Where do you get your news from?
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Monday, March 9, 2026 20:40
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It's been a topic in thread after thread. It's come up so often that maybe it deserves a thread of its own.
So, pretty much every day I scan headlines from
BBC
Reuters
Sputnik News
Zero Hedge
McClatchy
CNN Markets
Russia Insider (Kind of gossipy, but I like gossip!)
Between them, these sites reliably provide a comprehensive set of headlines and POV.
On occasion
Bloomberg Business
FT (London)
RT
Xinhua (boring)
And of course if I see something interesting I'll follow it to wherever it goes ...
Kyiv Post
Syria Direct
IB Times
Asia Times
NSNBC
Avaaz
... or wherever a news article leads.
Some of you, I know, get your information from Twitter. What do you find useful there? Anyplace else you get your news? Just curious.
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"G" -
Um, you don't see the flaw in your information-gathering approach? Because if all you see is what you CHOOSE to see, then all of your information is pre-selected by your own prejudices.
I think it's important to see what you might NOT WANT to see. One of the reasons why I used to come to this board is because I could reliably get the Rush Limbaugh/Glen Beck/ Ann Coulter POV. As frustrating as it was to encounter, I could at least get a good synopsis of what the rightwing media was focusing on at any particular time. (Now I have to go there myself. Or just listen to the GOP candidates.)
So even if what someone says makes my head blow off, I think it's important to know what's being said, especially if it's a major media outlet that reliably reflects what a government wants us to know. Otherwise you just surround yourself in a cocoon of sympatico POV.
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I just come here and see what you guys and gals are saying. :)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
"G" -
Um, you don't see the flaw in your information-gathering approach? Because if all you see is what you CHOOSE to see, then all of your information is pre-selected by your own prejudices.
I think it's important to see what you might NOT WANT to see. One of the reasons why I used to come to this board is because I could reliably get the Rush Limbaugh/Glen Beck/ Ann Coulter POV. As frustrating as it was to encounter, I could at least get a good synopsis of what the rightwing media was focusing on at any particular time. (Now I have to go there myself. Or just listen to the GOP candidates.)
So even if what someone says makes my head blow off, I think it's important to know what's being said, especially if it's a major media outlet that reliably reflects what a government wants us to know. Otherwise you just surround yourself in a cocoon of sympatico POV.
Um, so, no greater understanding today then? Ok. Google news world view? Multi-source? Nothing? Hollow brain? You very old? Cheap North Korean software on endless repeat? Again?
What seems REALLY strange to me today is how Signy gets beat up in here by both the right and the left side these days. When Bush Jr. was president, even though Sigs was moderate the lefties agreed with almost everything (s)he said.
Sigs makes a Damn Good point here G.
If you're a die-hard republican and the only news you get is from WLS and Fox News, you're an asshole. Same goes for lefties who DON'T listen to WLS and Fox for differing opinions.
The same could be said about anybody who listens to either side but doesn't listen to news of the world. Take some time to watch some BBC and Al Jazeera if you have Cable TV, for starters.
If the ONLY news you ever listen to is from sources you sycophant with, than you are nothing more than the very definition of the word Sycophant: A fawning parasite.
If a majority of the people out there were as open minded as Sigs, there's no way in hell that Trump and Clinton would be the early fore-runners in the National Polls.
I challenge you to challenge your own beliefs. Challenge the people who told you what to think and believe. Watch and listen to news that you don't openly relate to, for better or for worse. I'm sure you won't like a lot of what you hear in the "lion's den", but you won't be devoured. You've got free will and will still believe what you always have. But you might find a nugget of truth here or there that you otherwise never would have considered had you never had the bravery to step outside of your safe-zone.
I believe in what Signey is talking about here. A nation full of informed civillians who listen to the truths and un-truths coming from both sides and using their own center to forge all of that information into what they believe is true.
