Weekend Open Forum: How do you learn about breaking news?

[tonylukac]

The last story that caught my eye was a big Indiana train derailment where more than 100 cars derailed (yesterday). Usually, tho, I get my news from reading the Chicago Tribune's website (we also get the paper but I seldom read it except for computer ads and the tv guide's sports listings), Yahoo's web site, AOL's website, email, and the Chicago Sun TImes' website. Now I'm told the Sun Times will only allow 20 visits to their website in a month. They can shove it.

 

[tonylukac]

To rehash, the derailment story I got on tv. The Sun Times requires payment for more than 20 visits in a month.

 

[mosu]

Radio-in car, TV and internet at home, news feeds at work, sometimes internet radio.

 

[treetops]

Yahoo
TV
Techspot
word o mouth
Newspaper
in game conversations pc gaming
smoke signals

I was shocked Michael Jackson died hmm idk where i first saw it.

@capt Yeah its to bad our new money isn't backed up by gold anymore, they print more out without adding more gold and wonder why the value of the dollar declines. We still have all the same junk in the world we had before the economy went "bad", so our proclaimed dollar value of a object changed, its not like 1\10 of the worlds goods vanished.

 

[gobbybobby]

Techspot
CVG (Computer and video games)
IGNs youtube channel, sometimes the site too
BBC News website (My fav with its sleek, modern user friendly look)
BBC news channel
Sky news HD news channel, although I dislike there "middle class" take on the news,

Facebook and twitter sometimes.

sometimes while I am playing games "Did you hear there's been an earthquake in Japan", I heard while playing a FPS on my PS3.

 

[benken2202001]

Yahoo
Techspot
Torrentfreak

 

[tw0rld]

funny!

 

[Guest]

Aljazeera.com/

 

[Guest]

By the time I hear about its already old news

 

[matrix86]

World and Local News: local news station
Politics: talk radio
Technology/Science: when at home, Techspot. When on the go, I use an app called "Pulse" (an RSS feeder. Subscribed to Techspot, Engadget, CNET, Popular Science, Digital Trends, Gizmodo, Geek.com, and PC World

 

[ET3D]

I stay away from news stories. I don't watch, read or listen to the news. If there's something important enough then people around me will talk about it.

 

[theusmale2]

I use Google Desktops Web clips. adding rss feeds etc. example: pcmag.com,pcworld tech news updates,Tech spot, Vimeo.com,computerworld.com,cnn,msnbc.com etc. updates all day displays on my screens sidebar. add what ever u want to keep up with.

 

[Archean]

Mostly from Tech sites & forums / News (to a lesser extent, as their isn't any news worthy story most of the times anyway) sites, but sometimes from TV as well.

 

[yowanvista]

RSS Feeds, Facebook & Twitter

 

[Guest]

1) My spouce calls me, 2) Radio, 3) RSS/Email, 4) TV, 5) Internet in general

 

[TorturedChaos]

I listen to the local classic rock station before work and whenever I'm driving. That keeps me at least somewhat informed. Other than that Stumble & Techspot (of course). A few forums I visit semi-regularly help me keep up to date on world news.

Overall I wouldn't say I'm in the dark, but I don't really pay that much attention to the news tho.

 

[Knutz]

CNN