I mostly get my news from sites like NPR and New York Times. Both of these organizations I feel, are very focused on the welfare of people instead of businesses. I also like to read a newspaper over breakfast. I feel that a great, raw way of learning news is from people. When people talk about the news, you can see that these issues are tangibly effecting the way people live, just by the emotions that they convey when talking about the current events. John Stewart's Daily Show is also a news source I love. It tells the news while also making fun of it, which I think is needed in news. News can be mostly about the failings of people, unless your reading about the arts or science sections and I see comedy as a way to learn from people's follies. Therefore, I like to read the news from a empathetic standpoint. In other words, I like to keep in mind that issues are not matters of merely right and wrong, but are simply facets of our limited, human life to stay connected with.
I get my news through any medium available really. I wish I could have a more structured way of finding things to use in conversations in order to make myself feel smarter but I just can’t commit to one source. If I did that I’d have to commit to one opinion and I just can’t do that. If I read New York Times, all my racist, rich, tea party friends would hate me and if I watched Fox News than all my flakey, poor, commi friends would hate me. So I just get my news wherever I’m at. I listen intently to my friends who decided to outcast themselves from half of the voting population by committing to one news source. I will immerse myself in what they are saying, trying to use as objective as a mind as possible (subjectivity just pisses people off). Maybe sometimes I’ll commit to one news source, which of course leans towards the lefties, but that’s just because they’re popular right now. John Stewart is like, one of the most popular shows on Comedy Central. I know that’s like saying, I think the Wild Card team is the best because they got into the playoffs, but I feel like it’s cool to be liberal right now, with Osama and everything. I’ll watch a John Stewart episode and then I’ll go to parties and say things like, “Yeah, Newt’s real racist” and everybody else says, “Yeah he really he is!” and then I feel cool…
I know what you mean. It feels cool when you know whats going on and can comment on it. You feel like you have something to talk about. And I think you may have meant Obama? I don't know how much of a cool liberal Osama was :D.
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DeleteI really like how you formatted this post. I feel like having more than one particular medium of news is rather important because news sources can have quite a bias to them (Fox Vs. CNN). I also love reading the news paper over breakfast, when I can actually wake up in time to fit it in. It's good to know there are others out there that still enjoy the flipping of good ol' fashioned print.
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