When things got real bad between my parents when I was about 12 years old, I remember talking to my uncle Mike and asking him who was right. My mom was his sister, and my dad was his best friend before they started dating. His response to me?
You just got to take what both of them say and know that the truth lies somewhere in the middle....
Thank you, Uncle Mike. Although it doesn't give any definitive answers, that is probably the best advice anyone has ever given me in my entire life, and it transcends my shitty childhood. It's something to always strive for in any aspect of your life.
NOBODY is EVER going to tell you the TRUTH.
If you believe everything you hear because you are on a particular "side", then you're part of the problem.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Where do I get my news from? All the usual sources except TV. Except the day after, when I was listening to ABC news while doing dishes. (And I made what I think is an interesting observation. Listening to ABC News the day after was a trip through incoherent-land. The attack was terrible! Be afraid! But don't be, because the government's - French, US, very uncertain but you get the idea - GOT this. Terrible carnage! Only for the strong of stomach! He he he - let's show it to you anyway. The poor victims! But we can't stop to consider that because it only gives 'them' what 'they' want. Be resolute! And now a word from our sponsor ... It was interesting watching them flailing without a theme.)
Anyway, they now have their story straight. From BBC, NYTimes, CNN, LATimes and other headlines:
'Paris attacks: Abdelhamid Abaaoud 'died in Saint Denis raid''
We got the guy, feel cautious relief, government has rescued you.
(Don't look too closely at what kind of surveillance and military-style operations were done. You don't want to know, and we're not going to tell you.)
'France Beefs Up Security as Debate Grows Over Liberties'
We must trade privacy for security.
(It's the ONLY choice. One, or the other. We certainly aren't going to change our foreign policy to combat terrorism, and especially not if going after their funding means going after our 'allies' Turkey and Saudi Arabia.)
'Obama: Russia Can Choose Assad or Legitimate Syrian Gov't'
Because ... ASSAD!
(Because ... why not? That kind of parsing has worked so well in the past!)
I'm supposed to feel grateful to be rescued, happy to give up my liberties because the government tells me it's the only way to be safe from terr'sts, and righteous because, ... ASSAD! (And, yanno, Putin too.)
SAGAN: We are releasing vast quantities of carbon dioxide, increasing the greenhouse effect. It may not take much to destabilize the Earth's climate, to convert this heaven, our only home in the cosmos, into a kind of hell.
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Where do I get my news from?
I'm supposed to feel grateful to be rescued, happy to give up my liberties because the government tells me it's the only way to be safe from terr'sts, and righteous because, ... ASSAD! (And, yanno, Putin too.)
I'm actually a little confused here....
My biggest gripe about the Liberals for years have been how easily they bend over and take it in the ass if it means "safety".
I hate to say it 1kiki, but i think 8 years of Obamacare has made you a lot more Conservative minded than you'd ever admit to your non-online friends.
I'm not judging. I'm accepting you with Open Arms.
Welcome to The Middle! It's about time somebody as smart as you finally found your way here. :)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Hey there 6-ix
I'm not a liberal. Or a conservative. At least, that's what I like to think about myself.
SAGAN: We are releasing vast quantities of carbon dioxide, increasing the greenhouse effect. It may not take much to destabilize the Earth's climate, to convert this heaven, our only home in the cosmos, into a kind of hell.
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Good 1kiki...
I'm not a Rethug either, or at least I'd like to think.
If these last 16 long years have taught us anything it's that we're probably much more likely to agree on things when we're not mindlessly waving a party flag. :)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Amen to that, brother!
SAGAN: We are releasing vast quantities of carbon dioxide, increasing the greenhouse effect. It may not take much to destabilize the Earth's climate, to convert this heaven, our only home in the cosmos, into a kind of hell.
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Amen to that, brother!
If anybody wants to see an example of "Progressive"....
me and 1kiki got your Progressive right here!
EDITED TO ADD: Since nobody has replied to ANY topic in the RWED for several hours......
"Seacrest Out"... *drops mic* ;)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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