# So, where do you get your news from? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 15, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619 "2006-07-15T15:41:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/1 "2006-07-15T15:41:20Z")
I was listening to the BBC World Service on my walkman at work this evening, keeping up with latest events in the Middle East vis a vis the Israeli military operation in Lebanon. My boss came wandering past, so in an effort to make some conversation I remarked that it was just as well we weren’t in Beirut at the moment. “Why?” he asked. “Because the Israelis are bombing the crap out of Lebanon, the Lebanese are firing Katyusha Rockets into Israel, and the whole thing has thoroughly gone pear shaped.” “Oh. When did this happen?” “Er, it started about four days ago…” “Ah, well, I don’t really follow the news much” he said, and wandered off. Turns out a lot of people here don’t follow the news, and people that do follow the news tend to get it from either one of the TV stations or a newspaper that’s been left in the staffroom. Of course, for a balanced picture you need to get your news from more than one source. I get my news from the BBC World Service, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Reuters, and SBS, as well either the Courier-Mail or the Sydney Morning Herald, depending what’s in the staffrooom (sometimes both, if I’m lucky!). What about you? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/2 "2006-07-15T16:13:36Z")
When school is in session, I check the online feeds for CNN and FOX every hour or so, as well as reading at least three newspapers (one local, one regional, one national[sup]1[/sup]) per day, and at least 7 news magazines[sup]2[/sup] a week. During summer vacation…not so much. 1. Riverside Press-Enterprise, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal 2. The Economist, US News & World Report, Newsweek, BusinessWeek, Foreign Policy, Time, The Week ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/3 "2006-07-15T16:23:53Z")
I read the Economist every week, and rely on The Onion and a couple fora here (GD and the pit, mostly) to point out other things that might be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/4 "2006-07-15T16:26:44Z")
I work for a news service, so I get the news on the job. ---
**Author:** ![BrattiAtti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@BrattiAtti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrattiAtti)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/5 "2006-07-15T22:16:48Z")
I read the local news at one of the tv station’s websites every morning while drinking my coffee. I browse Yahoo! news for national/worldwide news several times a day. MSNBC is virtually always on at my house, so I’ll stop and pay attention if I hear something interesting as I’m passing through the kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/6 "2006-07-15T22:53:08Z")
I have the Google News top headlines on my Google homepage, plus I’ll usually watch a half-hour or so of CNN. Other than that, it’s BBC News/Kentucky.com/whatever I get linked to. And ESPN. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/7 "2006-07-15T22:57:27Z")
I follow a lot of news, particularly business news. I listen to Bloomberg radio, BBC world service, and XM public radio on the way to work. At work, I check [marketwatch.com](http://marketwatch.com), [bloomberg.com](http://bloomberg.com), [Cnn.com](http://Cnn.com), and usually the New York Times, Boston Globe, LA Times, and the Dallas News online. I read the Wall Street Journal in print and the Sunday Dallas Morning News. I usually have Bloomberg TV or CNBC on during the day. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/8 "2006-07-16T00:44:06Z")
NPR Local morning paper The News Hour on PBS. ---
**Author:** ![mrrealtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/9 "2006-07-16T01:06:34Z")
Generally [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) my friend Bob and my other friend Brian are always filling me in, almost trying to “scoop” the news. They seem to get a bit of satisfaction from beating me to a story. I’m sure we all do to some extent though. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/10 "2006-07-16T01:29:39Z")
I have the NYT as my homepage, so everytime I fire up a browser window I see the latest headlines. After that, if I’m feeling newsy, I’ll hit google news, then maybe BBC news, and almost everyday, NewScientist. After that if I’m bored, maybe Sidney Morning Herald, Scotsman, Wired, Cnet. As to the OP’s boss, I really don’t blame him for not knowing, and not caring what happened in Beirut/Palestine/Israel today. I gloss over that shit too. I’m over 40 years old. For as long as I can remember I’ve been updated on the Very Important News About What’s Going On In Israel & Palestine. Every night. My whole fricking life. I really don’t care. Today Israelis died. Palestinians died. Bombs. Shootings. Israeli territories moved an inch. Palestinian territories moved an inch. More talks failed. More bombings. More shootings. Who cares? I’ve been hearing it every night for at least 30 years that I can remember. It’ll be on the nightly news for the next 100 years. zzzzzzzzzzzz. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/11 "2006-07-16T01:41:43Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > As to the OP’s boss, I really don’t blame him for not knowing, and not caring what happened in Beirut/Palestine/Israel today. I gloss over that shit too. I’m over 40 years old. For as long as I can remember I’ve been updated on the Very Important News About What’s Going On In Israel & Palestine. Every night. My whole fricking life. Yes, my but my boss in only 27, and doesn’t follow the news at all from what I gather- international or otherwise. I’ve long since given up trying to talk to my co-workers about anything at all, but that’s a different thread… ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/12 "2006-07-16T02:30:13Z")
