# Recommend to me a good online news source

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-to-me-a-good-online-news-source/253732>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 6, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-to-me-a-good-online-news-source/253732 "2004-07-06T02:10:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-to-me-a-good-online-news-source/253732/1 "2004-07-06T02:10:55Z")

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I use [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) for my online news, but I am not very satisfied. I’m basically looking for good news sites that cover everything (National, International, Technology, Business…). I like BBC a lot but obviously it isn’t an American site so for National news and such it is lacking. Also, I don’t mind if I have to subscribe, just no pay sites.

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**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-to-me-a-good-online-news-source/253732/2 "2004-07-06T02:23:21Z")

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Here are a few other options:

[Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/)  
[Fox News](http://www.foxnews.com/)  
[Atlanta Journal Constitution](http://www.ajc.com/)

And of course, for the lighter side of news: [Fark](http://www.fark.com)

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**Author:** ![There\_Goes\_a\_Tenner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@There\_Goes\_a\_Tenner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/There_Goes_a_Tenner)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-to-me-a-good-online-news-source/253732/3 "2004-07-06T02:32:05Z")

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Independent Media perhaps? It certainly has the international part covered.

[http://www.indymedia.org](http://www.indymedia.org)

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**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-to-me-a-good-online-news-source/253732/4 "2004-07-06T03:29:58Z")

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[Google](http://news.google.com/) is the only way to go. It’s quick to get several views of a given story.

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-to-me-a-good-online-news-source/253732/5 "2004-07-06T12:22:51Z")

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I will second Fark. Frankly, it is the only news source that doesn’t make me totally depressed the rest of the day and it comforts me to know that there are other people out there with the same sense of morbid humor regarding Big Important World Events.

From Aussie I particularly enjoy surfing through here and seeing what is going on down under. It has links to area newspapers as well as NZ and Tasmanian stuff. Which intrigues me.