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Which news source do you use?
CNN 9%  9%  [ 2 ]
Fox News 23%  23%  [ 5 ]
MSNBC 5%  5%  [ 1 ]
ABC, CBS, or NBC 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
BBC 18%  18%  [ 4 ]
Al-Jazeera 9%  9%  [ 2 ]
Daily Show/Colbert Report 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
700 Club 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Not listed (please specify) 36%  36%  [ 8 ]
Total votes : 22

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26 Mar 2011, 12:55 pm

Right now I just don't care. The Japan earthquake was epic, but this Libya mumbo-jumbo is boring. As was Iraq and Afghanistan.



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26 Mar 2011, 1:13 pm

I tend to make a sweep of a few sites when I want news and analysis, some of my usual haunts are Reason, the Agitator, Salon, Mediaite, Politico, the Atlantic, Slate, the Volokh Conspiracy, and CNN/Fox/Comcast for headlines. I sometimes cruise the Big sites, Counterpunch, and Media Matters when I'm looking to see what the purely partisan take on an issue is, since those three tend to be more overtly biased than the others I peruse; comparing the spin is always interesting.


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26 Mar 2011, 1:17 pm

I watch UK Channel 4 news. It's a lot more detailed than other sources I've seen.



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26 Mar 2011, 1:23 pm

Simonono wrote:
Right now I just don't care. The Japan earthquake was epic, but this Libya mumbo-jumbo is boring. As was Iraq and Afghanistan.


News isn't for entertainment's sake.


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26 Mar 2011, 4:16 pm

CNN, BBC, Fox PBS and the wire services and blogs.

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27 Mar 2011, 12:52 am

I watch CNN for news, as I consider them the most reliable source. I watch MSNBC for political opinion, as I find myself in agreement with their political slant.

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