Where do you get your 'News'

POSTED BY: pizmobeach
UPDATED: Tuesday, April 4, 2006 06:59
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PIZMOBEACH

Monday, April 3, 2006 4:56 PM

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Originally posted by mattcoz:
The Onion

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See, I was hoping to avoid that because I keep going there philosophically myself naturally and sometimes it feels like it must be a sign of my not caring. I mean I was trying (one last time... for now) to be a responsible citizen and find a few trusted sources - Browncoat Tested Tough! - for news to keep me from sliding back toward that same conclusion; "This world is so out of control we might as well laugh at it."

All time Onion Headline fav, next to a picture of a lunar lander: "Holy Shit! Man Lands on Fucking Moon!"

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AURAPTOR

Monday, April 3, 2006 5:08 PM

1 Radio

2 T.V. ( Doesn't matter which channel. If something big happens, I'll watch which ever.

3 Internet

And FYI Chris, if Rush says it, he's far more right ( accurate ) than Stewart Smalley. But then, neither have news programs. One's an entertainer, and the other is a has been , washed up comedian from SNL.

I like to hold up different sources and then compare them to get a more composite view of the news.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

HERO

Monday, April 3, 2006 6:32 PM

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Originally posted by pizmobeach:
So many sources so little trust... participate in an FFF.net unscientific pole:
Where do you go to get information you believe?

I get all my news from PirateNews. If you take everything he says...assume the opposite is true, squint really hard and turn away from your computer screen...the result is Edward R. Murrow.

H

CHRISISALL

Monday, April 3, 2006 7:22 PM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:

And FYI Chris, if Rush says it, he's far more right ( accurate ) than Stewart Smalley.

BWAhahahahahahahahahahah
Are you kidding? He's the flipside of Michael Moore to the 100th power!
At least Moore brings up facts, Rush makes most of his up...
That anti-drug druggie.
Do as I say, not as I self-medicate. He's no better than Clinton as far as truth and self-control go.

Gimme Howard Stern before Limbaugh Chrisisall

UNREGISTEREDCOMPANION

Monday, April 3, 2006 7:33 PM

Fox News, The Colbert Report and the Onion.

I used to love CNN when it first went on the air, but then I began to notice this disturbing trend of stories MUTATING from their original airing at night to the day shift. By leaving out a comment or two, the whole meaning of a piece was changed.

I bet most people never even noticed it, but since my work hours were weird, there were times I would watch it at midnight, some times at 6 am.

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FLETCH2

Monday, April 3, 2006 8:12 PM

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Originally posted by Hero:
Quote:
Originally posted by pizmobeach:
So many sources so little trust... participate in an FFF.net unscientific pole:
Where do you go to get information you believe?

I get all my news from PirateNews. If you take everything he says...assume the opposite is true, squint really hard and turn away from your computer screen...the result is Edward R. Murrow.

H

lol

Tell me as a presecutor is there such a crime as "Use of a humourous phrase or saying with the intent of forcing the victim to inhale his own carbonated beverage?"

FLETCH2

Monday, April 3, 2006 8:19 PM

I "surf" news on the bbc website. If a news story interests me I go to other sites as appropriate. So a UK news story would probably have me look at two or more UK newspapers that I know have differing political biases. If it's US I'd probably do CNN and Fox news and then go to newspapers only as a secondary source but that's mainly because I know the various POV of UK papers and so have filters set up for them, I don't have that for US papers.

Economic opinion and forcasting I used to get from Cato and Brookings, but when they both started going doom and gloom it kind of dulled my interest.

DARKJESTER

Monday, April 3, 2006 9:52 PM

Google News. They pull stories from hundreds of sources. Fox News to Aljazeera, Christian Science Monitor to Jerusalem Post, The BBC to The Chinese People's Daily. They'll run the headlines for a story beside other news services' headlines for the same story/topic. I like seeing the bias various entities and countries put into their news coverage (including the US).

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AURAPTOR

Tuesday, April 4, 2006 1:12 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by AURaptor:

And FYI Chris, if Rush says it, he's far more right ( accurate ) than Stewart Smalley.
BWAhahahahahahahahahahah
Are you kidding? He's the flipside of Michael Moore to the 100th power!
At least Moore brings up facts, Rush makes most of his up...
That anti-drug druggie.
Do as I say, not as I self-medicate. He's no better than Clinton as far as truth and self-control go.

Gimme Howard Stern before Limbaugh Chrisisall

You could not be more wrong if you tried. I'm assuming you tried to be wrong the 1st time, but even if you tried harder, it wouldn't make any difference.

I find it funny that I bring up Stewart Smalley ,who has a radio show, and you counter w/ Michael Moore, who does not.

I guess on Howard Stern we can split the difference, cause I don't see him as all right or left. He's ..well, he's Howard, right ?

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

BREWSKI

Tuesday, April 4, 2006 6:59 AM

I tend to get my news... from everywhere.

CNN has completely turned me off ever since Faux News got on the air... I simply think they're more entertaining. MSNBC can be fun sometimes to watch simply because they tend to throw extreme political guests on there.

And as far as the Daily Show/Colbert Report, they can stick it. Last time I heard either show on the air, I audibly groaned at it's lameness...

Rush Limbaugh is good in small doses... but really only 75% of his topics bear fruit to mentioning... and then half that time he's simply reiterating the same statements over and over again.

I actually will occasionally listen to Radio Talk stations as well, and Boston has a good one - WRKO. However, at night if I'm driving home I'll alternate between music and Laura Ingraham.

Heck I may have to say I get more News out of South Park than anything. Such is life of a South Park conservative...

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