I am with Nancy on Beau of the Fifth Column. Jim and I catch him daily. The Atlantic is a daily check, and I still value Rachel Maddow and Joy Reid. What I miss is a LOCAL news source because so much is happening now behind closed doors that is in line with what is coming nationally, and I am seeing local governments trying to shut the public out more and more as fewer and fewer outlets have staff to pay attention. So I go to meetings, then tell everyone what happened. Sometimes WE need to be the source of truth.
Monday thru Friday, at about 10:00 a.m. Eastern, Democracy Now posts a 10-minute world news summary on YouTube. There is another Podcaster, who goes by "Beau of the Fifth Column", who posts multiple short segments a day on both national and international political issues. And I think both NPR and BBC world news have different perspectives to offer. I like multiple pov's, especially when I can listen vs watch or read, tbh.
I subscribe to and regularly read stories and opinion pieces from the NYTimes, WaPo, Mother Jones, the Nation, the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, truthout, and the Colorado Sun. I often read stories from the Guardian and periodically flip them some money. I fairly frequently read stories and opinion pieces from HuffPo, the Daily Beast, the Denver Post, the Atlantic, BBC News, local Fox stations, ABC News, and PBS. I do look at stuff from righter/shadier sources, too, like the NY Post, Washington Examiner, and Denver Examiner. And not often enough, the Toronto Globe and Mail, Al Jazeera, Le Monde, and other international sources. I follow links to sources and I cross-check surprising things. And I have a good memory and find it shocking how amnesiac my fellow USians currently seem to be.
I also listen to too many news commentary podcasts, ranging in stance from fairly far left to center right, and on which some Reaganite sorts make guest appearances.
I grew up in the days of 2 daily newspapers that were delivered to our door. The Hartford Courant arrived each morning before breakfast and the Hartford Times arrived before dinner. The Courant leaned to the R’s and the Times leaned toward the D ‘s. Each Sunday my Dad would stop by Main Street Drug to pick up a couple of NY papers. In those bygone days we relied on reporters digging deep in pursuit of news fit to be printed to keep us informed. Now in this techno/electronic age we are bombarded with psycho babble, much of it purposely aimed to divide society into hate groups. How I long for the days when printed media ruled? In my small way I contribute to a local on line creed, The Bristol Edition, which struggles to deliver local news in a difficult market. Like Susan each evening our black and white TV was tuned to channel 3 where Walter deliver 1/2 hour of straight news with no editorializing except for the occasional opines by the esteemed Eric Severeid. Corporate greed has forever changed the landscape of print media, not to mention what it did to great companies like Boeing and GE!
Right, when I was a kid (and newspaper boy) our local newspaper was at least 25-30 pages a day for a town of 17,000. It still exists but it’s a shell of it’s former self.
Rather than endorsing a specific news source, I offer this objective fact-checking site as a resource. You can discern both the reporting principles and political leanings of hundreds of new sources by typing a source into the search bar on Media Bias/Fact Check’s website.
Spend 7-days-a-week reading Politico, Axios, Kaiser News, NyTimes, WashPost, Boston Globe, and some CT local news websites. We try to watch the NewsHour on PBS nightly and sometimes catch BBC too. Some of the sources in comments posted look interesting. Will check them out.
Please go onto YouTube and follow The reporters on the Meidas Touch, Glenn Kirschner (a 30 year prosecutor who clearly explains the 2025 proposal and the ramifications of the horrid Supreme Court decisions), and the Lincoln Project (former Republicans who abhor TFG and all he stands for. Also listen to Tennessee Brando, who comes from a red state, but is an enlightened Liberal who speaks to all folks in a down to earth manner.
Thanks to everyone for sharing what they watch or listen to. We have many in common although I never heard of “Beau” and will check it out, I’m reminded of the many ones I like.
NYT, even though it’s been getting on my nerves majorly lately. WAPO, Wonkette, BBC, the Economist for balance. I run out my free articles for newspapers in cities my friends live in or near or places I’ve been, Seattle, Philly, LA, Chicago, Miami, etc. Used to read the WSJ but not since Rupert the Prune bought it. I find looking at and listening to English language news sites in foreign countries interesting. Most developed countries have multiple ones and after a bit you can figure out their slants. It’s something I started doing before our first trip to Europe years back to keep from looking too stupid.
Same here. I've found The Economist to be a really good read. And it's always a good idea to check new sources from other countries. They have a perspective we don't always see here.
It’s a good time to keep up with the Baltic countries, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia (my mom’s birthplace) along with Finland. They’ve got a lot on their minds.
I'm looping back a day later to get ideas. I get news when I can, in between other things.I don't approach it in a consistent, academic way at all other than to fact check things that look off and notice when news appears pushed for an effect. I watch CNN and Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. I listen to and read Heather Cox Richardson. I read misc pieces from the NYT, WaPo, Boston Globe, and Hartford Courant. I don't read them cover to cover so I know I miss a lot. I occasionally listen to The Bulwark Podcast. And of course read and discuss here. The thing is, I do need reliable, trustworthy, summed up sources. ( like HCRichardson') There isn't enough time in the day to keep up so I appreciate this post. I'll check some of these out.
I am with Nancy on Beau of the Fifth Column. Jim and I catch him daily. The Atlantic is a daily check, and I still value Rachel Maddow and Joy Reid. What I miss is a LOCAL news source because so much is happening now behind closed doors that is in line with what is coming nationally, and I am seeing local governments trying to shut the public out more and more as fewer and fewer outlets have staff to pay attention. So I go to meetings, then tell everyone what happened. Sometimes WE need to be the source of truth.
More and more, democracy is performed in secret, which means it isn’t democracy.
Exactly.
