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bac511 Donating Member (225 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 01:47 PM
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Where do you get your news?
What sites are the most accurate?

And where do you get your best political information?
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 01:47 PM
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1. Right here nt
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 01:48 PM
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2. DU LBN & www.Buzzflash.com n/t
n/t
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justinsb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 01:51 PM
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5. Trust no on 100%
I use a mix of

CBC
BBC
Al Jazeera
CNN
PBS (newshour)
The Fifth Estate and Frontline
Toronto Star
Globe and Mail
NY Times
LA Times
Pravda
VHeadline (Venezuela)
Topix.net
TimesOnline
Alternet
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 01:53 PM
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9. I agree- all those links are on Buzzflash & LBN...
...my "Front Page" is LBN or Buzzflash- but you are right- one should always "shop around" the various "wires" & services...
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BooScout Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 01:49 PM
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3. The BBC....n/t
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 01:50 PM
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4. The front porch
:bounce:
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Seeing Red Donating Member (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 01:52 PM
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6. DU LBN, NYT, BBC, Economist, MSNBC
Google News is also very good in terms of getting current articles (they update it about every 10 minutes) from literally thousands of sources, so i use it often. Only caveat there is that you can end up getting articles from random small/fake outlets that are not always valid. Luckily though i haven't seen any Talon or NewsMax crap there, and very few articles from Faux actually.
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 01:52 PM
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7. DU LBN, local paper & local bar.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 01:52 PM
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8. I'm old enough to remember when families listened to the radio ...
... and discussed what was being reported; when families read the newspaper, especially on Sunday, and discussed the news reports; when front porches were where people in the neighborhood discussed the news.

LBN carries on in that tradition.
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 01:54 PM
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10. Local TV, Chi.Trib, NPR, The Nation, the NYT, Newsweek, Buzzflash, DU.....
Edited on Fri Jul-08-05 01:55 PM by RandomKoolzip
I like to know what the corporate media is saying, and I like to know the truth.
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90-percent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 01:59 PM
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12. news sources
DU links, buzzflash, commondreams, national dragster

-85%
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jojo54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 01:59 PM
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11. I get updated right here at DU
and I also read consortiumnews.com, rawstory.com and I watch BBC news.
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babsbunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:01 PM
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13. Here and
www.rawstory.com and www.buzzflash.com
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:11 PM
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14. It often starts here
And then proceeds to the NY Times, Comcast's news feeds, BBC, Washington Post, The Montgomery County Gazette Newspapers and The Weather Channel. Hell if I know who's the most accurate, no news outlets report on what I do. So, I read several.... I watch TV news if I want to get any sort of visual, usually in cases of Natural Disasters, otherwise, TV news is more about entertainment and selling commercials than informing anybody...

This is going to sound bad, but I really do not pay much attention to political information because it is nearly always bullshit. Or, put differently, I make my own political information. Usually, I get my political information here, from people arguing.
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:20 PM
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15. I like this link
It offers links to all the Major Papers, opinion pieces, progressive articles, etc...


http://www.bushwatch.net/e-mail.htm


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Tux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:22 PM
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16. Combo
Edited on Fri Jul-08-05 02:25 PM by Tux
Google News, DU, Daily Show, News Hour and BBC World News on PBS.

Edit: Also, Slashdot.org, Newsfactor, ZDNet, and NewsForge for computer news. Have to keep my skills sharp.
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:23 PM
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17. Drudge Report, NewsMax, FoxNews, FreeRepublic, etc
Oh, wait. That's where I go for a laugh.

I usually get news from LBN
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sojourner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 03:48 PM
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19. whew! had me worried for a second...........
Peace
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the other one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:31 PM
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18. Clairvoyance and Tarot Cards
Because I am a stickler for accuracy and detail.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 03:49 PM
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20. DU....DU....NYT....DU
n/t
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toddaa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 03:55 PM
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21. Disinfo.com
As a proud member of the tinfoil hat club, I find all sorts of weirdness on Richard Metzger's site. It's a nice compendium for news involving everything from conspiracies, apocalypse culture, and occult theory as well as progressive indy news.
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