# better on line news source **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 5, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-on-line-news-source/436377 "2008-02-05T13:43:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-on-line-news-source/436377/1 "2008-02-05T13:43:40Z")
Alright I’m really pissed about the crap I have to wade through to get to decent news online. I’ll try not to make this a pit thread. I did ABC news for a while, but it got to stupid; so I switched to CNN. Can I make myself clear here…I DON’T GIVE A FREAKING SHIT ABOUT BRITTNEY SPEARS!!! I DON’T GIVE A FREAKING SHIT ABOUT NATALIE HOLLOWAY!!! ahem What would you suggest is a good on-line news source? ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-on-line-news-source/436377/2 "2008-02-05T13:56:07Z")
new york times. > **[The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos](https://www.nytimes.com/)** > > Live news, investigations, opinion, photos and video by the journalists of The New York Times from more than 150 countries around the world. Subscribe for coverage of U.S. and international news, politics, business, technology, science, health, arts,... I don’t know why anyone ever would go to a TV station for online news. There’s not a thing on the front page of the Times about Natalie Holloway. The times has the best opinion writers; they have a great set of blogs; they have very well-produced, and non-frivolous videos; podcasts. The sports and entertainment is available, but tucked away. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-on-line-news-source/436377/3 "2008-02-05T13:58:40Z")
McClatchy (who bought Knight-Ridder), have a pretty straightforward, if not a bit Washington-centric, site. [http://www.mcclatchydc.com/](http://www.mcclatchydc.com/) ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-on-line-news-source/436377/4 "2008-02-05T14:03:10Z")
Have you tried the BBC? One more possible suggestion: [The Christian Science Monitor](http://www.csmonitor.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-on-line-news-source/436377/5 "2008-02-05T17:38:30Z")
[http://news.yahoo.com/](http://news.yahoo.com/) is very good – it’s a one-page compilation of feeds and wires from everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-on-line-news-source/436377/6 "2008-02-05T18:55:23Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Have you tried the BBC? One more possible suggestion: [The Christian Science Monitor](http://www.csmonitor.com/). [/QUOTE] Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-on-line-news-source/436377/7 "2008-02-05T22:22:19Z")
Going directly to Reuters [(Reuters)](http://www.reuters.com/) is much less painful then CNN/ABC/ect. I’ve gotten seriously pissed off at CNN. 1/3 of their stories are hosted on someone elses webpage, and require opening another window. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-on-line-news-source/436377/8 "2008-02-05T22:28:27Z")
Another vote for The Christian Science Monitor, it’s very objective and in depth coverage. ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-on-line-news-source/436377/9 "2008-02-05T22:36:36Z")
I’ll second Reuters. I think they’re very good.