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pan--for what it's worth, here is how i gather information:
i read for american press ny times, washington post--sometimes other papers, for particular situations.
i look at the websites for cnn and fox--i am interested in keeping track of the spread of information/political viewpoints. besides, their fatuousness is funny.
i read the manchester guardian and bbc--often listen to bbc as well, until i have to put on music because, well, sometimes you just have to.
i read le monde and liberation for dailies, and courier international for international press snippets--it is a weekly--all of them are in french.
i look at al-jazeera's website a few times a week.
i trawl around a bit more if there is something that interests me or catches my attention.
it takes me about an hour to do the basic routine.
i do most of it every morning.
the net is good for this much.
i do notice that the way i read these papers is different from how i read them when i have the print version in front of me, however.
i do not watch american television for information.
nor do i understand why anyone would at this point.
as for evaluation, you are in a funny place: there is no outlet whose neutrality you can presuppose, so you have to think about what you are reading, balance things in your mind against each other, and draw your conclusions.
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spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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