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 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 * wrote: > > > From: Alan Dayley > Subject: Re: OT: Which news source(s) do you prefer? > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > 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 > > wrote: > > For politics and world news foxnews special report. For techie stuff zdnet. > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:44 AM, > > 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@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@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@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@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >