I'm a news-junkie. Throughout the day I'm checking on the news. My main sources of news are newspapers, radio and television. I'll use the internet too, mainly BBC News' and The Guardian's websites.
Below is a poll where you can anonymously select your main sources of news. You can pick as many sources of news as you like.
Do you regularly keep up with the news?
What are your main sources of news?
What is your most trusted source or sources of news?
The news source I most trust is the BBC. Like any news organisation, it occasionally makes mistakes but it's relatively quick to admit and rectify such mistakes. My biggest criticism of the BBC is that sometimes it's too impartial; sometimes it needs to take sides more.
I wouldn't trust social media nor artificial intelligence (AI) for news. And my in-law family has proven to be a very unreliable source of news,
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Since March 2004 (those who want to understand why that date matters will understand), I have never again watched a news programme on any European mainstream TV channel, nor read newspapers of the same ilk. I have chosen instead to inform myself… at my own risk, through so-called “alternative” channels, always with deep mistrust and applying my own filters to sift out the bullshit... a lot of it.
We are being manipulated by a handful of billionaire psychopaths, but I am now too old, too skeptical, and too alert to be fooled. So, fuck them, and fuck them hard,… but not me: because that’s exactly what they’d like
I haven't watched a single minute of television in 24 years, and 90% of “conventional” channels are blocked in my home.
I'm now intrigued what these "alternative" channels are.
@spunkycumfun Carefully selected, with my own criterion and a lot of skepticism... and for the really important things more than one at a time
Read the 2004 EU media reform , can now understand your comment.
@spunkycumfun For example, just over two years ago, the official news channels in the EU banned, yes banned (do you remember Thierry Breton), an interview with Elon Murky on ‘The Tangerine Turd", but now those same channels support a 5% increase in military spending as demands Tangerine Man, and suck up to that orange dick after lying and distorting things that that retarded nasty guy has said, which is degenerating to sewer levels for that theoretically ‘reputable media’... in theory, you know what I'm talking about... All is about manipulation! I am fed up
@taurean62dbn Well... and some bombs in trains in Spain killing 250 innocent people to change the governement i Spain... disgusting.
@AuraAviatik6 I also read multiple news sources to triangulate a news story.
@taurean62dbn The EU is principally concerned with cross-media ownership which is why the likes of Rupert Murdoch, etc hate the EU.
@AuraAviatik6 I don't recall that Thierry Breton incident.
@spunkycumfun Mmmm. EU bureaucrats (not to be confused with EU citizens) seem to be concerned with one thing only: “their own” survival. A corrupt bunch, quite happy to harm their own people in the name of some opaque, conveniently undisclosed interests.
The gap between EU politicians and real people is no longer political or ideological: it’s cosmic.
@spunkycumfun you can Google it...
@spunkycumfun Just yesterday I travelled back from the deep France where I live to northern Spain to spend Christmas, and it turned into a full-blown epic. What normally takes less than two and a half hours took me five: blocked motorways, burning barricades, total chaos. And all of it because the EU, for some obscure reason conveniently wrapped in the slogan of “doing good for the planet”, seems determined to wipe out livestock farming at any cost.
I have honest French neighbours: real good people, who make a living from their twenty cows. And now those gentlemen in Brussels want to deprive them of their way of life because a handful of vegans get offended, and because others are worried that cows fart too much and are going to “destroy the planet”. For God’s sake, who can believe such nonsense?
And the EU: those corrupt politicians at 99%, want to crush people who live self-sufficiently, following centuries-old traditions, because “someone” wants us to eat different things and depend on government handouts.
I firmly believe in a united Europe, deeply so, but only if it exists for the good of European citizens.
@AuraAviatik6 There is a gap between EU institutions, particularly the European Commission and the European Court of Justice, and EU citizens. I think member states prefer to have such a gap.
@AuraAviatik6 And there I thought that you are pro-EU.
@spunkycumfun Yes, I am pro-EU, but not pro "this new EU"... A different new EU is needed, one for the citizens, for the European people
@AuraAviatik6 And an EU with Britain in!
@spunkycumfun
Of course my friend S! I have no doubt about it. Any kind of “European Union” without Britain is ultimately doomed to fail… and Britain on its own risks becoming irrelevant, or worse, becoming the 51st US state... Just imagine Trump with a crown at Buckingham Palace… now “that” is a truly terrifying thought 😂
@AuraAviatik6 Trump will never be given a crown at Buckingham Palace. Bar for the far right, Trump is hated here.
