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Where Do You Get Your News? (And how old are you?)

Where do you get your news? And how old are you?

  • A major cable network: 35+

    Votes: 1 2.4%

  • A major cable network: 18-35

    Votes: 1 2.4%

  • Newspaper: 35+

    Votes: 3 7.1%

  • Newspaper: 18-35

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Online: 35+

    Votes: 13 31.0%

  • Online: 18-35

    Votes: 12 28.6%

  • Radio: 35+

    Votes: 2 4.8%

  • Radio: 18-35

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other: 35+

    Votes: 8 19.0%

  • Other: 18-35

    Votes: 2 4.8%
  • Total voters
    42
Sherman123 said:
I've been curious about this for a while. I'm in my early twenties and I can honestly say I never watch cable news in large part because I don't really watch TV. Everything is on Hulu, Netflix, or I just stream/torrent. So I get my news pretty exclusively from the internet which is to say usually Google News aggregation of articles related to a term I search or just the BBC news app in the morning.

I'd also say I'm not that atypical of people my age that I know. In fact I'd say its rare for me to run into someone my age who watches CNN, FOX, MSNBC except those who watch certain shows or commentators.

With all of the passion about which network is more biased or best it got me wondering if even unscientifically I could find out if there was an age gap on this on DP.
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I listen to Fox News early in the morning when I'm dressing for work; other than that, I rely on the Internet and have 'scrips to WaPo, the La Times, NY Times, the Telegraph (UK) and etc. My News folder in Favorites has links to just about every major publication online.

My homepage for over a decade has been the Drudge Report not only because it had continual updates, but also because it links to major publications globally (English versions). I also check Politico, Mediaite, Daily Caller frequently as well as local sources. I'd check Instapundit too, but I have a friend who's a devotee of Glenn Reynolds, and she always forwards me the great stuff.

Shamefully, I access a wide variety of news sources daily and more, including the Daily Mail. I love the deliciously low. :3oops:

In 2014 there is no reason not to access a wide variety of sources in addition to the fishwraps of record. I think that if you're genuinely interested in facts, it's irresponsible to rely on only one or two sources. And if either of them is on a comedy network, I think that's just sad.
 
Your poll only allows you to make one choice. Anyone who rely on one source for gathering their news are uninformed and using the internet, one can be misinformed.

I subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, L.A. Times and the Orange County Register.

I read the San Diego Tribune, Washington Times and Post, and a few local papers on line.

The Drudge Report.

Local news, K-Cal and KTLA for police car chases.

At least one hour of KABC and KNBC local news.

One of the national evening news programs at night.

Fox News Channel and CNN. Also Fox Business News.

One local talk radio program, John and Ken on KFI. They cover stories that get little coverage.

For political news, it's on line, Real Clear Politics, The Politico and The Hill.

And numerous e-mail news letters like USNI News, Center for Immigration Studies, Stratfor, Defense Link, etc.
 
Car: Sirius has some GREAT channels. Gives you a ton of options, hear all sides.
Television: I don't view any T.V. sources as reliable. It's fun to watch professional liars though. Especially MSNBC, those guys really make it up as they go.
Online: This is the majority of my news. Tons of truly unbiased information, but you need to sift through the junk.

28 years old.
 
I voted "other" because there's no "all of the above" option.
 
Removable Mind said:
Risky...

I'm really gotten attached to SiriusXM's BBC World News...and occasionally listen to Radio-Canada. I play them in the background online a lot. I nearly always listen to BBC World in my truck or SUV (well, when I'm by myself)...other wise it's "CLASSIC ROCK on 7".

I like to read The Economist and BBC News on the net everyday. I read a little of Nate Silver's stuff and I'm glad that he's back to 538 instead of NYT. I subscribe to Scientific American on the net. I get Science News Magazines at home.

I'm sick of pundit radio and TV. Their brains are like warts on a gnat's ass.

Gosh...in the Year of Our Insanity...I too am 35 + :2razz:
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Just curious why do you listen to the French station?
 
Sherman123 said:
I've been curious about this for a while.
I'm in my early twenties and I can honestly say I never watch cable news in large part because I don't really watch TV.
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 Everything is on Hulu, Netflix, or I just stream/torrent. So I get my news pretty exclusively from the internet which is to say usually Google News aggregation of articles related to a term I search or just the BBC news app in the morning.

I'd also say I'm not that atypical of people my age that I know. In fact I'd say its rare for me to run into someone my age who watches CNN, FOX, MSNBC except those who watch certain shows or commentators.

