years (which ends in the summer for me) but I am not sure I will be happy with other news sources. There is probably good online news, but I end up getting distracted and coming here, lol. In the car, I have nothing to do but listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PachiSusan Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I have not found a single news source that does not have an agenda. I read from many sources and try to put them together to get the whole story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 NPR and BBC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 NPR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PachiSusan Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Does Facebook count? LOL. We don't have cable, and I don't get on the net much anymore, so most of the time I hear it on FB first. Oh God no!!! LMAO The amount of ignorant postings at FB astounds me at times. People do not even do the simplest research on their own! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoorsy Type Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 NPR and BBC here also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Wow, I am surprised at the number of people who get most of their news from BBC and NPR! I do too, but figured I'd be in the minority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 NPR, BBC, Drudge, Google News. My husband has been watching "Democracy Now" and says the first 10 min. are pretty good for daily news updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 NPR and BBC. Same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 For those of you who rely on BBC, do you have a TV station, or do you use their website? We only get BBC America, and they seem to air only drama and reality shows, no news. (I think there might be an early morning news program, but I guess I should record it, as I'm not getting up at 4am to watch.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Definitely NPR, BBC. Mostly online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I get most of my news from my dh. He'll say: did you hear about such and such? And I'll say, no. And then he tells me. LOL. I used to be much more of a news junkie but I guess I'm getting old and cynical. I just don't wanna know about much any more. But my computer opens up to The Washington Post so I do read headlines there. That's my liberal source. Then I subscribed to a newsletter called Catholic Pulse which reports on church, national and world news. That's my more conservative source. Sometimes I listen to the news on a local all news station when I'm driving around in the car, if something is going on I want to hear about. And every Saturday morning I go get bagels and have to stand in line. The bagel shop has a big screen TV and it is always blaring CNN. Mostly it seems to be Dr. Sanjay Gupta reporting from somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orthodox6 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 BBC news, both on TV and Internet, which seems the highest quality available anywhere, best as I can tell. CNN newscasters on TV are so blabbery and juvenile. On my cell phone, I check in with the apps for Washington Post, Time, and USA Today. I avoid FOX News like the plague. Nothing there but insufferable, nonstop insults of each other and of subjects in the news. I often appreciate the writing quality of the New York Times; however, they changed the website to fee-based, unless I limit my reading to a few articles per month. NPR broadcasts can be quite interesting. When I used to travel on business, I loved to pick up copies of The Economist magazine for the news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 The Guardian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrookValley. Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 NPR, my AP mobile app. When I want politics I have one particular go-to blog, which is also where I write when I have the time and energy (not often these days). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 The Economist cnn.com NPR BBC radio Der Spiegel online (a German weekly news magazine) We do not own a TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 For those of you who rely on BBC, do you have a TV station, or do you use their website? We only get BBC America, and they seem to air only drama and reality shows, no news. (I think there might be an early morning news program, but I guess I should record it, as I'm not getting up at 4am to watch.) Neither. BBC World Service on satellite radio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldberry Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Online CNN and Fox News (which I despise but I look at it anyway). Then if there is anything I think is worth investigating further, I search from there. Online I can scan the headlines and then pick and choose. Can't watch on TV because you're kind of at the mercy of whatever they are throwing at you. I agree with Susan that there are no unbiased sources. Looking at a left and a right source and then researching further seems the best choice for now. It's frustrating. I was also disgusted that CNN eliminated their "real" news division. News is just becoming entertainment, but what's worse is that nobody cares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Fox news, NPR, local CBS station for local news plus local newspaper, Drudge, and a website where people post articles and then they comment and others comment too (which is where I find a lot of British articles and also articles from other news services of the world). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 BBC World News is on NPR radio in the evenings. In fact, NPR and BBC now have some kind of a partnership, so BBC news may be aired on NPR more often now. I also go to BBC News online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 BBC, NYP, Washingon Post, NPR. CNN is on par w/Fox news now for all I care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Another vote for NPR and the BBC here. And i was fascinated to read aboout Dane and her Sirius radio. I love mine because I love flipping back and forth between different NPR shows when one gets boring. I have been thinking of getting a "print" newspaper for daily delivery to my ipad. NPR did a story about the Algerian hostage situation today and I realized how woefully ignorant I was about the subject. Washington Post or New York Times? We don't watch TV so my news comes from the radio or the internet. Not having 24 hour news in my house is a deliberate decision to maintain some calm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Same here. I try to catch Radio Netherlands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orthodox6 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I try to catch Radio Netherlands. Wow! I forgot about shortwave radio. Reminds me of years ago, when that compound outside of Waco, TX was raided by the authorities. My brother-in-law (who lives in Waco) was listening to shortwave radio broadcasts from Greece (in Greek) -- and that is how he first learned of the events! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Another BBC and NPRer here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orthodox6 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I have not found a single news source that does not have an agenda. I read from many sources and try to put them together to get the whole story. If this were a contest, I would award you "blue ribbon"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 BBC World News (on internet and Radio) Reuters Wall Street Journal CNN International Deutsche Welle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I'm an NPR junkie, although I also read Google news online a couple of times a day. I don't watch news on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I have not found a single news source that does not have an agenda. I read from many sources and try to put them together to get the whole story. :iagree: I have a few online news sources that I visit daily, but they all have an agenda. I can't stand watching the news on TV anymore - on any station. Everything is so sensationalized. Whether the agenda leans left or right, it's so laughable that I just can't take it seriously anymore. I know there are still some real journalists out there that are actually trying to report objectively, but they seem to be few and far between these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 When I want relatively unbiased news, BBC or NPR. When I want JAWM news, DailyKos. When I want the news explained intelligently and by someone with an actual sense of logic, The Daily Show. