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dz.com... "real news for real bums...."

[news voice]

and in todays Headlines:

Girlfalldown in Ice-cream scandle....
Guy from Oxford does something,
and
What's wrong with cleavage - an insiders report.

[/news voice]


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I stay away from Fox News as a rule. I try to get what I can from the Early Bird. Even CNN's "investigative reporting" can be as off the wall as Fox though.
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I was about to go on a rant - but I realized we are sitting around the bonfire, and didn't want to disturb the atmosphere.

I don't read, look ar listen to news anymore. It just pisses me off - the content as well as the way it is presented in. I choose to be somewhat ignorant to remain happy.


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Where's the good old BBC



I regularly read BBC online for the reasons you state. I've found it very unbiased & non-US-centric. The international news is WAY better than anything put out stateside.

I also read MSNBC, CNN and (gasp) Drudge.

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"Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

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I generally use 'America's finest news source'.....

http://www.theonion.com/B|

Failing that the Beeb, I can't be done with commercials/popups all over the place.

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I have lived without broadcast or cable TV for the past year, and I don't really miss it. I can say that when I do see the news, it's kind of irratating. It is more sensationalist entertainment than news, IMHO. The papers are a little better, but not much. I figure if it's really important, someone will tell me about it, and then I'll read about it myself. TV basically sucks I guess.
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I try to go for the balanced perspective...

http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage

http://www.azcentral.com/news/wn.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/index.shtml

http://english.pravda.ru/

http://www.reuters.com/news.jhtml

http://www.reuters.com/news.jhtml

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Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable.

Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

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You left out BBC. I'm American, but I found that BBC has a more even balance of coverage around the world.

Whereas most US news sources put anything outside the US on the back burner. They'll tell you who J-Lo is marrying this month on the front page, but a war in West Africa is kinda lost as a footnote.
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Not much TV news. I listen to NPR every day, Morning Edition and then All Things Considered in the afternoon. On Sundays I read two Sunday papers, the Orange County Register and the LA Times, for balance. Oh yeah, also OC Weekly, for Dan Savage's column.

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American media sux dung. Can you say, "Aimed at dumb white person"?

BBC, baby, at least they recognize that Africa exists.

Otherwise I'll go with the Onion, at least it's smart. Plus it's originally from my hometown...
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams

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