Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by cryptoz » Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 11:51 AM UTC

kristopolous wrote: post #28

I try to avoid it. It's too much of a time sink and there's almost zero pieces of actionable information. I know it's offensive to claim it's merely entertainment but in concrete terms there's no material difference resulting from tuning into daily banter that's any different than watching some serial drama on television.

> there's almost zero pieces of actionable information.

I don't agree with this. The news is filled with actionable information. If nothing more than constant reporting of problems, many of which could be solved with new businesses - there is value in knowing about that if only to be better positioned to start businesses.

The world is full of people in pain, and often the news reports on that. That is actionable information. Other people's pain is not your entertainment. It is actionable information about how to help improve the world and reduce suffering.

Also, the news and happenings of the world do affect you every day even if you don't know it or notice it.

"You may not care about politics, but politics cares about you"

Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by oceanbreeze83 » Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 11:51 AM UTC

i started vising maagnit.com last week. good mix of mainstream and independent sources, all video though.

Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by duncanawoods » Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 11:55 AM UTC

jayflux wrote: post #53

nannal wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd advise steering clear of anything related to UK politics published by the BBC. There's been a clear pro-right trend for a number of years evident most clearly during the most recent election and Scotland's independence referendum of 2014.

> There's been a clear pro-right trend for a number of years Then why has there been more complaints from the right than the left this year about the BBC? https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/dec/31/bbc-election-c...

It's the Boaty McBoatface of metrics. The narrow demographic of those who write letters of complaint and organised efforts to complain will dominate.

Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by IngvarLynn » Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 11:55 AM UTC

molteanu wrote: post #17

https://www.rt.com/

Is this a troll post? RT was deliberately created from scratch to spread kremlin's agenda by blatant, soviet-level lies.

Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by zikani_03 » Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 11:56 AM UTC

I've found a feed reader to be particularly useful for getting news in one place. Have been using The Old Reader for over a year now (RIP Google Reader :_( ).

I glance at the headlines to make sure I am aware of current affairs but only go further to reading articles if I need more information or the headline/summary is interesting enough.

I don't appreciate news sites that don't have Atom/RSS feeds.

Some sites: http://www.sci-news.com/feed http://itweb.co.za/rss https://sdtimes.com/feed/ https://cms.qz.com/feed/edition/africa

Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by leftnode » Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 11:56 AM UTC

Perhaps they're not typical sources of news, but I enjoy ProPublica[1] and The Intercept[2] for deep investigative journalism.

[1] https://www.propublica.org

[2] https://theintercept.com

Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by tajd » Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 11:58 AM UTC

wastedhours wrote: post #11

lifeisstillgood wrote: post #6

Is it sad to admit to BBC satirical news programmes. This generally works - they cover the "biggest" stories of the week, and if it strikes a chord I can go google for more. However it failed spectacularly a few years back - A political enemy of the UK prime Minister David Cameron had written a book claiming Cameron had put his (Cameron's) penis into the mouth of a dead pig for a university prank. This had been banne…

> Is it sad to admit to BBC satirical news programmes I for years got all of my main news from HIGNFY, Mock the Week and Private Eye. I got most of the nuance, without the outrage. Shame we don't have anything in the UK like The Daily Show, otherwise I probably wouldn't frequent any news sources other than those that skewer it all.

May I add "Dead Ringers" and "The Now Show" to the list of (BBC) satirical news shows. These shows absolutely nail it for me.

Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by vwpolo3 » Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 12:00 PM UTC

The problem is that online news sources are (almost) all the same - low budget, second tier silos of mostly trainee journalists. They have an emphasis on clicks and outrage and constant updates to keep you engaged and are a secondary (or tertiary) driver of revenue. The only exception I know of are The New York Times and maybe The Intercept.

My tip is to read a (or more) actual (read: printed) newspapers:

- they are printed daily or weekly (e.g. The Economist), keeping you out of the "Breaking News" loop every 60 minutes; - they have more weight within the news organization because they are the primary driver of revenue; - are therefore written by actual professional journalists in a proper journalistic process.

I recommend just picking up any news paper and comparing that to the online presence of that news paper, you will notice the tremendous difference.

In my opinion, a lot of the "media mistrust" comes from the constant barrage of so-called "news" articles with the primary goal of being shared on social media and bubbling up in Google News. Just check how many news articles are 1:1 copies of AP or any other news conglomerate.

Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by sunkenvicar » Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 12:01 PM UTC

jknoepfler wrote: post #37

sunkenvicar wrote: post #21

American: https://foxnews.com Russian: https://rt.com Canadian: https://thepostmillennial.com

How on earth can anyone present fox news as a serious news site? It's the living incarnation of for-profit shock journalism. It doesn't even pretend to have actual content. (I'd be just as irritated if someone said comedy central... Which is probably slightly more accurate, but still utterly idiotic)

Fox News is by far the most popular cable TV news network. Many people also read their website.

Would you like to share your news sources?

Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by ljw1001 » Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 12:01 PM UTC

Trying to understand politics by watching the Web stream go flowing by is pointless. You need high-quality, big picture stuff that requires effort to produce and consume.

In the US, the NYTimes and the Washington Post are the best sources.

To ensure you're exposure is 'fair and balanced' I would add the Economist for a more conservative, but not xenophobic or straight-up nonsensical viewpoint. It has the nice additional bonus of being more global.

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy are excellent journals for, well, US foreign policy. Finally, the New Yorker has fantastic longer-form articles on American politics.