Where do you get your online news from? Do you pay for it?

In My Humble Opinion
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I used to have a paid subscription to the Washington Post, but I cancelled that after Bezos went in the tank for Trump. I used to also rely on the BBC news site, but that’s gone to a paid model recently, and I’m not sure I care to sign up for that.

I primarily use AP.com for online news, supplemented by the websites for several local TV channels, and the NPR site. I have a paid subscription to the local newspaper in the town where I grew up, mostly so I can keep track of local news (as my parents still live up there), and a subscription to The Atlantic, though I think of that site as more for long-form journalism and commentary, rather than for breaking news.

22

I read NPR, but it doesn’t have quite enough coverage for me. I used to visit CNN for general news, but they were getting worse by 2015 and turned into a trash heap after Trump I. Now my go-to is The Guardian, which skews left but is generally reliable. They have plenty of US correspondents, but I also appreciate getting a more global perspective. And their sports, culture, and lifestyle sections (with the exception of music) are much better than NPR if you’re into that.

23

Thanks! I just checked out the AP News site and it looks good, and seems completely free as far as I can tell-- there is a popup trying to get you to subscribe, but I think that’s just to get notifications, not to read full articles (unless there’s a ‘x’ free articles per month limit I haven’t reached yet).

BTW, the URL is ‘apnews.com’.

AP.com does look like a great site for audio analyzers and software, though :wink:

24

I’ve not ever run into a limit of articles there, though there are regular pop-ups asking for donations. And, thank you for correcting the URL!

25

I also pay for my local daily paper, which carries a surprising number of well-written opinion offerings from national columnists, both left and right.

My free sites are the aforementioned Associated Press (I get their free Morning Wire newsletter), and NPR (I get their free email every morning as well.)

26

I pay for NYT, Economist, Atlantic, and our crummy local paper. Used to pay for WaPo but dropped as a protest when they changed their editorial policies to favor the rich.

For free, I use HuffPost, CNN, Politico, New Yorker, NPR, Axios, Slate, Daily Beast, WSJ, and BBC, approximately daily. Also some science news sites.

27

I used to haunt a number of news sites and watch a bunch of news shows. No more - I put myself on a news diet after the last major election for mental health reasons - I was not going to be put in a constant state of outrage for who knows how long. I deleted links and unsubscribed. I have been limiting my online news to these (I do not pay for any of them) - and life is much better!:

  • AP
  • NPR (less so)
  • BBC News (occasionally)
  • CalMatters (California-centric)
  • SFGate (SF Bay Area-centric, and metro-adjacent to where I live).
  • Local news channels around Sacramento.
28

I could have written this. I had found myself doom-scrolling on news sites, and realized how much it was damaging my psyche.

I still have several news apps on my phone, but I turned off all of their push notifications.

29

I subscribe to my local newspaper, the East Bay Times, and regularly read SFgate, which is free. That gives me the local news. I read national and international news as little as possible; it just makes me angry. Actually, I do have an online subscription for the NYT, but I mostly read the culture and lifestyle news there.

30

I’ve had a digital subscription to the LA Times for forever. Also on my Bookmarks bar are BBC, Al Jezeera and here. Second tier are Raw Story, Huffington Post and the local rag.