I read the \*\*Washington Post \*\* every day. Maybe not every single article, but I at least scan every page to see what I want to read in detail. It usually takes me 1.5 - 2 hours per day to get through it. Good for the commuter train or the elliptical trainer machine. And that’s about it. I don’t watch TV news hardly at all, and I’m not one to click around internet news sites. I might catch \*\*Fox News \*\* while on travel and the \*Post \* is not available locally. I used to read the \*\*Washington Times \*\* every day as well (I like its commentary selection better than the _Post_) but there are only so many hours in the day I can dedicate to newspaper reading. My bookshelf mocks me with the backlog of other reading I’d like to do but just don’t find the time. The only magazine I read is the **American Spectator** , which is a monthly. Good for commentary. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/13 "2006-07-16T02:41:49Z")
In the car I always listen to NPR so most my news is BBC or any other program that covers current events. If I get lunch somewhere that has papers availible I tend to flip through them. I check news on [gay.com](http://gay.com) each day but thats generaly only gay related stories I frequent a few message boards like this so current events are often covered with links to CNN and such. I click on stories that intrest me. Overall I don’t feel I put very much effort into getting news. Aside from donations to NPR and membership here I don’t pay anything for news. I regularly encounter people as underinformed as the OP’s coworker. I find it amazing how clueless people can be and still have a pulse. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/14 "2006-07-16T02:48:08Z")
I read the Denver Post daily, the Rocky Mountain News almost daily, and my boss’s Wall Street Journal once or twice a week. TV is the local news and CBS. (Though that may change. The 5 o’clock news is getting far more insipid now that channel 4 has Oprah.) Online is almost always only CNN and the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/15 "2006-07-16T02:59:59Z")
ABC radio news.com.au smh.com.au > **[Google News](https://news.google.com/home?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en)** > > Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News. foxsports.news.com.au > **[Today's Cricket Match | Cricket Update | Cricket News | ESPNcricinfo](https://www.espncricinfo.com/)** > > Get live cricket scores, cricket updates of upcoming International, domestic and T20 matches. Catch all the latest videos, news about cricket on ESPNcricinfo. I used to read at least one newspaper a day from the time I finished high school until sometime in the last few years. It only recently dawned on me that I don’t buy a paper any more. I went out at lunchtime and decided to have a sit down lunch. I didn’t have a book with me so I bought the paper to read and discovered that I had already read most of the important stuff on the net. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/16 "2006-07-16T03:00:39Z")
I get most of it from my local newspaper. I also see the AP newfeeds on Yahoo and elsewhere during the day. Oh, yes – [Fark.com](http://Fark.com), too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/17 "2006-07-16T03:05:10Z")
Mostly magazines. I read Time, Newsweek, and US News and World Report. I’ve also just started a subscription to the Week. I read two or three newspapers a day but that’s mostly local news. I also have the [BBC news page](http://news.bbc.co.uk/) as my homepage so I get a quick look through world news everytime I sign on. ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/18 "2006-07-16T03:17:18Z")
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. I figure if I’m gonna have to filter for “spin” anyway, I might as well get a laugh or two out of it. If I want to know more about something, I switch between CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and even (shudder) FOX for world events. For local stories, a local station repeats their latest broadcast on a cable channel endlessly. (I suppose I could just say “cable tv”, hunh?) Google works well for finding links to newspaper accounts if I want more details. I have what’s available on satellite radio, but don’t use it much. More than once, I’ve become aware of something by reading about it here. Somehow, I’m surprisingly well informed. (Or maybe just blissfully unaware.) ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/19 "2006-07-16T03:34:26Z")
I get the local morning paper, The Arizona Republic, and If it’s a workday, I’m listening to NPR all day. Often I’ll read the next day a story that ‘broke’ while I was listening. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619/20 "2006-07-16T03:42:20Z")
I read the local morning paper from front to back (except box scores and classifieds) pretty much every day. Mr. Legend reads me the top stories on [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) (in retaliation for my reading him the local stories from the paper, I believe), I watch the Daily Show (it counts!), sometimes CNN or MSNBC, catch the BBC news a few times a week, and I read the NY Times and the Washington Post online a couple of times a week. And, of course, I get most of my op/ed stuff from reading the SDMB. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-get-your-news-from/364619.md?page=2)