What News Media Do You Consume?

[NotVeryImportant]

Including YouTube, or lack thereof, and why?

[Sneederbunk]

1. You mean without choking?

[Ocelot II]

2. The Internet, because it's there.

My daily newspaper because I like the cartoons and the crossword puzzles.

[kimbutgar]

3. MSNBC, FSTV and the Sirius Xmas progressive station and my local paper SF Chronicle

I used to look at Twitter but not anymore and of course my all time fav Democratic Underground!

[bottomofthehill]

4. Washington Post

[IA8IT]

5. NY Times Wash Post Des Moines Register MSNBC CNN Links found on Democratic Underground

[anciano]

6. I regularly check these websites .....

Huffpost, Rawstory, Dailykos, Politicususa, and Democraticunderground because I like them.

[MineralMan]

7. Several. Why do you ask?

CBS local and national news, twice a day. Minneapolis Star-Tribune. MSNBC. DU. That's it, mostly.

YouTube is not a news media outlet.

Twitter has been subsumed by idiots.

If something is breaking, I google local news outlets to learn more.

How about listing the ones you "consume?"

[NotVeryImportant]

17. Just like on TV and cable, there are different networks and shows that focus on the news but are on

YouTube.

Lemme guess, you're a boomer?

[NotVeryImportant]

19. But to answer my own question I watch

"Morning Joe" every day.

That's all I need because all the other media outlet has some version of whatever was discussed there.

The rest I get from my favorite YouTube shows like "Majority Report", "The Young Turks", Roland Martin, Amy Goodman and others.

I may scan the local news for a weather report every now and then.

I used to watch "Air America", I used to watch almost everything on msnbc all day for years, I even spent 3 to 5 years consuming mostly FOXNEWS just to get an understanding of rightwingers are.

They haven't changed, they've only gotten worse.

The mainstream media is a JOKE and I first came to understand this during Bush II's regime, I've been getting more jaded since then.

[MineralMan]

20. I am, but that's irrelevant.

[NotVeryImportant]

26. If it was so irrelevant...

How do you wager I was able to accurately guess, in one shot, that you're a boomer?

[MineralMan]

27. Well, my age is in my profile.

I don't care, really. I don't bet on silly stuff, either. There are many, many boomers here on DU. That's also irrelevant.

[BlackSkimmer]

22. Well said.

"YouTube" as a news outlet! Lmao!

Twitter: you nailed it.

[MineralMan]

23. Like many people, the OP conflated news and commentary.

News tells you what has happened. Commentary is one person's analysis of what the news means.

I want to know what happened. I decide for myself what that means. Maybe not everyone is able to do that.

[FSogol]

8. Washington Post, NPR, MSNBC, & various on internet such as BBC, CNN, local papers

DU is a good source too.

[Kaleva]

9. LBN

[Meadowoak]

10. MSNBC and DU

[Polly Hennessey]

13. Same here.

[tavernier]

25. Same

Also I have relatives in Latvia who keep me informed on the Baltic situation.

[hunter]

11. Nothing on television. It's the worst media for news and opinion.

It tends to bypass our critical thinking skills and appeal directly to more primitive parts of our brain. That's why garbage like Fox "News" is so effective.

My wife and I mostly read our news. We have several newspaper subscriptions -- local, national, and international. I also pay attention to international news sites such as Deutsche Welle, paying some attention to what their biases might be.

I quit television news and opinion entirely shortly after 9/11/2001. I blame it for both the war in Iraq and Donald Trump.

Donald Trump would be a nobody without television, just another scummy New York City landlord and developer among many.

[MyMission]

12. I consume homepage news headlines from various sources

To see what they are hyping or focusing on. I look at DU a lot to see what's in breaking news or latest threads or articles and editorials. I do not watch TV.
I do watch some clips on YouTube, most found here, but very limited compared to the reading I do.

Many websites will let you access a few articles without paying or registering, but mostly the articles aren't accessible unless there's a link here. These include the NY times, Washington Post, Wall Street journal, and lately CNn, but I look at their homepages, which tells me a lot.

And I read articles on NPR, MSNBC, Reuters and AP. And many others I check on every week or two, from medical or science sites to mother Jones to Al Jazeera. There's a site I found years ago that has interesting reports and information on many news outlets, called FAIR, fairness and accuracy in reporting, sharing a link.
https://fair.org/

Sometimes a friend will tell or ask me about something they heard or read and I will Google to find out more. It amazes me how they and many and others can be swayed by one source, not recognizing it's media manipulation.

I get my doses of news on my terms!
Thanks to DU for being an important source.

[Spazito]

14. CBC, MSNBC, DU.

[Raine]

15. Smart News on the internet, they have news from all sides

they're not just one side.

[11 Bravo]

16. Washington Post, NY Times, Bangor Daily News, NBC, MSNBC

[BlackSkimmer]

18. Many US papers, as well as various websites.

I also read British news media and the Irish Times.

[wnylib]

21. Huffpost, Daily Kos, Salon, DU, NPR, Buffalo News (newspaper)

And various online articles on news events so long as the have no RW connections.

[Raftergirl]

28. I read the NYT and WaPo every day. I listen to NPR in the car.

Occasionally I watch CBS Evening News.