August 11, 2006

News? What news?

Where do you get your news?

I get mine from a variety of sources. For world news I have RSS feeds from Al Jazeera and Christian Science Monitor. The latter is good for its own reportage; and the former is good for Reuters feeds (if I'm gonna get the exact same news that most online sources use, I might as well go to an Arab newspaper).

For local news, I rely mostly on Morning Report. (Is that Aaron from Poha in the pic at top? Oops, refreshing changed the picture to some bimbo on the beach. I'm sure it was him!) If only we had any good newspapers.

I also rely heavily on blogs. Names deleted to protect the guilty, but you all now about the moose by now. I browse right-wing and left-wing sites with equal interest - I have still to find anyone who corresponds with my own personal viewpoint though. This whole "the world is a binary left/right schism" idea annoys me to no end.

I don't much like local political blogs - left or right. No Right Turn is probably the best - sorry to damn with faint praise but I call 'em as I see 'em. Besides it's at blogspot which means it's banned at my work. :-P NZ Pundit used to be good for a giggle but is boring now - and I notice that no one even seems to comment there anymore. Russell Brown's Hard News barely qualifies as a blog, but is worth a nosey despite too much waffle.

What do other people look at?

Posted by pearce at August 11, 2006 2:41 PM
Comments

Whatever is linked on the sidebar of my blog, mostly, under Information Sources or People Worth Reading, although I'm pretty erratic.

I think you would like Global Beat, Pearce.

Posted by: billy at August 11, 2006 3:50 PM

I tend to use a mix of sites. Local news sites (stuff & herald) for the heads up as too whats going on - then international for the more in depth views.

Most of the interesting news and viewpoints I read come from blogs, or are linked from blogs. This blog and UU (moose) often point me in interesting (and differing) directions. I read the blogs at Public Address simply because they're often filled with interesting links and it's local. A few international blogs like that of Bruce Sterling too...

I get quite a few "heads ups" from friends who see something which would interest me - and they're usually right too.

I've been listening to national radio a lot these days too and that often sets me up with things to search for...

Posted by: Scott C at August 14, 2006 2:52 PM