News sources

numbersgirl08

Where do you ladies go to get your news?  I'm looking for one place I can go when I get into work in the mornings to get a quick rundown.  I don't really like mainstream news sites - they really annoy me - so ideally I'm looking for alternatives.  I listen to NPR on the way to work every morning and that gives me some news, but not really enough.  I probably only have time in a day to read for 15 or so minutes and get a quick overview.  Ideas?

needanustart

I do kind of an NPR combo- I often listen to a podcast of morning edition and then get more local stuff from the WGBH app. Podcasts are where it's at for me.
Then I go to people.com to round myself out.

numbersgirl08

calikat80 said:

I do kind of an NPR combo- I often listen to a podcast of morning edition and then get more local stuff from the WGBH app. Podcasts are where it's at for me. Then I go to people.com to round myself out.

Yeah, podcasts are probably a good idea.  Listening to NPR on the radio, despite the lack of commercials, includes a lot of info I don't care about and waste of time.  Like traffic updates and a list of all the companies that support public radio.

And it's important to round your news out with celebrity gossip.  Stay relevant!

needanustart

@subliminalrabbit‌ use the TuneIn radio app to stream local stations- it's how I get my local NPR stuff and how we find patriots games on the radio while traveling

CoffeeBeanFiend91

Al Jazeera, BBC, and while I watch Deutsche Welle to both stay current on news and try to keep up on my German.

amie444

NPR here and BBC. And sometimes Cnn.

GraceInCA

Another vote for NPR and BBC.  Al Jazeera's coverage is truly excellent, but the channel we get isn't HD so it's hard to convince DH to watch it. I tend to read my news more than watch it though, so not that big deal for me. BBC's site is pretty good for news. I browse their home page about once a day, and I also click on the articles they post links for to Twitter every now and again.

WasNotWas

@Sympkin‌ the Boston bombing secured my trust in Twitter as a breaking news source. It was embarrassing how I knew more than what was being reported

BC&LM

I typically check out MSNBC, CNN, or my local news websites.

FFWC: Unless I have heard that there is some big breaking news story or there is a topic I want to research, I typically only read news like three times a week and mostly stick to the articles on science, technology, health, lifestyle, weird news, etc.

GraceInCA

steamboat123 said:

I'm really glad some other people recommended Al Jazeera. When I've recommended it in the past I've gotten some interesting comments.
Edit not on here IRL.

As far as television news coverage goes, theirs is the best. They cover a broad range of international stories. Our domestic cable news stations like CNN and Fox News focus too heavily on U.S. politics, and little else.