How Do You Get Your News???

[Lilith]

Are you a paper peruser, online on-looker, or a network/npr newshound?

Mr. Lil reads the paper everyday, where as I have turned to electronic sources for my news now days. I only read the paper when I have tons of time to sit and enjoy. I will watch local news every once in awhile but never a news channel.

What about you? How do you get your news? And is there a reason you like one medium over another?

[jseal]

Lilith,

I, like you, now use electronic sources for my news. I also read the paper when time allows. The radio I listen to broadcasts highlights each half hour.

It is amusing to listen to the radio announcer read the same words which lead a newspaper article.

[Lilith]

It's interesting to me that although I am an audio learner, I dislike getting my news that way. I think avoiding it helps me remain in a state of denial about things going on that trouble me :p

[tgisober]

I listen to ESPNRADIO.com first and foremost.I catch the local news at 11pm about twice a week and read the National news at MSNBC.com. There are local links to my city at MSNBC.com so if any headlines catch my eye, I'll catch up there.Other than that,Dan Patrick is my Dan Rather!

[smithy020]

well i'm a news junkie. Every day i read atleast one newspaper, I often watch BBC news 24, sometimes i listen to radio 5 live which has loads of news and interesting segments plus i look online for some other stuff.

[IAKaraokeGirl]

I read the local paper every day, most often at breakfast or dinner time, and, then, throughout the day, I'll check electronic sources (CNN, Court TV, etc.) for updates.

[Pita]

During the week I get my news from Good Morning America. At night Fox news.
I watch all the Sunday news shows and occasionally get stuff offline.

[PantyFanatic]

I didn’t realize how much garbage I permit myself to filter until you asked this question. Thank you ……… I think. :bang:

I eat breakfast out most mornings and the paper is available there. I only buy one after another source has alerted me to something of interest or importance to me. NPR is my regular background noise and I have two “alerts” or “Newsmail” plugged into my Outlook. I catch the limited access I have to CBC and BBC when time permits. I turn on the local TV news normally to run in the background for the nightly news.

It’s no wonder I have to come to Pixies to find a decent human being. :hair:

[WildIrish]

I get most of my serious news online or from the late night news. I'll catch some highlights on the radio during the commute, but generally I try to stay away from serious stuff in the car.

[MilkToast]

My news comes from on-line sources. Usually a quick check of one of the major providers (foxnews) and then a quick check of the wall street journal (online). If time permits I will read more of what the WSJ offers. At dinner I will sometimes tune in the local cable news to see what happened locally. Since they loop it every 30 mins or so it serves the purpose well. I also like that their forecaster seems better than the ones on the other channels.

[Steph]

Lilith,

I, like you, now use electronic sources for my news. I also read the paper when time allows. The radio I listen to broadcasts highlights each half hour.

It is amusing to listen to the radio announcer read the same words which lead a newspaper article.

I'm exactly like jseal save for that second paragraph. As a former print reporter, I did not find it amusing to hear my lovingly-crafted lead read by a radio reporter. In one small town I worked, I would put in 60+ hours a week getting stories, colour, etc. from the community. I asked a radio reporter how much she worked and she gave some ridiculously low hours (far less than 40).

I guess you don't have to work much if YOU'RE JUST READING STORIES FROM THE PAPER!

The stupid thing is, I have written for radio and it's a different style altogether -- simpler, crisper. To hear her reading my words meant for print! That was criminal in and of itself! :D

I digress.

Like Lilith, I like to sit for quite some time and enjoy the paper so it doesn't happen everyday. As PF can attest, Toronto is likely the most competitive newspaper city in North America and the lengths they all go to impress consumers makes for wonderful newspaper design.

We have four dailies and they also put out free papers for the subways so we're not hurting for opinion, news & food for thought.

<sigh> I love this city.

[jseal]

...I guess you don't have to work much if YOU'RE JUST READING STORIES FROM THE PAPER!...

Steph,

Too true!

[Cassiopeia]

I read news on cnn.com during the week and on the weekends I treat myself to a latte and the NYT.

[wyndhy]

i uusually get my news in segment or anecdotal form. i avoid the half hour local and national news programs where they vomit facts at you for a half hour less commertials. gma is on in my bedroom while i do chores in the mornings so i listen with half an ear. in the car, npr is on. when i'm feeding the baby and actually have controll of the remote :rolleyes2 i flip it to foxnews or headline. i always tell myself i need to pay more attention to the news.

[gekkogecko]

Oh, I try and get the weird news stories from nearly anywhere and everywhere. Yahoo proves convienent for me, but radio & TV are also priminent.

[Sharni]

Online news is my thing....i only read the papaer if there is something of interest i've heard about

TV news i rarely get to see...never through the week and only occassionally on weekends

For me online is more convenient

[darogle]

Every weekday morning I watch the early morning local news and then part of Good Morning America. I read the local paper just about every day, though I usually scan the paper for anything the tv might have missed or anything I want to delve into deeper. Each time I sign online I read the headlines that pop up on my start page and then hit fark.com for a humorous, offbeat digest of the days news. After moving to the country, and thus losing cable, I do miss the news channels somewhat, but tend to check the online versions regularly.

[maddy]

I'll start by saying I don't follow the news as closely as I'd like. I generally puruse two "local" tv stations websites for the news, daily. I get a WSJ dropped on my desk daily after my boss is through with it, which is generally after his lunch. But unless he makes a point of a must read article I generally don't get a chance to read it. I try to catch the nightly news at 10 each night, but am not always successful.

[fzzy]

I guess this is my confession time ... most any news I get is usually second hand ... someone mentions it to me or I get emailed the occasional article, or items I read here .... I've never been that big of a NEWS fan I guess.

[imaginewithme]

From asp......he keeps me updated and educated on all that stuff

[scotzoidman]

I try to keep the outside world at bay...watching a 1/2 hour of nightly news makes me wanna open a vein...tho I used to be a NPR junkie, even that got to be too depressing for me to tolerate...I only keep taking the newspaper for the comics...

[campingboy]

I listen to CBC in the morning. Local news on the 1/2 hr and on the hour is national and internation new.

I read both the BBC and CBC web sites for more indepth news.

I buy a news paper on the weekends.

I also have a few trade/intrest sites that post new stories from around the world. These sites are generally very narrow in scope.