@spunkycumfun I'm relieved to hear that... there's still hope
I get news from independent media on YT. Ground News appears to be a popular news aggregator that has a feature that shows the percentage of left/right coverage.
I've used Ground News; it's a useful source.
I call Staci's dog, Homeless. He is home all day so he can watch all the current news. Homeless is an amazing source of information.
Homeless is one smart dog.
He is
Democrats were so craving to find their hated target and instead found Bill Clinton in a hottub with a hottie… epstien is just another death in the Clinton wake.
I haven't got a clue why you've posted what you did.
Space Aliens and the Daily Bedrock Gazette and Mlb.com
I see you have baseball news covered.
I suppose the majority of my news is from my online New York Times subscription. I also listen to Minnesota Public Radio’s news station and sometimes check their website. Podcasts: New York Times The Daily and The Opinions, NPR’s Consider This, the Bulwark’s Tim Miller. Social media: Heather Cox Richardson (history professor who does daily posts putting news into historical perspective), sometimes Robert Reich, sometimes Jessica Yellin.
I always enjoyed reading The New York Times when in America. (Given recent proposals, I don't think I'll be allowed into America again!)
It was remiss of me not to include podcasts as a poll option.
@spunkycumfun yes it’s CRAZY how much info they are proposing to collect from foreign visitors. Trump has already practically killed off tourism from people outside the US and this new thing will be the death knell.
The NYT is problematic at times. They recently published an opinion piece that was initially titled “Did women ruin the workplace?” 🤯 and had to hastily re-title it “Did liberal feminism ruin the workplace” (which IMO is only barely an improvement). But I still subscribe because I feel Washington Post is tainted by Bezos’s ownership.
I like Tim Miller from the Bullwork too as he tells it like it is and he is a regular on many of the MSNOW shows..
@smartasswoman As proposed, I'll have to give I think five years of social media history. I don't know whether this site counts as social media, but I don't think I'll be visiting America again. Next year's World Cup will be interesting in terms of who's allowed into America. I wonder how easy Iranian fans will be allowed in to watch their team play.
And the 2028 Olympics to be held in Los Angeles (assuming Trump allows a Democrat-controlled city to host such games) will be even more interesting. I'm guessing these games will be like the 1936 Olympic Games held in Germany.
I know all host countries and cities use such events to promote themselves, but I suspect Trumpian propaganda will run riot in both cases.
I haven't yet recovered from the recent US National Security Strategy report which effectively sees Europe as an enemy. I maintain Europe, however defined, has been one of America's most steadfast ally. America will need friends down the line.
These are strange times.
I should stop now as I'm talking my way into being banned from America. Free speech, what a joke!
@spunkycumfun Strange times indeed. If he's still around he'll probably try to brand it as the "Trump 2028 Olympics". My hope is that he's gone by then.
@smartasswoman I hope he's gone ... soon, very soon. In my lifetime, I've never known a politician to cause so much division and hatred.
@smartasswoman the bribes he must have and must be receiving besides their fake trophies and awards
@bignicktx yeah it’s all a giant grift. The crypto deals in particular.
Local news , a local website, independent , and supported by subscriptions and donors ( all donors are listed with amounts ) . lol. but every month end , they beg for money to cover investigations . All other news is site ground news , that way i know the bias . But have found best news is via some pod casters who give the opinions of guests that are blacklisted from all mainstream channels . Would really help, if all news channels published a list of those they have blacklisted
I should have included podcasts in the poll.
@spunkycumfun Quite a few journalist that are unhappy with censorship , have started moving to create their own youtube channels .
@taurean62dbn I can understand why many journalists want their own channel. But journalists often censor themselves.
@spunkycumfun I know, from our history. To get promoted , you have to follow the unwriiten rules , buck the rules, and you get shunted to a office in a broom closet. Most pick personal wellbeing as one jounalist commented , principles does not pay the bills. See that now with the money on offer from zionist for good or no coverage on Israel , many independent podcasts i used to follow, have stopped all their coverage on Israel.
@taurean62dbn It even works at the local level. Local newspapers (plus television and radio) often don't report unfavourable stories of businesses in their area because of the fear of losing advertising revenue.
@velodelicious @spunkycumfun great documentary. Found and posted
. I love the comment by the reporter from the NY Times . " Freedom of the Press is only guaranteed if you own the newspaper , that is what i learnt from the NY Times "
@velodelicious I've not seen that documentary but I'll look out for it.
@spunkycumfun It is now up. lol. took about 4 hours to be approved
@taurean62dbn I've seen it. I'll come back to watch it when I have more time, probably after Xmas now!
