When you read, listen or watch the news, what are the two most common ways you’re doing so? Do you listen to the radio while you drive and watch the evening news once you’re parked? Do you get most of your news from social media sites like Facebook? Do you read the news from other online sources? Or, perhaps you’re old-fashioned (hardly) and still read a printed newspaper.
We’re sure you get your news from multiple sources on this list, but what are the two major sources you generally use? Please select two options in the poll below. And remember, you are, of course, welcome to leave a comment, but please keep them respectful. Thank you!
I receive my “printed” newspaper online. And only watch Fox News for the world news. Local news channel for the local weather as we have a real character for a Meteorologist. WNEP-16 Scranton, PA
TV & radio via PBS & NPR
Since “radio” includes both NPR (one of the best sources of relatively unbiased news) and talk radio (one of the worst), you really should break that category down.
Since “radio” includes both NPR (one of the worst sources of relatively unbiased news) and talk radio (one of the best), you really should break that category down.
Fixed it for you.
Of course, my comment, as is yours, is only my opinion and not based of factual evidence.
You took the words out of my mouth, john.
So true. Amazing how many faux news groupies there are out there. So many lemmings.
My other are my grown kids and friends who let me know if something comes up I should know about. Then I can check it out. My main source is Google news as it allows me to see several sites about the same news. Hopefully then I can get to the true information.
Fox News and Fox Business news are about the only channels we watch on TV, except occasionally a few other conservative cable news channels.
Very scary to see Fox “News” at number three. CNN would also be “News” but good to see that at 4% too. Two clickbait sources. Here’s a good place to see where your news leans towards a bias https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart
Thank you for posting that chart. It is interesting and something to look into further. According to that source, NPR is in the center and Fox news is far right. I have heard that assessment from others before as well.
Nice info chart. Plus, they say this about their bias charts:
“AllSides does not rate outlets based on accuracy or factual claims — this is a bias chart”.
I use them all except for social media
Same here. I am an admitted news junkie. When I hear a story, no matter how sensationalized, I do go looking for sources and corroborating news before trusting it is close to factual.
Epoch Times for truth and honest journalism and Newsmax, sometimes Fox.
All of them are pretty much doom and gloom. But that is what sells them and keeps the public worried.
While recovering from cancer treatments and surgery 13 years ago, I spent a lot of time watching the news on different networks. I was disappointed in how many different views each had. When I started researching online for myself, looking at independent bloggers and local news where major events were happening, I found how bad network and cable news distorted the facts. I haven’t taken mainstream media as anything other than propaganda since then and they have only gotten worse over the years.
When we decided to RV full time, part of our dive into adventure was to escape news as much as possible since the majority is bad news and nothing we can impact to change. Making that decision even easier is that there doesn’t seem to really be pure journalism (a relaying of facts) any longer but, instead, facts offered via the opinionated view of those reporting it. That said, our ‘news’ consumption is now a scan of headlines on various news sites to keep an awareness of what’s going on in the world. Our blood pressure is much better served by this approach.
Couldn’t agree more!
(controversial comment here?) Do I detect that we have both “NPR” and “Fox News” groups together in RV Travel? And we all come together in the love of RV’s?
Just askin’…
RV’ing, the great Uniter!
As of Jan 1, no more depressing lying news for us! We use to be faithful Fox News viewers, but sadly, gave them up as well. No more gloom and doom! Color us free from stress!
Seattle news never has positive news, so depressing. It’s always about the city council stupid rules, riots, restricting the police, suing the police or shooting by the police. And endless homeless news. They run the city council I think.
The only news source that I halfway trust is the Wall Street Journal. The news pages are slightly liberal and the opinion pages are slightly conservative.
It would take 4 hours a day to read the whole thing so for the half of the paper that’s business news I mostly just read the headlines and introductory paragraphs.
Network news is a joke. Run by the democratic party. They are so biased it’s disgusting. You won’t get 2 sides to a story on network news unless it is advantageous to the party. We can hardly watch Fox news anymore. OAN and NEWSMAX are somewhat reliable.
i hope you are kidding about OAN/Newsmax
OAN/Newsmax, seriously?? You gotta be kidding me.
Your survey is the answer to why our country is in the political state of today, too many people rely on fake news media for their information. None of the network news, and most large newspapers, and most cable new networks are so liberalized they wouldn’t recognize the truth if it ran over them. Even Fox started succumbing to stretching the truth, must’ve been advertising money from the Soros regime.
Imho FOX never did anything but trample the truth on its National broadcasting. Local FOX seems less biased.
