OT: Which news source(s) do you prefer?

[Josh Coffman]

FYI, Google has been previously caught filtering, editing, or otherwise
ignoring some news items based on it's own bias. I don't have links with
proof; just do a search on it. You can see it sometimes on what they choose
to honor with a google doodle on days when other things may be more
important. Definitely check multiple sources and check the story source.


On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 2:07 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Google has started to tailor what you get based on what they know about
> you, which is far more than you might expect.  To me this is a problem.  It
> is akin to telling me what I want to hear, not what I need to know or the
> truth, if there really is something called the truth.
>
> ------------------------
> Keith Smith
>
> --- On *Tue, 10/2/12, Alan Dayley <adayley at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Alan Dayley <adayley at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: OT: Which news source(s) do you prefer?
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 11:57 AM
>
>
> I scan news.google.com headlines once a day and dive into things that
> look interesting.  I have purposefully not customized the feeds there so
> that I get as general a view as possible, though Google does some feed
> tweaks automatically based on what it knows about me.
>
> The rest of my news comes from people I follow on Twitter, Google+ and
> others.  I curate who I follow in social media and relevant news just comes
> to me, and mostly with better quality than if I go out and hunt for things.
>
> Alan
>
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Patricia Wilson <wilson.pr.gm at gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=wilson.pr.gm@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> For politics and world news foxnews special report. For techie stuff zdnet.
>
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:44 AM, <joe at actionline.com<http://mc/compose?to=joe@actionline.com>
> > wrote:
>
>
> Which news sources (print and/or internet) do y'all prefer?
>
> I'm fed up with *all* media sources ... with all of the bias (both ways),
> spin, distortion, inflammation, exaggeration, ambulance chasing
> sensationalizing, and overdone visual graphics.
>
> Haven't subscribed to any print media for more than 20 years, but used to
> scan the USA Today headlines online; however, since they just changed
> their format to force an excessive (imh) clutter of graphics on us, it is
> no longer a viable option for me.
>
> Are there any online news headline sources that are not radical, liberal,
> left-wing, extremist, fanatic, spinmeisters? ... or (almost as bad)
> extreme right-wingers?
>
> I've tried all those listed at this link and found nothing that seems
> reasonably "fair and balanced" ... and most of all *efficient* without
> excessive clutter.
>
> - - - http://www.upquick.com/best/news.htm - - -
>
> So what would y'all recommend?
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us<http://mc/compose?to=PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Patricia Wilson
> Apache Junction, AZ
> Member NRA, ARRL
> WB8DXX (Extra)
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us<http://mc/compose?to=PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>
>
>
> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us<http://mc/compose?to=PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/pipermail/plug-discuss/attachments/20121002/30b4f966/attachment.html>