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Ask HN: Is there a news source you read everyday? If so, what is it?

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Re: Ask HN: Is there a news source you read everyday? If so, what is it?

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Post by walmart »

I google a term of interest, then simply check out the related news for the past 24 hours. Don't really care about the source as I consider all news to be entertainment.

The following are posted on HN quite a bit (I find them the most entertaining):

NYT,The Guardian, BBC, Bloomberg, The WSJ, South China Morning Post, Financial Times, WaPo, The Diplomat, Foreign Affairs, Atlantic, Reuters, AP News, Radio Free Europe(google spits this one out when you search for Russia, Central Asia/Eastern Europe), The Hill etc

Re: Ask HN: Is there a news source you read everyday? If so, what is it?

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Post by legitster »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #39
legitster wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> But he started saying that 20 years ago. This is a bit of an exaggeration. His first book mentioning China wasn't even published until 2014. And given that China is in a lot of tough situations right now (looming currency/debt crisis, complete wiping of the upper government, alignment with Russia collapsing, decline in trade) he may still have the last laugh. He also got things like the shale revolution, the Russia…

Zeihan is very partisan. It doesn't line up with either the current Democratic or Republican party lines, but it is extremely partisan and opinionated. This is a good thing, it's a great antidote to those who say that the USA sucks or that the USA is losing. And it feels good to hear, which is why Zeihan is so popular. Just don't read/listen to him in isolation. The OP asked for singular sources of news and I'm pushi…

Oh, absolutely. 100%. At the end of the day Zeihan is just a single analyst. He isn't even arguably news.

Although, OP wasn't asking for a singular source of news. He just wanted a news source people read every day, and random is better. And if you are looking for one more source of news to add into a diet, I don't think it's a bad pick.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a news source you read everyday? If so, what is it?

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Post by stn8188 »

Life is so busy these days but I like to keep tabs on the biggest headlines. I've been subscribed to 1440 for maybe a year and love it. I basically can just skim the world events while brushing my teeth in the morning, and there are links if I feel like reading more. It's a nice format that leaves no guilt if I miss it for the day. I'm also quite happy with its lack of bias: there are a couple of extremely subtle hints of bias but generally it's kept as "facts-only" as possible.

https://join1440.com/

Re: Ask HN: Is there a news source you read everyday? If so, what is it?

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Post by beej71 »

Not news proper. I have a pile of programming-related RSS feeds I follow, including HN. And some fun hashtags on Mastodon (like astronomy, geology, history, etc.)

If something is newsworthy, it makes it through one of those sources. I follow a subreddit for my town, as well, to get local info.

Someone here on HN asked what actions someone has taken based on the last 10,000 news articles they've read. I realized I couldn't name one, so decided news was a waste of time. By comparison, I can name a quite a number of actions I've taken from my current feeds, e.g. from learning more programming stuff to jumping on EFF action alerts, etc.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a news source you read everyday? If so, what is it?

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Post by 000ooo000 »

caterama wrote: post #3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events

Have been using this portal for a year or two and what surprises me is the number of fatalities in bus accidents in India and the like. Some weeks it seems like 50-odd people die a day in a bus accident in that part of the world. We had a 10 fatality bus accident here in Aus recently and it was "the worst road accident in decades". Pretty awful that it happens almost routinely elsewhere.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a news source you read everyday? If so, what is it?

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Post by hakunin »

Generally:

1. NPR Up First podcast while brushing teeth.

2. This site for tech and adjacent nerdy topics.

3. Macrumors, 9to5mac, and various blogs via RSS.

4. Apple News+ subscription (that I got as part of Apple One) — check regularly for more in-depth stories form a variety of sources, and for following big events.

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