Ever since News became 24 Hours its not news anymore. Its Entertainment. They don't let the truth get in the way of a good story. Bullshit I prefer not to indulge in. Cheers Y'all
I rarely watch any rolling news programme. I had to keep up with the news for my job.
Gary Gnu
I had to look up to see who Gary Gnu is. Now I know - the most authoritative news source!
it's all fake news you only hear what they want
It's not all fake news.
Use to watch lots on TV yet my perspective on TV news like Aura, especially in US where they are all part of the bribery machine. Also like Taurean mostly from u tube as where find mostly honest evaluations. Why you should be on the tube Spunky
I don't have the technical skills to go on YouTube.
@spunkycumfun goggle or search engine Google. When purchase tablet or phone they u tube all ready set up as well as the music version
@bignicktx Thanks, but it still sounds too technical for me. I don't even have a smartphone.
@spunkycumfun guess purchased computer from store, when nearby that place ask them how to do. You could even have your own u tube channel
I should watch news to become and stay informed, but have a strong dislike for the orange turd I don't want subject myself to too much stories or crap dealing with him or I might wretch. I then choose not to partake for now.
Trump makes for very depressing news no matter what he says or does.
I get most of it from the tv. Whenever I blog something about the orange face guy, I always get his biggest fan that tells me I’m wrong and crazy. I really shot down his credibility last time and exposed his nonsense so well that he just kept going in circles.
There are quite a few MAGA trolls peddling lies and nonsense on this site.
Independent journalists and podcasters.
Good independent journalists are few and far between.
@spunkycumfun so are unbiased, mainstream news outlets...the BBC being chief among them.
@OldJoe1010 How is the BBC biased?
I look for journalistic integrity, so that leaves out social media and most opinion pieces, which are found across mediums. I'll form my own opinion.
It's difficult to keep opinion out of news reporting.
@spunkycumfun true. I should clarify, I avoid the op-ed section, which is 100% opinion
@njfitguy1 I tend to ignore newspaper editorials though I enjoy reading a newspaper's analysis features.
I get my news from foreign tv
I'm guessing that you don't hold American media in high regard. Thanks for stopping by.
If you were actually willing to call people out for their misguided beliefs, this nonsense might have some credibility. As it stands, it is embarrassing.
I haven't got a clue what you are talking about. If it's about one comment below, I did call him out but my reply got denied. If it's something else, please elaborate.
My parents encouraged us to read the newspaper from an early age, and so by age 12 I was reading the International Herald Tribune as well as the local English or French language newspapers (depending on which country we were living at the time - if it was a former French or British colony), on an almost daily basis. At the school library I also had access to Time, Newsweek, National Geographic magazines that I read literally from cover to cover.
We'd tune in to the BBC World Service throughout the day for the news and other programming. I recall the dry tone of Alistair Cooke's Letter from America.
As a young adult I graduated to The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Barrons weekly financial news. I became a NYT crossword puzzle junkie and a fan of Art Buchwald's satirical column.
As an avid reader I would also consume the interviews and articles in Penthouse, Playboy and Forum magazines. Without exaggeration, one could gleam insights from the coverage of controversial topics such as Oliver North and the Iran Contra scandal in a girlie magazine that other mainstream journalism would not cover - at least not at the time of the events themselves.
Over time I became disillusioned with mainstream media. In the early 1990s I became involved in AIDS activism and volunteering and observed the ineffectiveness of the press to cover the issue from a scientific/medical point of view, leading to misinformation and wrong assumptions by the general public. Then around the year 2000 all the hullaballoo over the millenium Y2K bug was a complete waste of time, if not misleading fear-mongering. Nine Eleven brought about the War on T/Error and even more rampant fearmongering, instead of proper investigations into our politicians' blatant lies (WMD, anyone?). When it became evident that the BBC has a habit of avoiding uncomfortable topics, to the point of banning hip hop songs from airplay because they reference Britain's questionable past, well, Bye Bye Colonialists!
When the Internet took off I switched to Twitter, Friendfeed, Blogger, Digg, etc for real-time updates. During the Arab Spring and the Greek economic collapse, breaking news came through thanks to citizen journalism, eg. Global Voices reporters, rather than mainstream media. Interesting factoid: the day our prime minister declared the country would be undergoing IMF regulation, the top headline news item on TV was the release of a model-turned-porn-actress sex tape DVD, rather than the impending austerity measures and imposition of capital controls. At the financial services firm where I was employed at the time, it made for a highly surreal day of panic.
With Wikileaks it became obvious mainstream media was not serving its purpose anymore.