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mnemosyne Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 BBC and Al Jazeera. If something really interests me, I try to look at lots of different stories from different countries to get a pretty solid view of what's happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 For those of you who rely on BBC, do you have a TV station, or do you use their website? We only get BBC America, and they seem to air only drama and reality shows, no news. (I think there might be an early morning news program, but I guess I should record it, as I'm not getting up at 4am to watch.) No cable here, so on-line and radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 NPR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I don't really trust NPR all that much, but it is probably because I got tired of their very skewed reporting on all things Roman Catholic. I just heard one too many report (on a subject I actually kept up with) that was so superficial and biased I just stopped respecting their news reporting capabilities. Mostly it was their opinion or "in depth" analysis that turned me off where they would treat dissidents as speaking for the church. They'd pull out the same celebrity outsiders and pretend they were conducting an intelligent objective report. I haven't really listened to NPR for years now as a result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runbikeswim Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 International herald tribune for a nice world view, the Times for a more americentic view Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PachiSusan Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I was being totally smarta$$ed. I tend to be the one that everyone hates because I reply with snopes links. You would think they would start learning to research things before posting. I knew you were! LOL Smarta$$es unite!!! I'm the snopes lady too. I have to admit I am a grammar nazi sometimes too. I have quite a few friends who are in the "If I saw it on FB, it must be true" crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 We don't watch TV. I listen to NPR and BBC Worldservice. I sometimes look at our local paper online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 BBC online. There's an American news tab as well as world, UK, etc. I also listen to BBC Radio 4, but I don't know if that is rebroadcast overseas. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 NPR. It's the only place I hear actual experts talking about things. Heck, if i only listened to the Diane Rehm show on fridays (Friday news roundup) I'd be pretty informed. And she always has one one person for the round up that I totally disagree with, so that means it must be giving multiple sides to the story, lol. Love "The World" which is a coproduction by BBC and Public Radio International...it is international news and really well done. I listen to morning edition most days, but yes, gun control is a bit too heavy a topic but I think that is anywhere right now. Oh, and do try Marketplace...it is on in the evening and is an excellent source of financial news. I knew VERY little about finance before I started listening and they make things clear enough for anyone to follow, and actually interesting. Their explanantion of the housing collapse was probably the best news piece I ever heard. www.npr.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 NPR, Christian Science Monitor, Google News (which aggregates news from different sources), BBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brehon Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Another BBC and NPRer here. Jumping on the NPR and BBC bandwagon. We also subscribe to The Economist. Very occasionally I read the Financial Times. Regentrude, I used to love reading Der Spiegel; but, alas, my German skills have sadly declined over the past decade or so. ETA: Laura, I really liked listening to Radio 4 when I was in Britain. I wish BBC would broadcast it worldwide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender's green Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Everything has a bias, so I read what I like and keep where it's coming from in mind. I read the WSJ and the Economist online. Conservative but not...shrill, kwim? When I feel like balancing it out, I read the NYT and the Atlantic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 This is all we relied on (shortwave) when I was growing up in Africa. We had limited electricity and had a wind up radio that I think also took batteries, although I could be getting 2 different radios mixed up. We only got a few stations, BBC was one of them. Dawn Wow! I forgot about shortwave radio. Reminds me of years ago, when that compound outside of Waco, TX was raided by the authorities. My brother-in-law (who lives in Waco) was listening to shortwave radio broadcasts from Greece (in Greek) -- and that is how he first learned of the events! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 NPR. I can stream it on my smartphone no matter where I am or what I'm doing. I can't stand anything on tv. For reading, I like BBC (you can stream them too) as well as the Christian Science Monitor (probably my favorite). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddlemomma Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 The Drudge Report! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 We don't have satellite or cable, so no all news channel for us. These days I prefer to get world and national news online. NBC (formerly MSNBC), BBC, and NPR are the ones I read regularly. I like to listen to NPR in the car (the only time I really listen to radio is in the car). I also periodically check out our local news channel websites (I go to several of them, not just the one I usually watch on tv). The only tv news I watch is local news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Thanks everyone. I set my DVR to record the couple different BBC news programs (there's a world news early in the morning, an american edition in the evening). Only having watched the first 20 minutes I'm already thrilled with it - I had no idea about at least three of the stories I've heard so far! I also downloaded the NPR app to my iPhone- I love that it comes with a playlist, so I can select the stories I want to hear and just walk around listening to them when cleaning, etc. The problem with listening to NPR on the radio has always been that they seem to either switch to some obscure music or jazz program every time I feel like listening to the news or be focusing on some fluffy human interest story I have no interest in. We don't have satellite radio anymore (got irritated with adding commercials, as well as not liking some more adult oriented content that a child kept turning to). This phone playlist is great! I downloaded some other apps too (Drugde report, half a dozen others), though I haven't had a chance to try them yet. Thank you so much! I already feel much more informed than yesterday, with much less effort on my part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I wonder if we're watching the same recorded program from BBC, Katy!! I recorded the early morning one and am watching it now... and there are several things I hadn't heard before. (My channel doesn't have an evening edition, though.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 BBC and Al Jazeera. If something really interests me, I try to look at lots of different stories from different countries to get a pretty solid view of what's happening. Exactly that for us. Never on the TV, that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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