I'm sorry, but I think every citizen has an obligation to keep themselves informed. It isn't that (Reply #76)

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Thu Apr 29, 2021, 10:39 PM

Martin68 (19,988 posts)

76. I'm sorry, but I think every citizen has an obligation to keep themselves informed. It isn't that

difficult. Listen to NPR, subscribe to the Washington Post (or their online version). It's not that hard. DU is not a news site. It is focused on interpretation of the news and political opinion. That's what I'm here for. Sometimes I do find new or breaking news on DU, but it is usually the interpretation of news and the discussion of that which brings me to DU. Finding one or two reliable sources and consulting them on a regular basis is essential to understanding and engaging in the post on DU.

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115 replies	Author	Time	Post
Please remember a bunch of us get our news from DU. [View all]	LakeArenal	Apr 2021	OP
YES! nt	AndyS	Apr 2021	#1
Amen! nt	MiHale	Apr 2021	#2
This! This point has been made umpteen times here. And yet people keep making these	Scrivener7	Apr 2021	#3
+1000. Posted several threads on it myself. I was a writing teacher for many years and you'd be	Amaryllis	Apr 2021	#4
Reminds me of a certain Facebook friend of mine	Random Boomer	Apr 2021	#29
I'm one of the guilty, and now stand corrected. I sometimes find the need to move on rapidly,	Firestorm49	Apr 2021	#90
+1	hlthe2b	Apr 2021	#5
I like the DUers who are yelling at their TV, but via a DU OP.	SYFROYH	Apr 2021	#6
Often the tweet is just a reference to a published story elsewhere	DBoon	Apr 2021	#93
Bingo!	question everything	Apr 2021	#102
And, stop with the twits? Since when news are provided by twits?	question everything	Apr 2021	#7
Surely you know it's "tweet," not "twit?"	chia	Apr 2021	#17
He/she is talking about the twits who post tweets	Escurumbele	Apr 2021	#22
I guess I am guilty of posting tweets. believe it or not a lot of breaking news is reported by twee	IcyPeas	Apr 2021	#56
Yes, a lot of breaking news is first seen via tweet. I hope you do keep posting tweets of interest!	chia	Apr 2021	#57
I don't have problems when the twits are part of the posts	question everything	Apr 2021	#101
Really? Did not know. Cannot differentiate	question everything	Apr 2021	#52
I especially hate tweets such as ...	left-of-center2012	Apr 2021	#27
Lol at tweet of the second. Now you have given someone an idea!	Celerity	Apr 2021	#82
+1000	llmart	Apr 2021	#43
Gee, and I'm just the opposite	soldierant	Apr 2021	#68
"Since when news are provided by twits?"	orleans	Apr 2021	#73
Speak for yourself. I enjoy the tweets.	ShazzieB	Apr 2021	#81
I too enjoy tweets.	summer_in_TX	Apr 2021	#84
I don't mind the tweets, but I don't like when it's just the link to the tweet.	Scrivener7	Apr 2021	#92
You might also find they contain a link that exploits your browser	DBoon	Apr 2021	#94
Same.	mahina	Apr 2021	#95
+1,000	chia	Apr 2021	#108
If you get your news from The Lounge, you are in deep trouble	Major Nikon	Apr 2021	#8
This seems to be a true story, the guy did kidnap a scientist, and he didn't go to jail	Escurumbele	Apr 2021	#25
Next time	DENVERPOPS	Apr 2021	#55
Thoughtful writers write for their readers & not their egos, so they take time to give context. nt	Bernardo de La Paz	Apr 2021	#9
Oh, I like that distinction.	stopdiggin	Apr 2021	#40
I wish to stimulate and increase thoughtfulness. . . . nt	Bernardo de La Paz	Apr 2021	#65
That requires being able to put one's self in the position of someone who doesn't know what the	Amaryllis	Apr 2021	#62
Yesterday one poster, posted more than a half dozen OP's	littlemissmartypants	Apr 2021	#63
I can think of three off the top of my head who do that frequently.	Treefrog	Apr 2021	#110
Good point	CanonRay	Apr 2021	#10
Amen. And what's a GOAT?	Hekate	Apr 2021	#11
urban Dictionary: Greatest Of All Time	LeftInTX	Apr 2021	#18
Thank you, I didn't know, either.	Rhiannon12866	Apr 2021	#78
THIS!!!	NewHendoLib	Apr 2021	#12
when things are exciting I don't blame people and usually either go look at the LBN	Kali	Apr 2021	#13
Turn on MSNBC right now!	LeftInTX	Apr 2021	#19
LOL	Kali	Apr 2021	#36
I can't! It's two and a half hours later...	Harker	Apr 2021	#47
I get my news from DU also	lunatica	Apr 2021	#14
And not all DUers are at home ( they're at work) or awake at certain hours	Rhiannon12866	Apr 2021	#15
Please accept my thanks.	Harker	Apr 2021	#48
