# What's your website for breaking news? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 1, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-website-for-breaking-news/700108 "2014-10-01T18:38:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JesterX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JesterX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JesterX)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-website-for-breaking-news/700108/1 "2014-10-01T18:38:50Z")
If there’s a breaking, major, news event going on and you want info on it NOW, what website do you turn to? I’m still using CNN. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-website-for-breaking-news/700108/2 "2014-10-01T19:01:54Z")
Actually, the SDMB. I find that all y’all are pretty reliable and quick aggregators of breaking news. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-website-for-breaking-news/700108/3 "2014-10-01T19:06:38Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Actually, the SDMB. I find that all y’all are pretty reliable and quick aggregators of breaking news. Ditto. Other than that, Yahoo! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-website-for-breaking-news/700108/5 "2014-10-01T19:25:18Z")
I’ve generally got a tab open to Google News app. It’s pretty timely with breaking news. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-website-for-breaking-news/700108/6 "2014-10-01T19:36:19Z")
CNN - up-to-the minute updates, but not always reliable. I use it out of habit mostly. I mostly read headlines and brief articles only on this. NYTimes - much slower to update, but much better with fact-checking and confirming stuff. I read this for content. SDMB - for real-time discussion and links to good content on other sites ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-website-for-breaking-news/700108/7 "2014-10-01T19:36:23Z")
Generally I just do a Google search on whatever descriptive term is applicable, and choose the most promising site from the results. As for a specific site that I most often look to for information, this is it. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-website-for-breaking-news/700108/8 "2014-10-01T19:53:44Z")
My twitter feed. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-website-for-breaking-news/700108/9 "2014-10-01T20:32:03Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > My twitter feed. Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-website-for-breaking-news/700108/10 "2014-10-01T20:34:16Z")
Here or - I’m shameless enough to admit - Buzzfeed. For instance, I was done with the SDMB for a bit so I switched to Buzzfeed, where I just learned the verdict in the Jordan Davis trial (“[47-year-old Michael Dunn will be sentenced to life in prison for the November 2012 fatal shooting of 17-year-old Jordan Davis](http://www.buzzfeed.com/mikehayes/florida-man-convicted-of-first-degree-murder-for-killing-bla#1rmu4yo).”) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-website-for-breaking-news/700108/11 "2014-10-01T20:34:59Z")
Some older threads on a similar theme: > **[Where do you get your online news?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=650883)** > > This is a multiple choice and private (anonymous) poll, but please try to limit your vote(s) to those sites you visit on a regular basis for news and current events. The source thread is Where do you get your online news? (pre-poll query) and... Where do you get your online news? Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 133. This poll is closed 05-06-2012, 02:34 PM > **[Where do you get your online news? (pre-poll query)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=650762)** > > I’d like to put up a poll on which website(s) you visit for up-to-date and “real” news, but I don’t have a good feel for which sites to list. I have Yahoo! as my “home page” and thus get a large percentage of my news there, including local stuff and... Where do you get your online news? (pre-poll query) 05-05-2012, 08:44 AM 48 posts ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-website-for-breaking-news/700108/12 "2014-10-01T20:49:52Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > My twitter feed. Yeah, that. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-website-for-breaking-news/700108/13 "2014-10-01T20:52:55Z")
Honestly Twitter. I follow several news people/sites. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-website-for-breaking-news/700108/14 "2014-10-01T21:58:43Z")
> [@JesterX](#): > > If there’s a breaking, major, news event going on and you want info on it NOW, what website do you turn to? I’m still using CNN. Pretty much my choice also. For analysis or in-depth reporting, there are MUCH better choices, but for “HOLY SHIT SOMETHING JUST BLEW UP” kind of stories CNN does a fine job. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-website-for-breaking-news/700108/15 "2014-10-02T05:03:16Z")
NPR. Subscribe to Headlines of the day. Then they send breaking news also. Like what was said up thread, SDMB has the breaking news first! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-website-for-breaking-news/700108/16 "2014-10-02T12:38:00Z")
The two apps I have that give me breaking news push notifications are CNN and Fox. After that if I want to look further there is the whole rest of the internet. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-website-for-breaking-news/700108/17 "2014-10-02T12:52:57Z")
The BBC. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-website-for-breaking-news/700108/18 "2014-10-02T13:26:51Z")
[Foxnews.com](http://Foxnews.com) is my regular source. If the story is something political or controversial, I might check CNN to get a different viewpoint, but for regular news I’d never bother with CNN. I mostly discuss news on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-website-for-breaking-news/700108/19 "2014-10-02T16:44:44Z")
Right here. Or stuff my friends post on Facebook.