# Where do you get your online news? (pre-poll query) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 5, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985 "2012-05-05T13:44:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/21 "2012-05-06T03:48:25Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > I used to love MSNBC, but their now their website has a gazillion things happening in the background and it is a pain in the ass to wait for that site to load up. Although I listed it as one of my go-to sites, I agree with this, and find myself going there less than I used to. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/22 "2012-05-06T04:08:40Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Good list! Just out of curiosity, do you have “favorites” or “bookmarks” for each of these? If not, how to you get to those sites? > > How many people here use “All My Faves” as a quick access point? I remember all the addresses and manually type them into the address bar, but I’m probably outside the norm in doing this. I also have nothing but time, so it’s not an inconvenience to type 20 characters rather than 2. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/23 "2012-05-06T12:36:30Z")
Mostly Huffington. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/24 "2012-05-06T12:54:21Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Good list! Just out of curiosity, do you have “favorites” or “bookmarks” for each of these? If not, how to you get to those sites? > > How many people here use “All My Faves” as a quick access point? I usually have Gmail open, and I click on the “news” link up at the top to get to Google News. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/25 "2012-05-06T13:22:37Z")
Except for sports and the financial markets, I use MSNBC, Chicago Tribune and CNN. For sports, ESPN and NBC Sports. For financial news, Marketwatch, Bloomberg, and Seeking Alpha for general market news. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/26 "2012-05-06T13:37:02Z")
Just to have said it, I’ve collected the first 25 posts to a work file for summarizing purposes and will post the first pass at that effort before much longer – later today at least. Is it just me or does the lack of mention of Fox News say a lot? (Unless somebody else does mention it, it won’t be in the summary! 😃 ) ---
**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:** [May 6, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/27 "2012-05-06T13:46:30Z")
Fox News. There I said it. Online I look at Fox and CNN mostly. I will go to msnbc if I see something interesting on the msn homepage. Huffington gets visited but mostly if it’s linked from somewhere like the aol homepage and it looks interesting. Two local papers online. I should read some of the foreign sites more but there is only so much time. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/28 "2012-05-06T13:53:26Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Is it just me or does the lack of mention of Fox News say a lot? (Unless somebody else does mention it, it won’t be in the summary! 😃 ) With Google News, you can choose to get more or less news from certain sources. I have the slider for Fox News set to zero. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/29 "2012-05-06T14:20:03Z")
Okay! Here’s a stripped down version of what I hope are the sites mentioned in one way or another, at least in as specific terms as I could see. As of Post #28: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Yahoo! CNN our local paper’s site The Onion Google News the BBC local news sites (10TV and the Columbus Dispatch). Right here (SDMB) Google news Washington Post NY Times the Week CNN (for breaking stuff) Christian Science Atlantic Monthly (for analysis), Talking Points Memo (for partisan red meat) Washington Post site > **[Home - BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news)** > > Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news. iPhone apps BBC The Guardian Twitter Facebook [Washingtonpost.com](http://Washingtonpost.com) Google News > **[The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos](https://www.nytimes.com/)** > > Live news, investigations, opinion, photos and video by the journalists of The New York Times from more than 150 countries around the world. Subscribe for coverage of U.S. and international news, politics, business, technology, science, health, arts,... Slate Feedler News Reader NPR Wired BBC Lots of local newspapers (most of them weeklies) daily papers for the bigger cities in the area Yahoo! Google news Huffington Post TV stations from nearby metropolitan areas (mostly for weather and local stuff) big TV news outlets like ABC BBC “All My Faves” New York Times [NPR.org](http://NPR.org) BBC News Wall Street Journal Washington Post Los Angeles Times Time The Guardian iGoogle homepage RealClearPolitics CNN MSNBC Al-Jazeera Local TV Station website Huffington Post Google News San Diego Union Tribune The Onion Jon Stewart (not online, but still.) the BBC Telegraph Guardian BBC CNN Der Spiegel Online Deutsche Welle ([http://www.dw.de/](http://www.dw.de/)) For poll purposes, I’d separate news into country of origin, i.e. U.S.A. - NYT USA - Yahoo USA - CNN USA - Other U.K. - BBC U.K. - Other Other Non-US or UK News Source on the iPad The New York Times The Wall Street Journal The Daily The Economist CNN Google Hollywood Reporter Huffington NY Times MSNBC MSNBC Huffington Google News MSNBC Chicago Tribune CNN ESPN NBC Sports Marketwatch Bloomberg Seeking Alpha Fox News CNN Huffington Two local papers online Google News Fox News ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I’d love it if others would attempt a further paring down to a poll-sized list of key sources, with or without a count (so far) of mention in this thread. I’ll be doing such a thing myself, but more than one version would be okay, I think, for this thread’s purposes. I do want to acknowledge the idea supplied by > [@kmshrader](#): > > … > For poll purposes, I’d separate news into country of origin, i.e. > U.S.A. - NYT > USA - Yahoo > USA - CNN > USA - Other > U.K. - BBC > U.K. - Other > Other Non-US or UK News Source > > That would offer me options without specifically including Der Spiegel or Deutsche Welle, which aren’t well known to non-German-speakers (although they ought to be, as Spiegel in particular is first-class reporting). … as a format option. If other such ideas are more manageable, let’s hear them. Thanks for the participation so far! ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/30 "2012-05-06T14:43:21Z")
