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Evil_Maniac From Mars

01-21-2008, 03:24

Just out of curiosity, which newspapers, TV channels, and Internet sites do you get your news from?

I thought it would be interesting to see your political beliefs mirroring the news you look at.

My News Profile

Political Beliefs: Moderate (very centrist political compass, some Authoritarian)

International News:
BBC World (website)
CNN (website and channel)

National/Regional News:
Die Welt
Die Zeit
Nürnberger Nachrichten

Foreign News (relating to one specific country):
The Globe and Mail (Canada)

Marshal Murat

01-21-2008, 03:28

My News Profile

Political Beliefs: Conservative

International News:
BBC World (website, radio)
Drudge Report (website)
ABC (TV)

National/Regional News:
The Local Newspaper

Foreign News (relating to one specific country):
The National Enquirer
BBC

KukriKhan

01-21-2008, 05:06

My News Profile

Political Beliefs: Feudal; elected Benevolant Dictator, with term limits

International News:
Google News
Reuters
BBC

National/Regional News:
Slate.com
WaPo
LAT
Drudge.com

Foreign News (relating to one specific country):
The Globe and Mail (Canada)
The Age (Aus)
Japan Times (Asia)
BigNewsNetwork (Africa)

By default, biggest news source: Org backroom. :beam:

Lemur

01-21-2008, 05:13

Political Beliefs: Conservative on economics, liberal on social issues, pragmatist on foreign policy. According to those matrix tests, I score high on individual freedom and economic freedom, very low on authoritarianism and managed economics. Either a small-c conservative or a classical liberal, depending on who wants to do the defining.

International News:
The Economist (magazine & website)
BBC World News (website)

National News:
ABC Nightly News (TV)
Drudge Report (website)
The Daily Dish (website)
NRO's The Corner (website)
Washington Post (website)
New York Times (website)
Google News (website)

Geek News:
Ars Technica
Anand Tech
Slashdot
The Register

Mikeus Caesar

01-21-2008, 05:49

Political beliefs: Leftist. I'm the kind of person who the moment he walked into Utah would have people screaming 'damn liberal' at him.

Largest news source: The .Org and the interbutts, obviously

TV News: Up until recently, BBC News 24. Now i watch the awful news on Aus TV, which is rather lacking.

Newspapers: A dire paper called 'The Advertiser'. I only get it for the jobs section. It's World News section consists of 3 pages on average. I used to get 'The Times', which was an okay paper.

Csargo

01-21-2008, 06:37

The only news I get is from the Org.

Zim

01-21-2008, 08:23

Political Beliefs: A bit right of center, or a classical liberal in the sense Lemur used the term.

I catch the news from BBC from time to time. Lately I've been a bit lazy and just looked through some internet news cites. Back when I interned for my country's State Department, I had access to translations of newspapers around the world (one of the jobs was translating the ones in the country I was in). I loved reading them, but can't access them from civilian computers and am not working for the government anymore.

When I'm not being lazy, I get news from NPR (National Public Radio) and both local and national papers.

Fragony

01-21-2008, 09:56

Politics, euro-liberal, right-flank.

Elsevier
Geenstijl (yeahyah I know they are horrible but I want my news with a laugh)

HoreTore

01-21-2008, 11:14

Political Beliefs: Commie

International News:
BBC World (radio)

National/Regional News:
Dagbladet(paper ed)
Aftenposten(paper ed)
idag.no (for laughs)

Plus I watch the news on NRK and TV2(both national channels) from time to time when I'm somewhere there is a TV.

Viking

01-21-2008, 11:35

Political belief: Norwegian conservative (means slightly to the right)/center political

News source:

TV2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_2_%28Norway%29)and NRK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Broadcasting_Corporation) news mostly. SPACE.com is also an awesome news source. ~;)

Also read Bergens Tidende (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergens_Tidende) (paper) on a daily basis (always some interesting background information on hot topics).

Louis VI the Fat

01-21-2008, 12:47

Political belief: socially estranged fascist maniac.

News source: various cult game fora.

macsen rufus

01-21-2008, 13:32

Political slant: jaded and disillusioned

Main news source: BBC (which seems to get a good look-in across the spectrum :2thumbsup: ), "News of the Wierd", a motley selection of rabble-rousing biased/independent websites. I only read the jobs ads in newspapers :bow:

Beirut

01-21-2008, 15:08

My News Profile

Political beliefs: Foreign policy: Fascist Ghengis Khan love child. Economics: Whatever. Social programs: Red Hot Commie.

