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"Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

A Boy Named Seo Sep 13 2016 08:48 PM

Hey, curious - where do you guys get your news nowadays? Internet, TV, print? Crazy high school friends sharing shit on FB? Which sites do you frequent? Which networks/shows do you watch? I don't have TV service and don't take a print newspaper, so I'm 100% internet. I guess I used to look Gawker more than I realized I did. I peek at the big cable news sites once in a while, Politico, and still check the LA Times a couple times a week, even though I left CA. Oh, and 538. What about you?

Benjamin Grimm Sep 13 2016 08:58 PM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

Google News when I'm sitting at my computer. NPR when I'm driving in the car. I read two newspapers: The Philadelphia Inquirer and the New York Daily News. I no longer learn about any major events from the papers, but I do find out about lesser stories, and I read features and columnists and stuff like that. I don't watch any actual news shows on TV, but I do watch Bill Maher, John Oliver, and Samantha Bee. (And until recently, Larry Wilmore.)

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 13 2016 09:00 PM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

At the office I'm looking at news all day for my job so I've configured my google to give me the nooz. Off work, the Google nooz app keeps me in headlines. Wifey listens to NPR in the am, osmosize some there. When I want stupid news, Facebook. When I want Metz nooz, twitter. Don't watch tv news at all, only events like debates & such. Used to buy the Daily Snooze but my commute too short to read it nowadays.

Ceetar Sep 13 2016 09:04 PM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

Twitter, and I guess to a lesser extent Facebook. I've got a Feedly set up that's got some stuff like Gothamist and Gizmodo and Boozy Burbs and various Mets/sports/stuff but generally just scroll the headlines.

themetfairy Sep 13 2016 09:23 PM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

I get most of my news from the local telecasts, both on the NYC and Philadelphia affiliates (between the two of them I can figure out my local weather forecast).

smg58 Sep 13 2016 10:47 PM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

At the risk of stealing from BG, NPR in the car. The news app on my phone is set to pick up stories related to energy and the environment and global warming. It's mainly because I teach an energy and the environment class, but I wouldn't be doing that if I didn't think it was important. We have a subscription to Newsday, which my wife reads more than I do, but it's still useful for finding out what's going on on the Island. I skim the headlines at Real Clear Politics, especially during election season. And the usual random things that get tossed around on Facebook.

Frayed Knot Sep 14 2016 12:39 AM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

- Weekend (Fri-Sat-Sun) subscription to the NY Times - which also allows for unlimited web access to the NYT site - No other particular go-to web sites for news although I'll drop-in to various ones (CNN, Huffington, 'mongst others) if led there for whatever reason, plus my daily visits to the NY Post & NYDN sites for NY sports news and those silly stories that only tabloids can provide - Some Sunday morning interview/round table type shows, more so in the winter when there's less incentive to go outside - No local TV news. Occasional national TV news via network or cable - No real radio go-to these days.

Fman99 Sep 14 2016 01:23 AM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

Google News and the various major papers it links to -- usually the Washington Post and NY Times. For local stuff, syracuse.com. NO NO NO to television news. It's just so much brainless chatter. Nothing suffers more from the death of the test pattern and off air time than the 24 hour news cycle. Enough already. Go to bed, you overwordy fucks.

cooby Sep 14 2016 02:47 PM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

We have a quite good local newspaper that might daughter in law just stopped working for. Her stories were the best, of course :) Otherwise I get most of my news here.

sharpie Sep 14 2016 03:32 PM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

NY Times, print or web. A little bit of NPR. The Guardian sometimes. No TV news.

d'Kong76 Sep 14 2016 03:50 PM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

I exclusively rely on Boomer and Carton for my news.

RealityChuck Sep 15 2016 01:33 AM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

Fark.com Schenectady Gazette.

