Where do you get your news?

winghalfun · August 04, 2011, 02:50:03 PM

The next door neighbour.

the Deel Rover · August 04, 2011, 02:58:33 PM

carrier pigeon

J70 · August 04, 2011, 03:40:17 PM

National Public Radio - excellent local NYC coverage. Actual fairness/balance on US national issues. Good coverage of international issues.
Google News - excellent for compiling news from all types of sources
NY Times - Comprehensive coverage of just about everything. Liberal opinion page.
Wall Street Journal - conservative opinion page
Fox 5 and NY1 for local NY tv news

AQMP · August 04, 2011, 04:00:27 PM

I hack people's voicemail.

ross4life · August 04, 2011, 04:12:09 PM

The barber or the taxi driver.

ONeill · August 04, 2011, 04:32:27 PM

Seedy brothels in Galbally.

Eamonnca1 · August 04, 2011, 05:44:32 PM

I forgot to mention NPR. I have it on most of the time so I probably don't think of it.

Looks like I'm the only one here who watches Al Jazeera. I once took a look at it out of curiosity and I have to say I'm very impressed by it. Very similar to the BBC but with more of a world outlook. Not much in the way of commentary, mostly just reporting. Any editorial line that you can detect seems to lean slightly in favour of the revolutions that are sweeping the arab world.

Even the graphics and music are similar to BBC News. I wonder if that's deliberate.

laoislad · August 04, 2011, 05:52:54 PM

RTE News for the Deaf.

J70 · August 04, 2011, 06:19:29 PM

Think Al Jazeera is just being introduced in NYC at the moment. They've bought space off some other station a as they've been having trouble getting their own from cable companies. I saw about ten mins of coverage on Sky satellite on a trip home a few years back, but I don't know much about them except that there was a serious propaganda campaign against them from certain sections of the US media back in the early-mid 2000s.

Maguire01 · August 04, 2011, 07:14:21 PM

TheJournal.ie is one i've started following, particularly on Twitter. Seems to be very up to date on news - regularly ahead of RTÉ.

dec · August 04, 2011, 07:20:21 PM

Quote from: J70 on August 04, 2011, 06:19:29 PM
Think Al Jazeera is just being introduced in NYC at the moment. They've bought space off some other station a as they've been having trouble getting their own from cable companies. I saw about ten mins of coverage on Sky satellite on a trip home a few years back, but I don't know much about them except that there was a serious propaganda campaign against them from certain sections of the US media back in the early-mid 2000s.

Channel 92 on Time Warner, stated this week but I haven't watched it yet. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2011/08/01/2011-08-01_al_jazeera_english_news_network_finds_home_on_new_york_cable_channel.html

Eamonnca1 · August 04, 2011, 07:37:08 PM

AJ has a free live stream, I watch it on my Roku internet downloader TV box contraption thing (I wish someone would think of a name for these devices).

theskull1 · August 04, 2011, 08:26:28 PM

Anybody watch RT (Russia Today)? I think it provides a different perspective on global politics