Where do you get your political news?
 

With so many different types of outlets and so many accusations of bias on all sides, I'm curious as to where everyone gets their political news?

Mine comes from a combination of the Internet and newspapers. To be more specific, the BBC and the San Francisco Chronicle.

Also, any news outlets that you despise?

I get most of my political news from "inside" the beltway:

National Journal and Roll Call..I have access to the full content through a corporate subscription (no I wont share the password).

I like The Hill as well, especially when they run the "sexiest staffers on the hill" series.

And Governing magazine is great, particularly with its links to state and local political news from around the country.

Democracy Now: Hands down the best indy news of all time.
Huffington Post: Great, if liberal coverage and good journalism.
BBC News: Mainstream, but more trustworthy than US news.
New York Times: The last bastian of hope in major US news papers.

There are a lot more, but those seem to cover enough to keep me relatively informed.

I also watch Countdown with Keith Olbermann, but that's mostly for his diatribes at the end of the program.

tfp

NY Times in the morning.
Wall Street Journal during the day
NY Post on the bus going home at night when my brain is fried and I don't feel like thinking
Newsweek from time to time during the week
All sorts of websites, but mainly the ones with a legal bent.

Is that enough?

I rely mostly on radio news (BBC in Iceland, NPR in the US) and the internet (Seattle Times and NY Times are my standards), though occasionally I'll look over ktspktsp's shoulders at the pundit forums he visits. I also read the Icelandic newspapers when I can.

I haven't watched TV news in years, and don't plan to start anytime soon.

BBC, NPR, NYT - these are all good news sources.

Foxnew, CBSNews, DailyKOS, Redstate, RCP, Electoral Vote Projection, Election Projection, Slashdot. ;)

I get the bias on all sides.

Webboard and blog, to start at news.google.com before.

I read the BBC news website, and listen to the Today programme on Radio 4. I read the Times and the Guardian from time to time, and the Independent.

I look at Fark to find out what's happening in the States.

I usually just use Google News. It links to a wide variety of websites, so I can get my information from a variety of slants. They'll even link you to articles on the same topic (gaffe of the week, etc) from different news providers, from Fox to MSNBC to BBC.

CBC, Winnipeg Free Press, and the National Post.

I was brought up 'working class' in the UK, but my family always supported the Conservatives. As a result I also tend towards right wing views. I read the Daily Mail & despise the Guardian! I have always thought that I would sooner be ruled by those from a more privelidged background than by those who were brought up in poorer areas. I know that these days a lot of folks in the Labour party are lawyers & the like, but a lot are also ex union trouble makers who seem to have forgotten all about their roots & are now on the gravy train of Parliament.

NPR, BBC World Service, BBC website, the NYTimes, the Oregonian, and my local paper. I also occasionally read various other newspapers, such as the Guardian, because from time to time I use the Google News aggregator to find other sources on a particular topic. I also read the Atlantic Monthly and Newsweek when I babysit.

http://thesituationist.files.wordpre...en-colbert.jpg

My political news. ^

Alex Jone's prisonplanet.com

All over the place. Swedish newspapers, Crooks and liars, CNN, BBC, Fox News, Huffington Post, Slashdot and of course TFP.

Everything I "need" to know comes from the Colbert Report and Glenn Beck.

Wow am I the only conservative on this board?

I listen to Laura Ingraham, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.

I'll watch Fox News and occasionally CNN.

I don't read any of the newspapers of news magazines.

The Onion.

BBC
Guardian
Rueters

I'm conservative. I use BBC, NPR, AP, Reuters, etc.

Threadcromancy!

I'm a junkie.

English Languages News: BBC (Scared witless centre/centre-right), Guardian (Rarely coherent centre-left), Newsnow.co.uk (aggregate), Google News (aggregate), The Real News (Go Look! Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky interviews, at length, on the front page! They speak for more than 10 seconds uninterrupted!), European Tribune - more of a collection of op ed pieces... Sci/Tech Slashdot, Physorg, Oh, how could I forget El Reg.

Spanish: BBC Mundo (frequently different in style, substance and line from the English version), El Pais, El Mundo tend to lean in different directions than the english language mainstream news during international events.

Also, granma (english and spanish), which is of course a propaganda arm of the Cuban government. Good as a counterpoint in many instances... Particularly the Georgian conflict, for example.

Blogs: Economic Crisis:

Calculated Risk
naked capitalism

The blog rolls for these 2 are an economic who's who.

South America:

BoRev.Net
inca kola news

Most interesting part of the planet, for me at least, these 2 often give counterpoints-in-advance of the english and western media's stories from the continent.

I usually turn on CNN while I'm getting dressed to see if there's anything breaking.

Then I scan through The Globe and Mail newspaper every morning over breakfast.

Online I'll read first with CNN and CBC.

If the nature of the story is very subjective, such as a Political Debate or Gaffe, I always check the usual gang of strident sources on both sides for their differing takes. I find the disparities equally fascinating and tiresome.

Websites:
BBC, MSNBC, Washington Post, New York Times, my local paper (but more for laughs)

Radio:
NPR (I also get some NPR podcasts, including "It's All Politics")

Television:
More for commentary than "news", but Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Meet the Press (really not the same since Russert passed, but if it's Sunday, it's Meet the Press), sometimes Daily Show/Colbert Report.

And for Kentucky politics, I read a handful of KY blogs.

NPR during the day, McNeal Lerer when I get home on PBS. much more than than and I feel suicidal.

I'm not sure what "political news" is supposed to mean, but i regularly read the The Guardian, the New Yorker, the Financial Times, the local/Wisconsin papers (Milwaukee Journal, the Wisconsin State Journal, the Jefferson County Union, Isthmus, & the Cottage Grove Herald) I listen to CBC and the local community radio, WORT (not NPR!). In French, i read le Monde diplomatique and in Japanese, the 朝日新聞。　

I don't really read the news. At least not in the way it is generally supposed to be.

I shouldn't just say "read." I also don't watch or listen to the news, at least not with any focus. I do hear the hourly news on CBC radio at work, but I'm usually reading something else at the time unrelated to political news. And even then, these are just headlines and sound bites anyway.

What I do read are headlines on Google News and in the national dailies here in Canada. If something interests me, I will search for more on the issue. This usually brings me to news aggregation via Google. If I do end up reading something, it's usually long after the event has unfolded. I will read older articles leading up the the newer ones that have more in-depth analysis. I try to read broadly in any case. I tend to read sources such as CBC, Reuters, the Guardian, BBC, the New York Times, CNN, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg (yes, of course, business media covers politics!), and various Indian publications.

I take in various perspectives and take none of them for granted. I will take what I can from this and apply histories, logic, and other general knowledge and sort out my thoughts on issues.

I view breaking news as sensational and rather dangerous. But I do like the thrill factor. I don't find it useful, however.

Bottom line: As King Solomon said, there is nothing new under the sun. I don't read the news to keep up-to-date or well-read on issues. I read it to know, in a general sense, the political climate of the world. People like me keep at the fore the idea that the future is always threatened. My main concern about politics is balance, reason, and the sorting through the clutter of distractions. For more information, read my signature below.

I watch television news only for entertainment purposes. Fox and CNN are the absolute worst of this bunch. Fox for their unacknowledged agenda and CNN for their completely gutless "Neutrality."

For actual information, I go to BBC, Reuters, The Guardian, Democracy Now. Occasionally Time, WSJ.

CBC, BBC, The Daily Show, and of course, Looney Tunes.