What are your sources of information ?

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Hello,

I am just curious about your different sources of information. Newspaper, TV, radio, Web, tell us where you go and find some general information, such as information on Iraq, on national affairs, etc.

I personnally read Le Monde, listen to France Info and sometimes watch the France 2_TV reports on my Mac.

Note: of course this thread could be a good opportunity to flame each other, insisting on points such as nazi occupation of France or remarkable pictures of Saddam and Chirac. What about trying something different ?
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My biggest news resource is the web. I have a bookmark-tab-group that opens the five newssites I'm actually reading sometimes: NZZ (Swiss newspaper online), news.ch (Swiss online news service), cnn.com (for the lies :p), news.google.ch and reuters.

When I have the time, I go to my favourite café to read the newspapers - or at least scan them. My favourite here is the 'Weltwoche', a Swiss weekly magazine.

And then, of course, there's TV and radio. I try to avoid watching American stations right now, concentrating on BBC Radio and nTV, a German news TV station.
 
The Guardian (UK) , Google, Die Zeit (German), AlterNet (US), Taz (German), Der Spiegel (German)

The Santa Rosa Press Democrat is pretty decent, and occasionally the NY Times, but it is very East Coast-centric and being owned by Rupert Murdoch I suspect it of being very pro war as he is. I don't watch TV, but occasionally listen to the radio.

I wish there was a way to fine tune the Google News, I think that would be something I would definitely pay for.
 
...what are NOT my sources of information:
-CNN
-Reuters
-TV in general
-Almost ANY type of media that behind it lies a huge corporation/company/government and especially an american one :rolleyes:

Maybe this strategy gives me "misinformation" but anyways that's my way of info-drugging myself ;)
 
What's wrong with Reuters ?
Anyway, they're not a source of information for the public but for private companies :rolleyes:
 
I use several sources, some to try to get facts, some to try to understand the populations.

For facts:
Le Temps (www.letemps.ch)
CNN (yes, CNN. We can discuss the way they comment facts, but basically they are good at finding facts)
Arte

For understanding populations.
TF1, A2, M6 (French)
TSR, DRS (Swiss)
ARD (German), CNBC (US), RAI (Italy)
Direct discussions with our sales people (I work for a company with a worldwide sales network).
 
The San Francisco Chronicle
moveon.org
ABC TV
CNN
various web topic specific web sites for fact checking - mostly googled
my own experience and education
you guys
 
repubblica (italy, online)
nytimes (NY, online)
la clarin (buenos aires, online)
corriere (it. online)
slashdot
google
boards
 
So far a fairly anti-war group has responded and it is interesting to note a rather ambivalent attitude towards CNN. When they first came about I was fascinated. Wow, an American news station is broadcasting live from overseas using local people to talk about local events. It's changed a lot now and too image conscious in my opinion, nor do I like the shortness of the reports that TV gives. I would like to read something or listen to something that takes up some time.

It is so easy for me to react viscerally (my new favorite word for the day!) when I'm given only a few seconds to think about a topic. I think most people think of NPR as being left leaning not so much because it is but because its sonorous, in-depth interviews and reporting tends to create a calming effect and it allows one to really think about the subject.

Die Zeit, a Hamburg based "intellectual" newspaper tends to have these really long articles. I really do appreciate them because they really cover a lot of territory but because they are so long and because they are German, it can sometimes be very difficult to get to the end of them. Don't get me wrong, I am not anit-german, actually the very opposite and if I could I would rather be there than here. It's just that German Intellectualism can be pretty "heavy" at times. Then, in Germany there is Das Bild. Similar to The Sun in the UK or maybe but not quite US Today in the USA. What a waste of newsprint! Short little articles, big sensational photos.

Anyway, I think that the more time you have to spend on a topic the more moderating it can be whether the source is right or left. Any comments?
 
In Switzerland:
- NZZ (Swiss newspaper) almost daily
- Weltwoche (Swiss weekly)
- WOZ (Swiss) occasionally
- Walliser Bote (rather conservative local newspaper from my home province in Switzerland) every now and then
- Rote Anneliese (also from my home province, published irregularly, keeps me updated on crooked politicians and businesses in the region - think global, act local!)
- Swiss German/French national TV channels (rarely, I don't even have a TV in Zurich. I don't miss it either :D)


In Canada:
- Harpers's occasionally
- Economist on a regular basis
- CBC
- CNN for short intervals (until I get :mad: off)


In both places:
- various web news sites (don't ask me to be more specific, I'm never on the same site for too long)
- Le monde diplomatique on a regular basis
- Phone calls/email to my friends in different places around the globe (Balkans, most of western Europe and some of the East, North America, Argentina, South Korea...)
 
In order:

Slashdot
CNN
Reuters
New Scientist
The Onion
Daily Horoscope
Magic 8 Ball
Chinese fortune cookies
The National Enquirer
The Grape Vine
Town Gossip
Whispering voices in my head.
 
Originally posted by chemistry_geek
In order:

Slashdot
CNN
Reuters
New Scientist
...
Whispering voices in my head.

How do you access to Reuters News ?
 
Ok, sorry... i remembered from the time the site was paid only.... it's good it is open.
 
Anecdote

Originally posted by Ugg
Die Zeit, a Hamburg based "intellectual" newspaper tends to have these really long articles. I really do appreciate them because they really cover a lot of territory but because they are so long and because they are German, it can sometimes be very difficult to get to the end of them.

LOL ! You're so right !

I had a presentation to do last week. Topic was: "German federalism confronted to reunification". I found a great article in Die Zeit, by Nina Grunenberg, titled: "Deutsche Muster ohne Wert" (in Die Zeit, n°12, 1992, Seite 3). Man ! I spent one night on understanding it ! My German is that bad, sorry :D :D

Crappy press

You may find publications such as Das Bild or The Sun shameful. In some way, you are right. After, these newspapers apply the rule of thumb of the three S's: Sex, Scandal, Sport. And that's shameful.

However, what I find even more shameful are countries where this kind of popular, light press do not exist. In France, all newspapers are based on an elitist model, there is strictly no equivalent to the scandal press. Therefore, French press is reserved to some intellectual population categories, which generates resentment and frustration. It also increases prices: Le Monde costs 1.20? :eek:

I find this way more shameful than having The Sun and The Daily Mirror published.
 
This forum's my only Apple newspoint. Anyway, it's one of the most reliable, enjoyable and interactive source I know :D
 
Word of mouth is my only news source. And I gotta hear the same thing from more than one person to believe it. Heh

I don't watch TV or read newspapers...well, occasionally I'll watch a movie, or pick up the Sunday paper for the comics. Heh (Though that's a pain, I wish someone would print just the comics. I'd be buying it!)
 
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