I feel that today digital media is everywhere and it is practically impossible to not get informed, as there is a screen or radio spewing data practically everywhere you happen to be - notifications following you everywhere on your mobile device (and if it's not your own device it's your partner's sitting on the sofa next to you while you watch a movie on the telly), the radio station the taxi/Uber driver has selected, flat screens everywhere - in shop window displays, on the ferry, the doctor's waiting room, even YouTube broadcasting on a screen above my head as the dentist works on my cavities.
So why bother to read up on news? It's going to find you wherever you are.
Nowadays I prefer to read (not to be confused with "get informed" "get my news from" ) The Intercept, Electronic Frontier Foundation, DropSite, Zeteo, ProPublica, GIJN, Reporters United, The Press Project, Forensic Architecture, Novara, DeclassifiedUK, TruthOut, etc. -- In short, I prefer to read about media bias coverups etc or alternative methods of data analysis, more so than absorbing "the news." Which is meta. But not Meta.
Though my parents didn't encourage me to read a newspaper (they didn't discourage me either), I've been an avid reader of newspapers since my late teens. Then I moved onto magazines/periodicals and more latterly the radio and various internet sources.
Most of my news comes off the internet but I read a variety of sites ... Huff Post, The Guardian, BBC, NPR, CNN, MSNBC (I love Lawrence O'Donnell) and the web sites of my local TV station.
With America being such a big country, I guess it must be quite difficult to keep up with all of the news.
The same places you do and independent journalists on youtube who have left mainstream media. Lately I've watched a lot of The Great British Baking Show: Masterclass with Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood. The news is too overwhelming, I don't want to see it anymore. The convicted felon is implementing Project 2025 so quickly, I don't even want to think 37 more months will bring.
I'm surprised news agencies (eg Reuters) are scoring so highly. I'm wondering whether people ticked that option thinking I meant newsagents!
@spunkycumfun maybe they did... I forgot, I also listen to Times Radio and LBC Radio, but it's over the television, not the radio, so I really didn't think of it.
@joisygirl I'm a BBC Radio 5 Live man - sport and news all wrapped up together.
Do you regularly keep up with the news? Yes
What are your main sources of news? That would be The Evening New with David Muir, and of course what is now MSNOW which was MSNBC. There are a couple of shows I watch on that network because they keep it real and tell us what is really going on.
What is your most trusted source or sources of news? I would say, The Briefing with Jen Psaki, and of course Lawrence O'Donnell.
I would never trust AI or Social Media for the news.
I hope your enjoying a relaxing Sunday my friend..
I can see, even before this post, that you keep up with the news.
The biggest difference between new sources on the right and those on the left. The left tells you want to think. How to be a good little NPC. The sources on the right teach you how to think. How to tell if something is BS, what persuasion is, how to recognize it and often how to counter it.
The legacy media told billions of people that Trump called white supremacist find people. How dumb to you to be to actually believe that? There are millions of people who still believe the blatant media lies still. But its even clearer now that the power of their bullshit only applys to NPC's who are suffering from brain damage from brainwashing.
What is important about news sources is their credibility and predictability. For example if a news source has promoted hoaxes in the past they have very low credibility, because they knew they were lying. The news sources that predicted utter disaster because of tariffs were showed that they didn't understand reality and should not be relied on in the future.
Those who predict and explain reality are the only ones that are worth consuming:
The All in Pod, Coffee with Scott Adams, Elon Musk, Wall St Apes, Vigilent Fox, Alan Dershowitz are some examples. They produce that stories and opinions that predict and stand the test of time. The opposite is MS NOW or the BBC who have the credibility of a coked up used car salesmen behind on his bills.
An example of why the BBC is shit: Well aside from the British government, its biggest funder was USAID. They are not interested in reporting news, but in saving their cash streams.
You have got your facts wrong about the BBC. The BBC is not directly funded by the government but by the licence fee, effectively a tax on owning a television, etc. And the BBC has never relied on USAID funding.
You need to get your facts correct before peddling untruths.
I had to laugh at your argument that the left tells you what to think and the right tells you how to think. Just where do you get this nonsense from?
The most important thing people miss is
What's that?
Lol., we still have a town crier ?
There are a few towns here that have a town crier - they're employed to entertain tourists.
While I get the majority of my news from the Internet and podcasts, I try to stay with reputable sources. That is a little difficult here in the US so I try to balance with International sites such as the BBC and CBC. I agree with your assessment of the BBC being balanced. The CBC (modeled after the BBC) has a similar issue. I appreciate that aspect as it allows me to make up my own mind on issues.
I forgot to add podcasts to my list of poll options.