Where do you get your news from?

[Jagger]

It's really a credit to this forum and it's posters that this is the place of choice for many, including me! I always check here first to see what is going on in the world...

[arsenal]

here, digg, slashdot, rueters, bbc, etc.

[Bobblehead]

I kind of worry about people who get most of their news from here. While the topics that are raised usually get a good discussion, there are many, many important stories that never get a topic here. The Amber Alert in Drumheller, The Mulroney Affair, moving up the requirement for water meters from 2014 to 2008, provincial non-smoking laws,..... lots of stuff.

[Jagger]

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

I kind of worry about people who get most of their news from here.

It's ok, don't worry too much! I'm sure most of us do look elsewhere too, either via the internet, radio, or TV. Personally I do usually look here first thing in the morning but then will look at some other sites and listen to the radio on the way to work etc.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

The Amber Alert in Drumheller, The Mulroney Affair, moving up the requirement for water meters from 2014 to 2008, provincial non-smoking laws,..... lots of stuff.

that was creepy. Driving along last night and suddenly the radio was interrupted with the amber alert.



Google news is pretty good too. Especially after you customize it.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

fark.com and the offtopic forum at Calgarypuck.

I'm with Resolute 14

[The Goon]

TV:

I try to catch Global National on TV when I get home from work. I also have been enjoying BBC World since it popped up on my digital cable.

Online:

The Globe and Mail, CBC.ca, totalfark.com

[Ford Prefect]

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

I kind of worry about people who get most of their news from here. While the topics that are raised usually get a good discussion, there are many, many important stories that never get a topic here. The Amber Alert in Drumheller, The Mulroney Affair, moving up the requirement for water meters from 2014 to 2008, provincial non-smoking laws,..... lots of stuff.

I'm sure most of us use the mainstream media as well, but the question at the start of thread was asking about non-mainstream sources, hence all the non-mainstream answers.

[Juventus3]

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

I kind of worry about people who get most of their news from here. While the topics that are raised usually get a good discussion, there are many, many important stories that never get a topic here. The Amber Alert in Drumheller, The Mulroney Affair, moving up the requirement for water meters from 2014 to 2008, provincial non-smoking laws,..... lots of stuff.

With the exception of Amber Alerts, the rest of this news is trivial. How does the Mulroney Affair matter to me going forward with my life? So water meters are going to be installed...Does that really affect us in any significant way?

The point is, what we consider 'news' in this part of the world (Western world) is completely absurd.

What about the effects of peak oil on western ways of living? What about the tens of thousands who die every day all over the world? Why has there been no investigations into the WMD fiasco in Iraq? What ever happened to WTC 7? What about the growing number of countries that are thinking about abandoning the US currency in their reserve holdings?

There are absolutely no stories about how the world is changing, even in a time when the world is changing at a pace never seen before.

The closest western media gets to these news stories is when they call the supporters 'misfits' or 'conspiracy theorists'. The media control in today's world is more tightly controlled than it ever has been, which is somewhat remarkable when you consider the internet.

The purpose of news is to report and let the audiance form an opinion on an event which is prevalent. Today's top 3 stories on cnn.com are the new OJ trial, Barry bonds in some sort of trouble, and a cyclone in Bangladesh. Granted, a cyclone is news worthy, but none of these stories allow a viewer to think for themselves.

The growing number of critics about 9/11, and the implications of what a possible hidden truth could be motivated by are forcing corporatacasy to blind the eyes of the American people to an extent that is on the tipping point of unbelievable, even to the average viewer.

Here are a few sites I enjoy:

http://www.mediachannel.org

http://www.globalresearch.ca

http://www.alternet.org