You all can hate it but the Drudge Report shouldn’t be ignored. Even if it is just used to identify issues. Then you can look elsewhere for a take that is more to your liking. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/31 "2012-05-06T15:04:23Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > With Google News, you can choose to get more or less news from certain sources. I have the slider for Fox News set to zero. Oh, cool, I didn’t realize you could do this. I’m going to go mess with some settings now. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/32 "2012-05-06T15:13:04Z")
Please double-check me for omissions (as of Post #28) : ======================= ABC Al-Jazeera Atlantic Monthly (for analysis) the BBC – [Home - BBC News](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/) Bloomberg Chicago Tribune Christian Science CNN The Daily Der Spiegel Online Deutsche Welle ([http://www.dw.de/](http://www.dw.de/)) The Economist ESPN Facebook Feedler News Reader Fox News Google News The Guardian Hollywood Reporter Huffington Post Los Angeles Times Marketwatch MSNBC NBC Sports [NPR.org](http://NPR.org) NY Times The Onion RealClearPolitics Right here (SDMB) San Diego Union Tribune Seeking Alpha Slate Talking Points Memo (for partisan red meat) Telegraph Time Twitter Wall Street Journal Washington Post the Week Wired Yahoo! our local paper’s site local news sites (10TV and the Columbus Dispatch) Lots of local newspapers (most of them weeklies) daily papers for the bigger cities in the area TV stations from nearby metropolitan areas (mostly for weather and local stuff) Local TV Station website ========================== ---
**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:** [May 6, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/33 "2012-05-06T16:57:06Z")
Are you trying to just get a list of all news sources? I hear office gossip at lunch too. That’s news. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/34 "2012-05-06T17:18:51Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Are you trying to just get a list of all news sources? I hear office gossip at lunch too. That’s news. 1. That’s not online, is it? 2. If that’s your main source for “news” then list it. 3. The eventual poll will give voters the option of checking their main source(s). I would hope such a poll would indicate the preferred news source for the Average Doper – as defined by those who vote in such a poll. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/35 "2012-05-06T18:23:40Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > You all can hate it but the Drudge Report shouldn’t be ignored. Even if it is just used to identify issues. Then you can look elsewhere for a take that is more to your liking. Good point. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/36 "2012-05-06T19:22:03Z")
Google is my homepage, thus I get _online_ news from them. Radio–NPR TV–I try not to ---
**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:** [May 6, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/37 "2012-05-06T21:18:46Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > 1. That’s not online, is it? > 2. If that’s your main source for “news” then list it. > 3. The eventual poll will give voters the option of checking their main source(s). > > I would hope such a poll would indicate the preferred news source for the Average Doper – as defined by those who vote in such a poll. I think it will prove that the preferred source is “multiple”. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/38 "2012-05-06T21:33:48Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I think it will prove that the preferred source is “multiple”. No doubt. But which components of “multiple” may prove useful to those wanting a better source than their current crop, ---
**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:** [May 6, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/39 "2012-05-06T22:47:41Z")
Among other places already listed… [Political Wire](http://politicalwire.com/?pos=rrg) [The Hill](http://thehill.com/) The former being an aggregator style site but since you listed Google News and Drudge in your poll, I figured it counts. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985/40 "2012-05-07T17:59:42Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I do want to acknowledge the idea supplied by … as a format option. If other such ideas are more manageable, let’s hear them. Hey **Zeldar** , thanks for compiling all this; I’m interested in the eventual poll results - I’m always on the lookout for news sources. There are a couple of data points I’m wondering about, though I don’t know if they’d be feasible for this poll:[ul][_]Perceived political slant of the news source: For example, The New York Times is generally perceived to be liberal while The Wall Street Journal is generally perceived to be conservative (which is part of the reason I read both), but the impression I get of The Daily (even though owned by News Corp) is that it’s more middle-of-the-road than its parent company’s bias (while Fox News is generally perceived to have swallowed that bias whole).[_]Subscription fees: _The New York Times_ and _The Wall Street Journal_ charge for full access, whether online or via app, while _The Daily_ is a tablet-only subscription app. There might not be enough of a distinction to separate online vs. app access, but do you want to separate free/fee sources in the poll?[/ul]Again, thanks for the compilation effort! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985.md?page=3)