With all of the passion about which network is more biased or best it got me wondering if even unscientifically I could find out if there was an age gap on this on DP.
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I'm 70-years old and I very seldom watch TV news. As a matter of fact I spend very little time watching anything on TV.

First thing in the morning I check the local weather forecast online at wunderground.com and then I check the news at the BBC website.




IOW my approach is almost a carbon copy of yours.
 
Helix said:
it's my theory that people could get outraged and have a flamewar about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
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 some day i will start a thread and test this theory.
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That's not a theory, it's an ironclad fact.

Some people will happily argue about anything, whether they know anything about it or not.
 
shrubnose said:
Personally, I like peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

The next time that I make one I'll put some homemade jam (Not jelly.) on it.
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I love them too, but once I found the PP Honeyroast, nothing else was necessary. :lol: Love the stuff.
 
Helix said:
it's my theory that people could get outraged and have a flamewar about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. some day i will start a thread and test this theory.
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Wouldn't that be a violation of Rule # 3. Baiting/Flaming/Trolling ?
 
shrubnose said:
That's not a theory, it's an ironclad fact.

Some people will happily argue about anything, whether they know anything about it or not.
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I disagree.






















:lol:
 
shrubnose said:
I'm 70-years old and I very seldom watch TV news. As a matter of fact I spend very little time watching anything on TV.

First thing in the morning I check the local weather forecast online at wunderground.com and then I check the news at the BBC website.




IOW my approach is almost a carbon copy of yours.
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Back during the 70's when I did most of my traveling around the world, mostly third world countries, there was no television.
 
35

Just recently unsubscribed to cable tv because we never use it, even for regular tv.

News via NPR, google news, and various specialty publications such as ars technica mainly.
 
Carjosse said:
Just curious why do you listen to the French station?
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I assume that you're you referring to the Canadian station? There's 3 Sirius XM channels for Canada. The Canadian channel that I listen to isn't a French speaking station...so if Radio-Canada is French...then I've unknowingly learned a new language. ;)
 
Sherman123 said:
I've been curious about this for a while. I'm in my early twenties and I can honestly say I never watch cable news in large part because I don't really watch TV. Everything is on Hulu, Netflix, or I just stream/torrent. So I get my news pretty exclusively from the internet which is to say usually Google News aggregation of articles related to a term I search or just the BBC news app in the morning.

I'd also say I'm not that atypical of people my age that I know. In fact I'd say its rare for me to run into someone my age who watches CNN, FOX, MSNBC except those who watch certain shows or commentators.

With all of the passion about which network is more biased or best it got me wondering if even unscientifically I could find out if there was an age gap on this on DP.
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I have cnn.com as my home page, I trust their weather reports, obituaries (not on bin laden, but in general what celebrities died etc.) stuff like that
For in depth coverage of events, I rely strictly on my own search on places such as google, which I also frustratingly understand is being taken over by the establishment slowly but surely.
I'm 40
 
I stick to Centrist news sources like MSNBC, Huffpo, CNN, and bloomberg. I avoid biased sources like Fox news, CNBC, FBN.
 
99percenter said:
I stick to Centrist news sources like MSNBC, Huffpo, CNN, and bloomberg. I avoid biased sources like Fox news, CNBC, FBN.
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MSNBC and Huffpo are centrist in your view and un-biased?
CNBC is biased?

Okaaaaay....
 
I'm 32 and haven't had cable since I was 18. I Do watch the news hour, from time to time. But for the most part it's all internet based
 
Removable Mind said:
I assume that you're you referring to the Canadian station? There's 3 Sirius XM channels for Canada. The Canadian channel that I listen to isn't a French speaking station...so if Radio-Canada is French...then I've unknowingly learned a new language. ;)
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Oh sorry, I looked into it and you listen to Radio Canada International which is in English and other languages apparently but in Canada, Radio-Canada is the French network of the CBC.
 
I get my news from a variety of places, mostly online because that's where I spend the majority of my time. In the car, I listen to 100% talk radio, but since I'm not in the car often, that's a very small percentage. We haven't taken a physical newspaper for nearly 20 years and I haven't watched a regular televised newscast in probably close to that long. There's no reason not to get it online, you get information almost instantly and have a wide variety of sources to pick from.
 
I get what I want online, tuning into Fox, CNN, MSNBC, or any of the networks gives me a negative attitude that I don't need or want.
 
Carjosse said:
Oh sorry, I looked into it and you listen to Radio Canada International which is in English and other languages apparently but in Canada, Radio-Canada is the French network of the CBC.
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Groovy...glad you found it.
 
I get my news from publicly owned TV station and newspaper. Once in awhile I listen to radio news programs. I'm 58 years old.
 
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