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

[Sherman123]

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.

 

[Helix]

Google blank news search; gives me pretty much every notable story from all angles.

CNN for breaking

NPR for radio

NBC nightly

Various sources on my phone via Internet stream.

Age 39.

 

[Gardener]

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.

I am nearly 60 and my approach is the same as yours. Now, there are certainly some sources that I trust more than others and I get irritated to no end by the sheer number of unintelligent people who think a youtube video or article they lifted from a propaganda site constitutes "proof" of whatever silly notion they are trying to peddle, but yeah -- I get my news from the internet and don't watch t.v.

 

[lizzie]

I get most of mine here, where I am sure to find out what is outraging people daily.

 

[DaveFagan]

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.

Totally online. 70. AP Breaking News (gov't bias), MSN.com (dem bias), Buzzflash (dem bias), Info Clearing House (progressive). Pravdu.Ru (Russian bias), FoxSports ( no bias). Google search for specific info.

 

[Lutherf]

I watch cable news in the morning, listen to talk radio when driving and pick the news apart online. I would also fit into the 35+ category.

 

[Ockham]

National stuff is online - various sources from CNN, Fox, MSN, blogs with links.... Bing for headlines. Local stuff is newspaper and local television news. Anything I watch that has news nationally I tend to not pay much attention unless it's another WTC or something. I'm 46.

 

[rocket88]

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.

Usually NPR. I don't think they're unbiased or anything, I like their style of reporting and the way they provide more of the background information.

 

[Sherman123]

By they way thanks everyone for the quick responses!

 

[specklebang]

Completely online and like Mr. Fagan, I'm the big seven-oh. No particular source, I just go to Google News and follow the stories that interest me.

I do go to Al Jazeera for some articles and I listen to RW radio when I'm driving (which is rare). A friends sends me The Atlantic links pretty often.

 

[soot]

I'm 43 and my television watching pretty much parallels yours, with the addition that I like some of the cable channels' original programming and I also keep News 12 NJ on in the morning while getting ready for work but only really pay attention to the traffic and weather.

I'm a "market intelligence analyst" in the financial services industry by trade so a good part of my day every day is spent reading domestic and foreign newspapers, financial and economic trade publications, and other stuff of a "newsy" nature. If something of a political nature strikes my interest I'll read it but I'm not a political news hound the way I was when I was younger (I can't afford to be time wise).

I listen to Bloomberg, NPR, or one of the Sirius political talk shows during my commute (if I'm not listening to a podcast, usually realted to American history, or a book on CD from the library - currently Coolidge by Amity Shlaes - good book).

If I watch anything political on TV it's generally CSPAN and that only occasionally and with no regularity.

I never watch CNN, FOX, MSNBC. If I want to read a comic book I'll just go read one.

ETA: It just occurred to me that I do watch one of the three cable news channels for election coverage or "continuing coverage" of a big news event (Boston Marathon bombing, school shooting, & etc...)

 

[Dirt Racer]

I'm 42 and get my news from a variety of sources. Mostly online very little radio, some TV, some Newspaper. If there is breaking news I will search online first in order to see what is going on. If it's a big event I may turn on the TV. I find getting news from multiple sources the best way to get the entire story.

 

[NoC_T]

Gentlemen's locker room, Parliament building in Strasbourg. Five minutes with those guys neatly eclipses a solid month of terrestrial news networks. What they don't know won't happen until autumn.

37.

 

[joG]

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.

I voted 35+ on-line. That is not accurate. I listen to radio while i have my first coffees in bed. Then I catch some CNBC, RT, BBC and Frace24 depending on how much time I have. Then I read the on-line stuff, where I get most of my news. Sometimes I read a paper (Herald Tribune, Die Zeit, Economist) if I go to a cafe or take a train.

 

[ecofarm]

CNN and ESPN, 42

 

[Risky Thicket]

Internet: Opening site on my laptop is The Guardian (US). I read it first every morning; Raw Story; CNN Internet; Christian Science Monitor. I do also find news on DP.

Radio: on SiriusXM, Radio Canada (CBC) and often the BBC.

Print: I read Arizona Republic every morning, which is pure crap. Most of it I've already read on the internet a day or two before. Whatever town I am in when I am away from home I always read the local paper and USA Today.

I used to subscribe to the Atlantic Magazine, but I just don't have time to read it as I'd like.

Television: I do not watch or listen to any broadcast television news. None, never. It is sensational and worthless. It isn't news. Radio, as above, only Radio Canada and BBC on SiriusXM.

You might say I'm 35+ :lol:

 

[Helix]

I get most of mine here, where I am sure to find out what is outraging people daily.

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.

 

[lizzie]

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.

Peter Pan Honeyroast, without the jelly, hands down. :lol:

 

[Kreton]

I get my news from a pretty good variety, including on here.

 

[AGENT J]

Many sources, TV, Radio, print and net. I use them all

and im in the +35 catergory

 

[Removable Mind]

Internet: Opening site on my laptop is The Guardian (US). I read it first every morning; Raw Story; CNN Internet; Christian Science Monitor. I do also find news on DP.

Radio: on SiriusXM, Radio Canada (CBC) and often the BBC.

Print: I read Arizona Republic every morning, which is pure crap. Most of it I've already read on the internet a day or two before. Whatever town I am in when I am away from home I always read the local paper and USA Today.

I used to subscribe to the Atlantic Magazine, but I just don't have time to read it as I'd like.

Television: I do not watch or listen to any broadcast television news. None, never. It is sensational and worthless. It isn't news. Radio, as above, only Radio Canada and BBC on SiriusXM.

You might say I'm 35+ :lol:

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:

 

[molten_dragon]

For national and international news, or if I want to look up something specific, I use Google News. I get my local news mainly on the radio, though not intentionally.

I'm 29.

 

[Helix]

Peter Pan Honeyroast, without the jelly, hands down. :lol:

*insert over the top personal attack lambasting you as a heathen for not including jelly*

 

[EdwinWillers]

Major Cable Network
Minor Cable Network
Online (multiple sources)
Radio

Do newspapers still exist? :thinking

35+

 

[Risky Thicket]

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:

The Beeb on SiriusXM is excellent, innit?

I too am soooooo feckin sick of pundit radio and TV. Can't stand it. I like the way Radio Canada does its news. It is more straight reporting than I am used to hearing on American radio stations. I'm beyond tired of cute and bombastic "news".

American "news personalities" are part of what has made American "news" reporting unpalatable and worthless. How far can American market driven infotainment, lightly masked as "news", be from having "gasp tracks" and "cry tracks" and "scream tracks" played in the background to tart up "news" stories? Won't be long from now, I suspect. And besides who the hell wants a "personality" to read the news, all perfect and cute. **** that! Of course it all makes sense in a nation that thrives on fake reality shows on TeeVee to the point that the fake reality stars are quoted by feckin elected officials in Washington.

The Economist online. It never occurred to me. Excellent! I'm going to monitor that for a while. Thanks.