MFS62 Sep 15 2016 01:49 AM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

NY Times, Washington Post (stories highlighted through Yahoo search feeds), NY Daily News (paper edition), My local rag for nothing more than Ads since it was bought out by the Hearst group and discontinued Doonesbury, and Local CT TV for the weather and traffic. Sometimes I read The Onion and try to imagine the original story they're parodying. The Onion usually makes the most sense of any of the media. Later

d'Kong76 Sep 15 2016 02:12 AM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

I watch some Fios1News in the morning. Lorin Richardson (traffic gal) is kinda hot. I still get an actual paper delivered each day, The Journal News, which is a local Gannett swallow-up that covers Westchester County and it has some USAToday stuff and fluff too. I like getting a paper, I know it's not going to last much longer. I never watch CNN, at least never on purpose. I get email notifications from five or so news sources, that's really more than I can handle on any given day.

d'Kong76 Sep 15 2016 02:27 AM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

I also DVR Samatha Bee because it's can't miss TV.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2016 03:18 AM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

Whenever I try to read a Washington Post story via some link they tell me that I've 'already read my share of free articles for the month' so I am not able to see whatever is I was trying to read. I understand the policy and all as the WP, like the NYT, is free for subscribers but parceled out in limited quantities to non, although I'm not sure how it is that I've overrun my quota of free articles for the current month when I haven't read anything there in several months. Is there some trick to getting WP content that I'm missing here?

themetfairy Sep 15 2016 03:33 AM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

You can use a different browser to access a few more articles.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2016 03:38 AM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

It won't allow me to access ANY articles on ANY browser. Like I said, it tells me I've over-used my quota for articles in a month when I haven't accessed ANY articles in that month or for several months prior.

MFS62 Sep 15 2016 01:46 PM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

Try using a different device. I guess it works for me because I use my work PC which uses dynamic IP addressing (whatever that means) so it appears to them as different machines. Or, as has been suggested for other problems like this, clear your cookie file. (Its the stealth thing to do) Later

themetfairy Sep 15 2016 02:17 PM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

Frayed Knot wrote: It won't allow me to access ANY articles on ANY browser. Like I said, it tells me I've over-used my quota for articles in a month when I haven't accessed ANY articles in that month or for several months prior. That is very weird. When humorist Dave Barry was covering the conventions and the Olympics for the Miami Herald this summer, I got by the quota by reading some articles in Chrome, some in IE (it's still good for something!), and some on my phone. As 62 said, perhaps clearing your cache/cookies might help. Good luck!

Ceetar Sep 15 2016 02:41 PM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

I've found every article I've seen linked in the Washington Post the last few months horrible. Like, Daily News horrible. But I generally avoid sites with 'pay' walls like that. There's very little most of those sites bring me that's not publicly available elsewhere, so it's not worth the bother.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2016 02:47 PM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

Not sure what kinds of links you've been following but suffice to say that there's a significant difference in the content of the Washington Post and the Daily News

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 15 2016 06:05 PM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

d'Kong76 wrote: I also DVR Samatha Bee because it's can't miss TV. So, so good. Google News/Twitter, with NPR in the car/on long walks. We do a little TV news out of habit in the mornings, but it's mostly useless.

TransMonk Sep 20 2016 08:09 PM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

This looks interesting. HBO does good stuff, but as far as I know, they have never done a daily thing. 'Vice News Tonight' casts wide net on HBO A typical episode will use a mix of voiceovers, graphics and video packages — but no anchors — to dive into national and global news, technology, the environment, economics, and pop culture. Segments in a mock-up episode screened Tuesday included an on-the-ground report from a war correspondent in the ISIS hub of Mosul, Iraq; a local story about a Vermont community divided by the mayor's decision to welcome Syrian refugees; a closer look at an experimental forest in New Hampshire testing the effects of climate change; and an animated history of emojis. That's not to say Tonight won't tackle daily news, but when it does, it's because producers believe they can offer a different perspective than cable or broadcast competitors. Rather than air a segment on Hillary Clinton's pneumonia diagnosis, for example, Tyrangiel says they might do a segment on the oldest candidates to run for office, or one on late presidential hopeful Paul Tsongas, who suffered a cancer relapse after the 1992 election.

Ceetar Sep 29 2016 02:43 PM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

Is that Stewart's new project?

Mets Guy in Michigan Sep 30 2016 02:56 PM Re: "Extry, extry! Read all about it!" News thread 2k16

My experiences this year with the national and international media were largely disillusioning. I look at a wide variety of sources, keeping tweet deck running on my desktop for the breaking stuff.