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Evil_Maniac From Mars 03:24 01-21-2008
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)

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Marshal Murat 03:28 01-21-2008
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

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KukriKhan 05:06 01-21-2008
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.

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Lemur 05:13 01-21-2008
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

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Mikeus Caesar 05:49 01-21-2008
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.

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Csargo 06:37 01-21-2008
The only news I get is from the Org.

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Zim 08:23 01-21-2008
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.

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Fragony 09:56 01-21-2008
Politics, euro-liberal, right-flank.

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

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HoreTore 11:14 01-21-2008
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.

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Viking 11:35 01-21-2008
Political belief: Norwegian conservative (means slightly to the right)/center political



News source:

TV2 and NRK news mostly. SPACE.com is also an awesome news source.

Also read Bergens Tidende (paper) on a daily basis (always some interesting background information on hot topics).

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Louis VI the Fat 12:47 01-21-2008
Political belief: socially estranged fascist maniac.

News source: various cult game fora.

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macsen rufus 13:32 01-21-2008
Political slant: jaded and disillusioned

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

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Beirut 15:08 01-21-2008
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

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drone 17:25 01-21-2008
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!

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Geoffrey S 17:43 01-21-2008
Lot of internet/tv news sources around here. Some political views are finally starting to make sense...

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woad&fangs 18:46 01-21-2008
Originally Posted by Ichigo:
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.

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ICantSpellDawg 19:54 01-21-2008
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

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Moros 20:15 01-21-2008
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

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Strike For The South 20:18 01-21-2008
Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat:
Political belief: socially estranged fascist maniac.

News source: various cult game fora.
QFT

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Husar 20:21 01-21-2008
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.

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JR- 20:47 01-21-2008
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

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Tribesman 00:17 01-22-2008
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 .
V.N.N. ..no Jews just news

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Fragony 09:18 01-22-2008
Originally Posted by Tribesman:
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 .
V.N.N. ..no Jews just news
Well that must have started with a good idea somewhere

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Tribesman 19:33 01-22-2008
Originally Posted by :
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

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ICantSpellDawg 19:39 01-22-2008
Originally Posted by Tribesman:
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.

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Fragony 19:42 01-22-2008
Originally Posted by Tribesman:
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.

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Tribesman 20:00 01-22-2008
Originally Posted by :
Lefties blaming jews for everything, what else is new?

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"

Originally Posted by :
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 .

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Fragony 20:17 01-22-2008
Well I don't know it but it sounds like the type of site I don't visit, why do you?

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Tribesman 22:01 01-22-2008
Originally Posted by :
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

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CountArach 22:21 01-22-2008
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

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