# Please recommend a good online news source **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 8, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-online-news-source/657790 "2013-05-08T13:43:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-online-news-source/657790/1 "2013-05-08T13:43:17Z")
And by “good” I mean informative, detailed, and _not overly sensationalized_. I can’t take any more of [CNN.com](http://CNN.com), which has basically turned into a tabloid. Today’s headline, screaming at me in all caps 40pt bold font, “THEY WERE BOUND” (referring to those abducted girls found in Cleveland). God knows what kind of font they’d use if they had actual news to report, as opposed to merely adding prurient details to a two-day-old story. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-online-news-source/657790/2 "2013-05-08T14:53:01Z")
BBC, NPR, Christian Science Monitor ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-online-news-source/657790/3 "2013-05-08T16:58:39Z")
[Drudge Report](http://www.drudgereport.com/) is basically a collection of links to all the top news stories of the day, including many top columnists across the country. A little snark here and there but nothing like CNN (which I agree has become trite and tasteless). ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-online-news-source/657790/4 "2013-05-08T17:04:59Z")
[CNN.com](http://CNN.com) is currently announcing “BACK WITH FAMILY” in a font that’s maybe a point or two smaller than what they’d use if North Korea nuked Washington DC into glass. Thanks. I was urgently wondering if the cops had decided to just leave the girls chained up in the basement until after the trial was finished :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-online-news-source/657790/5 "2013-05-08T17:20:10Z")
Starting from square one, I’d probably go first to the Guardian. ---
**Author:** ![Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kansas_Beekeeper)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-online-news-source/657790/6 "2013-05-08T19:48:03Z")
In addition to those already mentioned, I’d add [aljazeera.com](http://aljazeera.com). ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-online-news-source/657790/7 "2013-05-08T19:56:56Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) is currently announcing “BACK WITH FAMILY” in a font that’s maybe a point or two smaller than what they’d use if North Korea nuked Washington DC into glass. > > Thanks. I was urgently wondering if the cops had decided to just leave the girls chained up in the basement until after the trial was finished :rolleyes: At least that’s better than wall to wall coverage of Benghazi “cover-up” ---
**Author:** ![Mathematics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@Mathematics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathematics)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-online-news-source/657790/8 "2013-05-08T20:11:39Z")
I mainly use Al Jezeera and Alternet. Although I find Google News surprisingly good. I often end up at websites I never would usually check. It’s very good for getting exposed to different viewpoints.