International News:
CNN
Economist
NBC TV

National News:
CBC Radio & TV
Montreal Gazette

Foreign News:
Peter, my buddy from the Ukraine

drone

01-21-2008, 17:25

My News Profile

Political Beliefs: libertarian, fiscal conservative, cynic

News Online:
Washington Post
CNN
BBC
Slashdot
Portal of Evil News
.Org Backroom

Newspaper News:
None - save the trees! ~D

Geoffrey S

01-21-2008, 17:43

Lot of internet/tv news sources around here. Some political views are finally starting to make sense...

woad&fangs

01-21-2008, 18:46

The only news I get is from the Org.
and Sportscenter.

I also read the week but most of the topics covered are usually discussed here at some point.

ICantSpellDawg

01-21-2008, 19:54

My News Profile

Political Beliefs: Conservative (Cautious Progressive is a better term)

International News:
BBC World (website)
BBC World (Radio)
NPR (Radio)
Drudge Report (website)
The ORG

National/Regional News:
BBC World (website)
BBC World (Radio)
NPR (Radio)
Drudge Report (website)
RealClearPolitics.com (website)
RealClearMarkets.com (website)

Occasionally
MSNBC (TV - for Election coverage)
Fox News (TV - only for election coverage)
CNN (website - barely ever. They are a joke)
News12 Long Island (TV - Rarely)

Fun
the ORG
the Onion
Colbert Report

Moros

01-21-2008, 20:15

Beliefs: Left socialist, (I wouldn't even dare to go to Utah ~;))

National news:
VRT journaal
De redactie
De Morgen & Belang van Limburg (Veto, Metro & Campuskrant)

International:
.org (I'm a backroom lurker)
Reuters
BBC
Org Gahzette ~;)

Strike For The South

01-21-2008, 20:18

Political belief: socially estranged fascist maniac.

News source: various cult game fora.

QFT

Husar

01-21-2008, 20:21

The org and the Onion is where I get my News, my political stance may be described as flip-flopping or whatever else you deem appropriate. :shrug:

JR-

01-21-2008, 20:47

My News Profile:

Political brief - Conservative (British variety)

Daily:
The Telegraph
Asia Times
Der Spiegel
The Economist
BBC

Weekly:
The Times
The Guardian

Occasional:
The FT
Reuters

Tribesman

01-22-2008, 00:17

Well for a moment there I couldn't find one of my favourite news outlets , obviously the worldwide Jewish conspiracy had shut it down again ...but its up again celebrating MLK day in the way that only racist scum can . :2thumbsup:
V.N.N. ..no Jews just news:dizzy2:

Fragony

01-22-2008, 09:18

Tribesman

01-22-2008, 19:33

Well that must have started with a good idea somewhere
It is a good idea Frag .
I read Vanguard , see what news topic they are ranting about , then come here and see how long it takes for one of the usual suspects to start a topic ranting about the same story from the same angle....and you rarely let me down on that score

ICantSpellDawg

01-22-2008, 19:39

It is a good idea Frag .
I read Vanguard , see what news topic they are ranting about , then come here and see how long it takes for one of the usual suspects to start a topic ranting about the same story from the same angle....and you rarely let me down on that score

I would bet that you are the only one on these forums that would actually read that on a regular basis.

Way to go after straw men.

Fragony

01-22-2008, 19:42

It is a good idea Frag .
I read Vanguard , see what news topic they are ranting about , then come here and see how long it takes for one of the usual suspects to start a topic ranting about the same story from the same angle....and you rarely let me down on that score

Lefties blaming jews for everything, what else is new? They are in good company anyway.

Tribesman

01-22-2008, 20:00

Lefties blaming jews for everything, what else is new?

:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:
So Frag you are obviously unaware of Vanguard news , which is ironic since your topics are often the same topics that they rant about .

OK perhaps you misunderstood one of their page banners I used concerning followers of Judaism , I could give you one they use about Islam instead you might like it .....but hey one banner sums up their mentality "Right and White"

I would bet that you are the only one on these forums that would actually read that on a regular basis.

Possibly , but given the number of posters who have actually posted links from racist hate sites to support their views I wouldn't really say that I was the only one to read such things regularly . Though of course unlike those that read and post the links to support their views , I read it to see how much nonsense they are spouting and how soon someone here spouts the same nonsense .

Fragony

01-22-2008, 20:17

Well I don't know it but it sounds like the type of site I don't visit, why do you?