The Economist, Wall St.Journal, Aljazeera, BBC and occasionally network news.
Naked Capitalism. Which curates a lot of links to non-mainstream sources.
If you’re getting your news from the mainstream outlets of the corporatocracy, it doesn’t matter whether it is tinted blue or red, it’s all biased spin and propaganda. But it’s too much trouble to read instead of consume soundbites, so here we are.
I watch TV news to see video of events. I turn the sound off when the Heads start explaining what I just saw myself.
I cruise many places on the Web for different accounts of an event/issue.
ALL the media has an agenda. None of them give just the facts. I’ve read the downfall of objective TV journalism was when they started rating news shows like entertainment programs. Thus news BECAME entertainment striving for better ratings, to sell ad time.
As said before, TV has become the Propaganda Machine of the xxxxxx. (Bleeped by Diane)
We like PBS and NPR online as well as local news on the TV. When traveling, the local TV news gives us a nice quick view of the area we’re visiting, including entertaining local events, quirks and characters like the local weather people! Just love it. Major network TV news is also great because they quickly report on major headlines, but don’t focus on them ad nauseum like cable news does. We also like to buy the local papers when visiting an area, especially the small towns. Talk about getting the “flavor” of an area 🌞
Networks are media cess pools trying to inflict their opinions onto you.
I read 1440 Daily totally unbiased.
The Five on Fox for entertainment value.
I turned off the news 3 years ago. Best thing I ever did.
I need to see the weather forecasts. There is no “news” anymore. Only opinion, agendas and lies.
Sink, your comment is right on ! I totally agree.
Many years ago, we went on a cruise. We would see a newspaper about every three days. That was good, because whatever disaster was reported, we knew we had already survived it. That seemed like a good idea, so we follow that basic rule in the RV. It makes for more pleasant traveling.
That’s a pretty good idea
I get my news from the front page of the Wall Street Journal and BBC America.
I avoid news at all costs. If I hear of something going on, I go to the source. I ABSOLUTELY avoid rioting and shootings. I care but there is nothing I can do about it. Maybe my ostrich syndrome is bad but it keeps me sane.
I notice you placed Fox News in the survey. Fox News says they are not a “News” outlet, they are an “Entertainment Network.” Complaints to the FCC about some bogus stories and an investigation caused them to say they were “not a source of news, only an entertainment source.” They said their viewers “were only watching to be entertained and not looking for any news.”
Read the facts here about this topic: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-news-entertainment-switch/ Have a good night. 🙂 —Diane at RVtravel.com
Richard, that is not true. Fox News is owned by conservative media mogul Rupert Murdock. Its motto “Fair and Balanced,” is not something you would ever associate with an entertainment program.
Wellllll… Chuck, I agree with that to a point, but he IS worth 21 BILLION dollars, after all! Jus’ sayin’
After observing how the reporting of events are being spun, or even ignored by news media, we no longer trust TV news or the newspaper. While destructive violence continues in the city near us, the websites of local news outlets seldom mention it. We realized much is being suppressed when family on the other side of the country called us, concerned. They had heard on their news shows what is being kept from local residents. We now research trusted sources to get our news. We get our weather online.
I was surprised you only asked for two sources of news. In the morning I open an app for a local digital newspaper, and I turn on a radio to a local AM news station that also broadcasts weather and traffic “on the eights”. In the car I listen to the same AM station or switch to NPR. In the evening I turn on the tv to catch the local news. And when I am on the computer I will scan headlines from several sources. I just like knowing what is happening, but I avoid fixating on the details.
Paul, we asked for the top two sources of news, not “all sources” of news. That list could be very long for many people.
Our local afternoon paper was bought out by the morning paper. Many of the writers for the afternoon created anon-line only “newspaper” supported by advertising. I read it frequently. I also read a couple of different on-line sports services. I don’t pay much attention to “news” as most define it (as in CNN, New York Times, etc.,.).
Absolutely never social media. Admittedly all sources have an inherent bias but I choose ABC or NBC over the other broadcast mediums. But. Still listen with a realist ear and common sense.
I am a news junkie. Every morning I read at least 8 different News reporting services. By doing this I receive reporting info from all sides. It is not surprising that various reporting agencies can somehow put a slightly different slant on what is purported to be fact! What I have learned over the years is to avoid CNN and FOX News. CNN is way too far Left, and FOX is to far Right. This statement might offend some, but I have experienced that friends, family and some others have formed opinions that makes one think that they just might be from some other planet
NPR, The Week magazine and any local newspapers I happen to be around.