Awww, thanks!	Rhiannon12866	Apr 2021	#74
Same here.	ancianita	Apr 2021	#50
I actually started posting Colbert in 2017 since at the time I figured we needed the humor!	Rhiannon12866	Apr 2021	#109
Awesome! You are one faithful poster, Rhiannon. I appreciate all the regular video posters.	ancianita	Apr 2021	#114
We all depend on your videos!	MerryHolidays	Apr 2021	#58
I recently discovered that there are DUers who aren't aware that we have a video forum	Rhiannon12866	Apr 2021	#75
Thanks! I frequently watch your video posts. ❤ nt	littlemissmartypants	Apr 2021	#64
Awww, thanks so much!	Rhiannon12866	Apr 2021	#85
You're welcome! ❤	littlemissmartypants	May 2021	#115
Thank you.	quaint	Apr 2021	#88
Doesn't bother me. If I want more context and I'm interested, I'll go looking for it.	chia	Apr 2021	#16
The problem with this is that without context, I don't know whether it's interesting or not . . .	euphorb	Apr 2021	#54
And sometimes there's not enough context to be able to tell what to look for in the first place!	ShazzieB	Apr 2021	#83
Totally agree	left-of-center2012	Apr 2021	#20
I think too many posters are in too much of a hurry	LeftInTX	Apr 2021	#21
Same with recs.	wcast	Apr 2021	#23
recs make posts visible on greates page and maybe trending news	Kali	Apr 2021	#38
Another thing....	quickesst	Apr 2021	#24
Important point and I do have a pet peeve of posts with inscrutable title lines	LymphocyteLover	Apr 2021	#26
Sometimes I think there should be a one paragraph minimum	littlemissmartypants	Apr 2021	#66
that would be good!	LymphocyteLover	Apr 2021	#87
I've actually seen fewer useless posts like that since my 2 year vacation	Warpy	Apr 2021	#28
Thanks, Warpy. Somebody else came back from a long hiatus to tell us we were "calcified"...	Hekate	Apr 2021	#41
A lot of the bullies who abused the alert system seem to be MIA	Warpy	Apr 2021	#49
Location, location, location	crud	Apr 2021	#30
Amen. nt	Atticus	Apr 2021	#32
not just DU	Kali	Apr 2021	#39
+1000	smirkymonkey	Apr 2021	#100
Good points indeed. Thanks!	SWBTATTReg	Apr 2021	#31
call your congressman now! dial till your fingers bleed!	KG	Apr 2021	#33
Hahaha...	littlemissmartypants	Apr 2021	#67
I do get a lot of my news from DU.	Ka-Dinh Oy	Apr 2021	#34
Wouldn't this be something best handled by moderators?	NullTuples	Apr 2021	#35
Good to know/Good to keep in mind.	calimary	Apr 2021	#37
Gets my vote.	stopdiggin	Apr 2021	#42
And satire presented as news is deceptive	Generic Brad	Apr 2021	#44
Not to mention many of us don't have access to cable news.	cinematicdiversions	Apr 2021	#45
+33.	Harker	Apr 2021	#46
Agreed	relayerbob	Apr 2021	#51
Agreed! And don't tell us to Google it.	euphorb	Apr 2021	#53
The twitter posts take forever where I am to come up.	LakeArenal	Apr 2021	#70
Amen. If it's worth posting, then it's worth some context.	JohnnyRingo	Apr 2021	#59
K and R	Ferrets are Cool	Apr 2021	#60
Wow. I couldn't stay on line today.	LakeArenal	Apr 2021	#61
Thank you	leighbythesea2	Apr 2021	#69
I would like to see city, county, and/or state listed in some news items headers.	StClone	Apr 2021	#71
Yes! And thank you!	Rhiannon12866	Apr 2021	#79
We do come to rely on the up-to-the-minute news at this place, don't	BobTheSubgenius	Apr 2021	#72
I'm sorry, but I think every citizen has an obligation to keep themselves informed. It isn't that	Martin68	Apr 2021	#76
That's pretty easy to say.	LakeArenal	Apr 2021	#77
Television is not a reliable source of news.	Martin68	Apr 2021	#99
What are you trying to say?	LakeArenal	Apr 2021	#103
I grew up in South America, graduating from high school in Bogota in 1970. My parents subscribed to	Martin68	Apr 2021	#104
Well you haven't lived here in 2020 Covid	LakeArenal	Apr 2021	#105
Where is "here" may I ask?	Martin68	Apr 2021	#106
Thank you for your unrelated to topic concern.	LakeArenal	Apr 2021	#107
I hate oblique threads with no context	iemanja	Apr 2021	#80
rec +1000 from me too	mrsadm	Apr 2021	#86
Not everyone watches the news all day	Nuffer	Apr 2021	#89
this site	llashram	Apr 2021	#91
Fully agree.	mahina	Apr 2021	#96
DU is for subtext, not a primary source	Jimvanhise	Apr 2021	#97
Well fortunately you live somewhere with plenty of access to the news.	LakeArenal	Apr 2021	#98
Why can't you get news?	Treefrog	Apr 2021	#111
What if your internet sucked?	LakeArenal	Apr 2021	#113
Sadly we have our share of rude twits.	trof	Apr 2021	#112

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