# Where do you get your news? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 22, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479 "2009-01-22T17:25:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Giltathriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b38774/32.png) [@Giltathriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giltathriel)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/1 "2009-01-22T17:25:53Z")
I’m looking for an objective news source. I don’t actually think such thing exists, but surely some papers/blogs must do a better job than others. I guess the question is this - who do you trust to tell you what’s going on in the world without putting in too much of their own agenda (even if it agrees with yours)? ---
**Author:** ![Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lo-Slung_Denim)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/2 "2009-01-22T17:30:45Z")
BBC news website. I don’t know why I trust it, but I do. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/](http://news.bbc.co.uk/) (Anything from the Big British Castle, I tend to believe, especially Radio 4.) ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/3 "2009-01-22T17:30:45Z")
Google News. If there’s a topic that interests me, I can scroll down through all of the articles on that topic, and read about it from as many newspapers as I like. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/4 "2009-01-22T17:42:29Z")
Here, Yahoo! News, and Reddit. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/5 "2009-01-22T17:43:36Z")
Right here. I figure if it’s important enough, someone will post about it, and I’m automatically treated to all sorts of opinions about it. I really don’t have time to read the paper, and I’m convinced that all TV news is crap. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/6 "2009-01-22T17:49:39Z")
NPR, mostly. I’m in the car enough that it provides me with a good overview. It manages to have a liberal slant while still providing voice conservatives and asking tough questions of both sides. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/7 "2009-01-22T19:02:05Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Google News. If there’s a topic that interests me, I can scroll down through all of the articles on that topic, and read about it from as many newspapers as I like. Same here. Depending on the scope of the event being reported on, I can read about it in several US mainstream publications, foreign media, etc. I tend to avoid the links to 3rd tier blogs and stuff, though. Beyond that, I usually visit the _Chicago Tribune_ website a few times a day just for the local events. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/8 "2009-01-22T19:04:44Z")
**[NewYorkTimes.com](http://NewYorkTimes.com) [ABC.com](http://ABC.com)** And here. ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/9 "2009-01-22T19:19:08Z")
I get most of my U.S. news from great debates and the pit, for local news I use google news /NL ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/10 "2009-01-22T21:44:46Z")
[The Independent](http://www.independent.co.uk/) It’s quite balanced and a little left of centre politically, but not by a massive degree. As far as I know it tends not to make things up either (obviously UK-centric but it has good coverage of world news too). ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/11 "2009-01-22T23:18:01Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Google News. If there’s a topic that interests me, I can scroll down through all of the articles on that topic, and read about it from as many newspapers as I like. **Kyla** is right. For diversity of sources, G is hard to beat. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/12 "2009-01-22T23:29:00Z")
BBC News for me too. Well, written, objective, lots of interesting articles, many points of view. Big on geopolitical news, low on Lindsay Lohan’s exploits. News heaven. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/13 "2009-01-22T23:38:33Z")
Weekend Update? ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/14 "2009-01-22T23:42:27Z")
Google News, CNN, and New York Times are my first thing in the morning news sites. And I listen to NPR when in the car. And I check a few local papers online everyday - Press Democrat [sfgate.com](http://sfgate.com) for the SF Chronicle Home News Tribune Centre Daily Times and The Boston Globe twice a week or so for The Big Picture. I also often end up at other major papers through Google News - Washington Post, Dallas Morning News, WSJ, Bloomberg, etc. etc. etc. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/15 "2009-01-23T02:16:24Z")
Google News, CNN, NYT ---
**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:** [January 23, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/16 "2009-01-23T02:25:10Z")
Here (first place I check every morning) CNN, Fox, msnbc (I hit all three of these next) BBC (to see what them furriners are “thinking”) Then I hit Daily Kos and ESPN when I get home. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/17 "2009-01-23T03:28:36Z")
> **[Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/)** > > View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com. ESPN The Daily Show The Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/18 "2009-01-23T03:47:19Z")
NYT Washington Post Asashi for Japanese news ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/19 "2009-01-23T03:51:12Z")
NPR. _Wait Wait_, specifically. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479/20 "2009-01-23T06:03:46Z")
[Economist](http://www.economist.com/) [New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com/) [Charlie Rose](http://www.charlierose.com/) Charlie and the Economist deal with more current issues than the New Yorker. Between the three I get a pretty balanced news fix. For the shallow issues of the day I visit the Huffington Post. They will inform me on what the monkeys are jumping about. It is also pretty fast. So I check their headlines and go somewhere else to get a more in depth story. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-news/482479.md?page=2)