Where do you get your news?
Do you get your news through newspapers, TV, online, or magazines?
Television
I haven’t watched the evening news or any of the 24 hour news channels in a long time. I’ll watch 60 Minutes whenever I can but that’s it.
Newspapers
I have the Toronto Star and the National Post delivered to my door every morning. During breakfast I can usually get through both papers. At the office I receive the Globe and Mail and read it during my lunch.
Newspapers can be cheap if you get a subscription. I pay $3/year for the Globe and Mail. You read that correctly. They practically give the paper away. This way they can tell their advertisers that they have x number of paid subscribers.
Online
Throughout the day I’ll look at either Yahoo! News or the NY Times. I’ll also check Daring Fireball, popurls, TUAW and a handful of other sites.
News Wars
The Globe and Mail had an interesting story about a PBS Frontline series called News War. Starting next Tuesday at 9 PM, this four-part series, hosted by Lowell Bergman will take a detailed look at American journalism and where it is heading.
Consider that most people under the age of 30 never watch the evening news on television. People are relying more and more on blogs, Digg or news sites for the latest information. This has a huge impact on traditional news outlets and the future of journalism.
So where do you get your news?
Stumble It!Posted in News at 8:19 PM
Comments
Salon.com, thestar.com, wired.com, slashdot.org, boingboing.net, aintitcool.com and defensetech.org .
I find this group of sites covers everything from local, national and world news as well as tech, computers, movies/tv, mil-tech and general internet weirdness. This has been my news diet for over two years now and I seldom find myself side swiped by a story I knew nothing about.
Good blog topic.
Posted by: Ryan on February 10, 2007 1:30 PM
Salon.com, nytimes.com, cnn.com, news.bbc.co.uk, and metafilter.com.
I read magazines too, like Harper’s and The Atlantic.
How do I get the Globe for $3/year???
Posted by: James McNally 
on February 12, 2007 11:53 AM
I detest the news industry. Our local papers are crap, both owned by the same conglomerate. We don’t have TV, radio news bites, and internet is starting to go the way of FLASHINESS.
When I want something? BBC News online.
The rest of the time it’s clips of the Daily Show (see this?) One year it was ELECTION DAY and I only found out at work because I had no idea (I saw the campaign signs, figured I had about a month). Still found a way to vote, but had no clue of the date.
Posted by: Shiz on February 13, 2007 1:53 PM
Shiz, James, and Bombip: You’re all posers.
I get my news here:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ and http://www.people.com/people.
Posted by: Andy on February 13, 2007 6:46 PM
Ok, and Go Fug Yourself.
Posted by: Shiz on February 15, 2007 2:51 PM