Tribesman

01-22-2008, 22:01

why do you?
Errrr...its simple isn't it , I explained it twice already . Its to get a preview of what your next "its the Muslims" topic is likely to be about :idea2:

CountArach

01-22-2008, 22:21

Political Beliefs - Left-Far Left

International News
Whatever I google up or find on the Org.

National News
ABC (Public Broadcaster) - Television and Internet
Sydney Morning Herald

Fragony

01-22-2008, 22:32

Errrr...its simple isn't it , I explained it twice already . Its to get a preview of what your next "its the Muslims" topic is likely to be about :idea2:

Sure you ok? That monster under the bed would be me

Adrian II

01-22-2008, 22:41

Right-wing social democrat here - slightly to the right of Vlad the Impaler, that is.

Im guess I am hors concours since I am a news hack by profession. I pretend to feed on all the news that's fit to print or post. Of course I get the real news from my neighbour who reads the Osservatore Romano and the Amersfoortse Courant which has all the nice ads for power drills and cutlets at euro 6.45 a kilo.

Evil_Maniac From Mars

01-22-2008, 22:44

I would bet that you are the only one on these forums that would actually read that on a regular basis.

I read the NPD and Communist Party of Canada websites when I want a good laugh. Nothing wrong with that. :book:

Fragony

01-22-2008, 23:07

and the Amersfoortse Courant which has all the nice ads for power drills and cutlets at euro 6.45 a kilo.

Ghy zijt in weegschalen gewogen, ende ghy zijt te licht gevonden. These must be depressing times for you given the current state of the social democrats, more corrupt then bonecancer.

Adrian II

01-23-2008, 17:52

Ghy zijt in weegschalen gewogen, ende ghy zijt te licht gevonden. These must be depressing times for you given the current state of the social democrats, more corrupt then bonecancer.Oh dear, and here I was thinking this thread was about news sources and stuff. To you, I suppose, all threads are about one and the same thing.

Fragony

01-23-2008, 18:11

//checks

Nope, didn't step on the oestrogen pump

Adrian II

01-23-2008, 21:14

//checks

Nope, didn't step on the oestrogen pumpThat's what I mean. It's unnatural. :laugh4:

Vladimir

01-28-2008, 14:59

Political beliefs: If you haven't figured it out by now I'm not telling you!

News:

LGF (http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/)
Government Executive (http://govexec.com/)
David Darling (http://www.daviddarling.info/index.html)
CI Centre (http://cicentre.com/) (grew up reading Tom Clancy ~;p )
CES (http://osw.waw.pl/en/eindex.htm) (thanks to Cage, Coga...cockroach? )
RFID Journal (http://www.rfidjournal.com/)
And the Guild (to keep track of the Dutch).

Talk radio as well.

TinCow

01-28-2008, 15:25

Politics: Socially far left, Economics moderate right

BBC - For all news
Washington Post - Specifically for US and local area news
Ars Technica
Wired
Slashdot
Also MSNBC for about 20-30 minutes on weekday mornings.

I used to both watch and read CNN, but I finally gave up on it about 3 months ago. I'm not quite sure when it turned into a tabloid, but all serious journalism seems to have vanished from that source. I do not miss it.

Caius

01-29-2008, 04:01

None - save the trees!
LOL, say that to Beirut!
Politics: Only one word.
I hear Cadena 3 as my local radio. I can know whats going on here.

seireikhaan

01-31-2008, 03:28

Hmm.

1. BBC

2. The Economist(I always end up reading some during lag times in Speech and Debate)

and...I guess, technically, the .Org too.

Don't listen to local news unless I need to know if school was snowed out, otherwise it isn't anything I care about that BBC can't do and more.

CountArach

01-31-2008, 08:04

I would like to revise that for my daily news and punditry from the world of Americaland, I now go to the New York Times website. I also read a couple of poll related blogs, because I am a bit of an amateur psephologist (Bonus points if you know that one off the top of your head). I also visit DailyKos, not for news, but just because I appreciate the politics and acitivism that is portrays.

sapi

01-31-2008, 09:52

Political Beliefs: Apathetic, mainly ~:)

Print news:
Courier mail (rubbish local paper :P)
Economist

Online (mainstream):
The Australian (national paper for Australian news)
BBC (international news)
Economist (up to date stuff is online first)

Online (other):
APC magazine (tech)
Ars technica (tech)
TorrentFreak (tech - IP)

And others that I read sporadically, of course :grin2:

Vladimir

02-07-2008, 18:23