Internet news sources...

**Lemur** · 03-17-2009, 13:42

I hit a motley assortment of geeky and straight news sites in an erratic manner. On my reading list, in no particular order:

Ars Technica
The Register
The NY Times
The Economist
Slashdot
Politico

And more that I would care to admit in public ...

Digg

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I used to be a regular Google News reader, but it's a little too random for my tastes. I also used to hit Drudge at least once a day, but he's lost his touch. I don't know how to explain it, but Matt Drudge just doesn't have the oomph he used to have. These days he seems to be behind the story instead of ahead of it.

**a completely inoffensive name** · 03-17-2009, 23:48

Originally Posted by Lemur

And more that I would care to admit in public ...

Digg

I get most of my news from Digg as well. Actually, I think once I saw your Digg profile, there was a comment on a page from "Lemur" so I thought maybe it was you.

**Thermal** · 03-18-2009, 00:04

It's convenient and fast, accurate too, why get your news any other way? I'm not one to check the news often unless it relates to me or something I like though.

**Major Robert Dump** · 03-18-2009, 00:12

all of the above plus drudgereport.com

**a completely inoffensive name** · 03-18-2009, 00:15

I find that the drudge report is too biased toward the right and the huffington post is too biased for the left so I ignore both when they appear on Digg.

**Major Robert Dump** · 03-18-2009, 03:20

Bias is good if you are getting both sides. It helps sort through the garbage. Drudge is just links for the most part, and it saves me time at searching

**a completely inoffensive name** · 03-18-2009, 06:14

Originally Posted by Major Robert Dump

Bias is good if you are getting both sides. It helps sort through the garbage. Drudge is just links for the most part, and it saves me time at searching

No, absolutely not. Please don't try to defend bias in the media. Media should never, ever be biased in anyway. To say that I can achieve a balanced, well informed opinion from watching an hour of Keith Olbermann and an hour of Bill O' Reilly is ludicrous. Media is there to present the facts and the truth, nothing more. Bias in any way shape or form hurts the amount of actual information you receive and replaces it with entertainment or personal opinion. Since media has gotten so heavily biased you can tell just how crappy it has gotten, with pundits replacing journalists, hard pressing interviews replaced with "What's your view on the steroid situation in baseball Mr. President?", its absolutely horrible nowadays.

So no, I disagree with your statement MRD.