Time for a non-political informal poll: where do most of you get your news/information?
Me (on a pretty regular basis):
Online main 2 NY Times editorials each night before bed (though I’ve been known to skip Kristof, Herbert & Dowd) + tommorow’s headlines.
AM: CNN online just to see what has blown up lately.
andrewsullivan.com just to see what is going on in the political blogsphere
I usually get about 10 minutes of Rush, 5 minutes of O’Reilly every morning on the drive to the office. Can’t take anymore than that, plus they only go for about 8-10 minutes b/t equal amount of inane AM commercials anyway.
If I remember and am driving somewhere in the mid-morning I’ll listen to Al Franken’s show. Occasionally amusing.
5A. Ditto Hannity in the PM, though usually only can take about 1 segment–just gotten to hate-filled lately & the song constantly remains the same.
Drive home I’ll listen to Savage–nothing like a little racism & extreme far-right wackiness to end a day.
2-3x per week:
ESPN: Page 2’s SportsGuy
The Onion
Daily Show very occasionally–need to set the Tivo to record it but never remember.
Redstate.org, when I feel like hitting myself in the head with a hammer.
Newsmax, for the daily chuckle on the idiocy of the far right wackos (why do the ads on Newsmax seem so similar to all the other huckster ads over the years–are people actually stupid enough to buy these products?).
DailyKos, to see what the insane left is thinking.
Lavender Room, Judge Smails pretty much summed it up: “Don’t you people have homes?”
xtri just to see if Bob has written anything new.
Hardball–whenever something somewhat interesting comes up (tonight watched for 10 minutes on discussions re Rove).
Hannity & Colmes–like watching a car wreck of the truly wretched. Pretty much Jerry Springer of the political spectrum. I’m putting Sean Hannity in my next celebrity death pool–all that bad karma has to come home to rest sometime.
Newsweek online, just for Fineman, Clift & Dickey.
Periodicals:
Mens Journal, Esquire, Outside, GQ, The Economist, New Republic, and 1/2 a dozen trade related mags/journals.
The leader of the liberal press: NY Times, I tend to start my day with the Times and coffee.
NPR- Morning Edition, Fresh Air, Talk of the Nation
The Daily Show
Rush Limbaugh usually for only small portions as I am usually in my car.
Al Franken Show, again only for little bits and pieces…its slightly better than most of the reactionary and emotional B.S. on Air America. Randy Rhodes and the Majority Report with J. Garafolo are two shows that are pretty much unlistenable. I am liberal but if I listen to them I yearn to be a conservative Republican.
I don’t think the “news” section on Howard Stern counts but I will include it anyway. The show is completely wrong on just about every level but like a car crash I can’t quite stop myself from checking it out.
Usually if an interesting news story comes up I will do a variety of searches on it.
I watch the news when I am feeling “too good” and need a little gloom & doom to balance me out.
I watch talk shows (and debate shows) when I have 30 to 60 minutes waste watching/listening to someone that is convinced they know what they’re talking about.
If I hear of something, either from work, friends, people (in general), and it sounds interesting, I’ll read up on it. Most of the ahem news is not worth taking in.
My verizon home page tells me today’s weather. I basically want to know whether to take some gatorade on my run or not.
We (teachers) watch the news during lunch, and some days I just have to ask, “How can you guys watch this?” “Nothing but abandoned babies, murder, rape, and the latest thing to be scared to death of” (Channel 9, WGN)
BBC.com-Most middle of the road coverage of American news. Also best way to keep up with Beckham and the beautiful game.
2.NPR morning edition and all things considered.
3.Local conservative radio and air america. When a commercial comes on I switch stations. Find them both to be highly amusing without being educational or informative.