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

[Adam McCullough]

Moral of the story: There's no excuse for not keeping your critical
thinking cap on, at all times, no matter the source.

On 2 October 2012 15:31, Josh Coffman <joshcoffman at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
>>
>>
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>> Patricia Wilson
>> Apache Junction, AZ
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>> WB8DXX (Extra)
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