# Best Internet-only source of news? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 30, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-internet-only-source-of-news/491342 "2009-03-30T19:28:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-internet-only-source-of-news/491342/1 "2009-03-30T19:28:23Z")
For that matter is there any Internet-only news source that is credible? With the decline of the newspaper, and many of them shifting their emphasis to online news, I am wondering who they would be competing against. The only other news I check out is CNN or other big broadcasters. ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-internet-only-source-of-news/491342/2 "2009-03-30T19:32:48Z")
I use Digg most of the time. For standard news maybe AOL or Google news. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-internet-only-source-of-news/491342/3 "2009-03-30T19:42:28Z")
Digg, put politely, is citizen journalism – news by the people, for the people. Put impolitely, it’s mass hysteria. It’s like the pop-culture variant of [Wikinews](http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page) (think Wikipedia for news). Google News is not a news source; it aggregates news from other sources. AOL seems to use CNN and AP content. Does AOL have its own staff writers? (It’d be strange, since their parent company already owns CNN). In the computer/tech world, there are sites like CNet’s [News.com](http://news.cnet.com/), but it’s definitely for a niche market. There are a lot of online-only niche news services, but I’m not sure about mainstream ones… hmm. ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-internet-only-source-of-news/491342/4 "2009-03-31T02:13:13Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > For that matter is there any Internet-only news source that is credible? > > With the decline of the newspaper, and many of them shifting their emphasis to online news, I am wondering who they would be competing against. The only other news I check out is CNN or other big broadcasters. The New York Times BBC - if you want the most up to the minute news about the US, the BBC can’t be beat. Well, it is a heck of a lot more timely than say the NYT. lots of others. I tend to read through the APnewswire and Reuters. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-internet-only-source-of-news/491342/5 "2009-03-31T02:49:39Z")
Err, what’s “Internet-only” about the NYT, BBC, AP, or Reuters? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-internet-only-source-of-news/491342/6 "2009-03-31T02:51:16Z")
Another vote for BBC. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-internet-only-source-of-news/491342/7 "2009-03-31T03:57:44Z")
Any good sources of local news (besides the local newspaper’s web site)? That’s what I’ve really been trying to find. ETA: I live in the S.F. Bay Area, in the East Bay, to be specific. Ed ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-internet-only-source-of-news/491342/8 "2009-03-31T04:10:06Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > Any good sources of local news (besides the local newspaper’s web site)? That’s what I’ve really been trying to find. > > ETA: I live in the S.F. Bay Area, in the East Bay, to be specific. > > Ed Try the college papers of universities or junior colleges in your area. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-internet-only-source-of-news/491342/9 "2009-03-31T12:16:32Z")
[www.bloomberg.com](http://www.bloomberg.com) ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-internet-only-source-of-news/491342/10 "2009-03-31T12:43:51Z")
Slate Intelligent, offbeat and with a serious news crew. Marginally inferior is Salon. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-internet-only-source-of-news/491342/11 "2009-03-31T12:53:16Z")
This [http://www.reuters.com/](http://www.reuters.com/) is where most other news “sources” get their news. Their mobile interface is particularly nice, being all but devoid of advertising. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-internet-only-source-of-news/491342/12 "2009-03-31T23:22:05Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > This [http://www.reuters.com/](http://www.reuters.com/) is where most other news “sources” get their news. Their mobile interface is particularly nice, being all but devoid of advertising. This is one reason newspapers are going downhill: They no longer monopolize access to the wire reports. Instead, they package old wire stuff with a lot of stupid, non-targeted advertising. Papers would be a lot better off if they dumped wire stuff and syndicated content (columns and comics) and focused entirely on local, homegrown news and opinion.