Monday thru Friday, at about 10:00 a.m. Eastern, Democracy Now posts a 10-minute world news summary on YouTube. There is another Podcaster, who goes by "Beau of the Fifth Column", who posts multiple short segments a day on both national and international political issues. And I think both NPR and BBC world news have different perspectives to offer. I like multiple pov's, especially when I can listen vs watch or read, tbh.
Thank you.
I subscribe to and regularly read stories and opinion pieces from the NYTimes, WaPo, Mother Jones, the Nation, the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, truthout, and the Colorado Sun. I often read stories from the Guardian and periodically flip them some money. I fairly frequently read stories and opinion pieces from HuffPo, the Daily Beast, the Denver Post, the Atlantic, BBC News, local Fox stations, ABC News, and PBS. I do look at stuff from righter/shadier sources, too, like the NY Post, Washington Examiner, and Denver Examiner. And not often enough, the Toronto Globe and Mail, Al Jazeera, Le Monde, and other international sources. I follow links to sources and I cross-check surprising things. And I have a good memory and find it shocking how amnesiac my fellow USians currently seem to be.
Ah. You cross-check. That made my heart sing.
If it's something I've never heard before, I cross-check. I'm sure I'm less likely to check things I like, but I try not to be.
I also listen to too many news commentary podcasts, ranging in stance from fairly far left to center right, and on which some Reaganite sorts make guest appearances.
I grew up in the days of 2 daily newspapers that were delivered to our door. The Hartford Courant arrived each morning before breakfast and the Hartford Times arrived before dinner. The Courant leaned to the R’s and the Times leaned toward the D ‘s. Each Sunday my Dad would stop by Main Street Drug to pick up a couple of NY papers. In those bygone days we relied on reporters digging deep in pursuit of news fit to be printed to keep us informed. Now in this techno/electronic age we are bombarded with psycho babble, much of it purposely aimed to divide society into hate groups. How I long for the days when printed media ruled? In my small way I contribute to a local on line creed, The Bristol Edition, which struggles to deliver local news in a difficult market. Like Susan each evening our black and white TV was tuned to channel 3 where Walter deliver 1/2 hour of straight news with no editorializing except for the occasional opines by the esteemed Eric Severeid. Corporate greed has forever changed the landscape of print media, not to mention what it did to great companies like Boeing and GE!
Even in little Webb City, we had two newspapers and multiple magazines — many, many magazines.
Right, when I was a kid (and newspaper boy) our local newspaper was at least 25-30 pages a day for a town of 17,000. It still exists but it’s a shell of it’s former self.
Same with my Hartford Courant, thanks to craven corporate owners.
Rather than endorsing a specific news source, I offer this objective fact-checking site as a resource. You can discern both the reporting principles and political leanings of hundreds of new sources by typing a source into the search bar on Media Bias/Fact Check’s website.
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/
Thank you.
Beau of the Fifth Column
The AP
The Guardian
Heather Cox Richardson
Jim Wright/Stonekettle Station
Robert Reich
Paul Krugman
I just reactivated subscriptions to Mother Jones and The Nation.
I love The Nation. And I love Mother Jones.
Spend 7-days-a-week reading Politico, Axios, Kaiser News, NyTimes, WashPost, Boston Globe, and some CT local news websites. We try to watch the NewsHour on PBS nightly and sometimes catch BBC too. Some of the sources in comments posted look interesting. Will check them out.
Please go onto YouTube and follow The reporters on the Meidas Touch, Glenn Kirschner (a 30 year prosecutor who clearly explains the 2025 proposal and the ramifications of the horrid Supreme Court decisions), and the Lincoln Project (former Republicans who abhor TFG and all he stands for. Also listen to Tennessee Brando, who comes from a red state, but is an enlightened Liberal who speaks to all folks in a down to earth manner.
Oh! They're all wonderful. Thank you.
Thank you.
My father was a Cronkite guy
I would watch Cronkite , Mudd and Reasoner , or Huntley and Brinkley with pretty much the same feeling that they were giving me the news
Until the first time I saw 60 minutes
Or listened to Paul Harvey
What’s the rest of the story??
I loved Paul Harvey. The idea that there was more to it thrilled me.
Thanks to everyone for sharing what they watch or listen to. We have many in common although I never heard of “Beau” and will check it out, I’m reminded of the many ones I like.
NYT, even though it’s been getting on my nerves majorly lately. WAPO, Wonkette, BBC, the Economist for balance. I run out my free articles for newspapers in cities my friends live in or near or places I’ve been, Seattle, Philly, LA, Chicago, Miami, etc. Used to read the WSJ but not since Rupert the Prune bought it. I find looking at and listening to English language news sites in foreign countries interesting. Most developed countries have multiple ones and after a bit you can figure out their slants. It’s something I started doing before our first trip to Europe years back to keep from looking too stupid.
Same here. I've found The Economist to be a really good read. And it's always a good idea to check new sources from other countries. They have a perspective we don't always see here.
It’s a good time to keep up with the Baltic countries, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia (my mom’s birthplace) along with Finland. They’ve got a lot on their minds.
I'm looping back a day later to get ideas. I get news when I can, in between other things.I don't approach it in a consistent, academic way at all other than to fact check things that look off and notice when news appears pushed for an effect. I watch CNN and Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. I listen to and read Heather Cox Richardson. I read misc pieces from the NYT, WaPo, Boston Globe, and Hartford Courant. I don't read them cover to cover so I know I miss a lot. I occasionally listen to The Bulwark Podcast. And of course read and discuss here. The thing is, I do need reliable, trustworthy, summed up sources. ( like HCRichardson') There isn't enough time in the day to keep up so I appreciate this post. I'll check some of these out.
Reading all of these suggestions reminds me that I have a lot of catching up to.