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AverageJoe

(2,382 posts) Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:40 AM Jan 15

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Where are you going for news now?

I stopped watching MSNBC after the Morning Joe kissing the ring fiasco and have tried to peek in on CNN a few times, but they are awful and even amateurish, really worse than local news.

I need a TV news source I can trust to inform me, but also just enjoy watching.

Is there anything? I don’t think there is, but I am open to suggestion.

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Where are you going for news now? (Original Post) AverageJoe Jan 15 OP

There's a big dif between MSNBC before 4:00PM and after. Intractable Jan 15 #1

I agree. And it's nice to know that Rachael will be on 5 days a week, starting on Monday, for 100 days. patphil Jan 15 #18

Here and Salon samplegirl Jan 15 #2

UK Guardian malaise Jan 15 #3

Does it have to be tv? Think. Again. Jan 15 #4

I feel pretty good about finding news online AverageJoe Jan 15 #7

Ah, well this good!... Think. Again. Jan 15 #9

True that. :-). n/t AverageJoe Jan 15 #10

PBS Newshour & Amanpour and Company moonscape Jan 15 #12

Mostly Bluesky. Voltaire2 Jan 15 #5

Here, Guardian, TPM. We don't watch TV NewHendoLib Jan 15 #6

Same places gab13by13 Jan 15 #8

Mostly the Guardian and DU. Dave Bowman Jan 15 #11

Free Speech TV and PBS. Also... CousinIT Jan 15 #13

Late night shows. Emile Jan 15 #14

The Guardian and 1440. Firestorm49 Jan 15 #15

Here. nt doc03 Jan 15 #16

Substack, SiriusXM Progress, RawStory, DU- Nothing on tv. the_liberal_grandpa Jan 15 #17

Free Speech TV bdamomma Jan 15 #19

NPR pansypoo53219 Jan 15 #20

Democracy Now VBNMW Jan 15 #21

I am going to subscribe to Reuters online senseandsensibility Jan 15 #22

Google news. Then pick and choose of what they offer. Usually The Guardian and NPR. Ping Tung Jan 15 #23

Intractable

(958 posts)

1. There's a big dif between MSNBC before 4:00PM and after.

Reply to AverageJoe (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:43 AM

Jan 15

It's like having a whole different network.

patphil

(7,600 posts)

18. I agree. And it's nice to know that Rachael will be on 5 days a week, starting on Monday, for 100 days.

Reply to Intractable (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 12:30 PM

Jan 15

samplegirl

(12,832 posts)

2. Here and Salon

Reply to AverageJoe (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:43 AM

Jan 15

and Daily Kos.

malaise

(282,438 posts)

3. UK Guardian

Reply to AverageJoe (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:46 AM

Jan 15

Last edited Wed Jan 15, 2025, 11:26 AM - Edit history (1)

The best
Let me add that Inwatch some folks on M$NBComcast, BBC Al Jazeera and local.
That said I watch some of these for opinions not news

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Think. Again.

(22,330 posts)

4. Does it have to be tv?

Reply to AverageJoe (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:47 AM

Jan 15

You might be better off building up a list of trusted independent news sources online.

AverageJoe

(2,382 posts)

7. I feel pretty good about finding news online

Reply to Think. Again. (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:51 AM

Jan 15

I generally come to DU as a first stop, then follow up with links and threads I find here to dig into news stories. So, I’m pretty good as far as staying informed.

I’m looking for something to feed my TV news habit. I’m going through MSNBC withdrawal and looking for a fix.

Think. Again.

(22,330 posts)

9. Ah, well this good!...

Reply to AverageJoe (Reply #7)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:54 AM

Jan 15

Admitting you have a problem is the first step!

AverageJoe

(2,382 posts)

10. True that. :-). n/t

Reply to Think. Again. (Reply #9)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:58 AM

Jan 15

moonscape

(5,482 posts)

12. PBS Newshour & Amanpour and Company

Reply to AverageJoe (Reply #7)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 11:02 AM

Jan 15

Voltaire2

(15,366 posts)

5. Mostly Bluesky.

Reply to AverageJoe (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:49 AM

Jan 15

Lots of great independent news organizations post there regularly. Many legacy organizations do as well.

NewHendoLib

(61,059 posts)

6. Here, Guardian, TPM. We don't watch TV

Reply to AverageJoe (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:50 AM

Jan 15

gab13by13

(27,397 posts)

8. Same places

Reply to AverageJoe (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:53 AM

Jan 15

freespeechtv.org, Nicolle Wallace, Rachel Maddow.

Dave Bowman

(4,886 posts)

11. Mostly the Guardian and DU.

Reply to AverageJoe (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 11:01 AM

Jan 15

CousinIT

(11,185 posts)

13. Free Speech TV and PBS. Also...

Reply to AverageJoe (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 11:10 AM

Jan 15

...Nicole Wallace, Maddow, Alex Wagner, Joy Reid, Chris Hayes -all the way up to Lawrence then I usually fall asleep.

And DU and BlueSky of course!

Emile

(33,758 posts)

14. Late night shows.

Reply to AverageJoe (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 11:13 AM

Jan 15

Firestorm49

(4,333 posts)

15. The Guardian and 1440.

Reply to AverageJoe (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 11:21 AM

Jan 15

doc03

(37,634 posts)

16. Here. nt

Reply to AverageJoe (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 11:41 AM

Jan 15

the_liberal_grandpa

(162 posts)

17. Substack, SiriusXM Progress, RawStory, DU- Nothing on tv.

Reply to AverageJoe (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 12:30 PM

Jan 15

No more television. Can't even watch MSNBC for more than a few minutes before I get pissed off. I just want information. Not so much people telling me how I need to feel about it.

My substack list is growing- Recently added the Contrarian because its staffed by some of the best writers out there.

I've cancelled the newspapers too as they are all run by right wing cranks now- LA Times, NY Times.

Even all of these will be put on the shelf for 72 hours beginning 1/20 during my self-imposed media blackout as I do not want to get sucked into the vortex off all the craziness that will be reported on the first few days of this new American hell.

bdamomma

(67,847 posts)

19. Free Speech TV

Reply to AverageJoe (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 12:33 PM

Jan 15

Randi Rhodes, Mary Trump Media and the Nerd Avengers. Danielle Moodie, Keith Olbermann and Meidas.

pansypoo53219

(22,076 posts)

20. NPR

Reply to AverageJoe (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:35 PM

Jan 15

VBNMW

(67 posts)

21. Democracy Now

Reply to AverageJoe (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 07:14 PM

Jan 15

Free Speech TV and Zeteo, Owen Jones. Majority Report, Humanist Report

Nothing corporate, nothing partisan.

senseandsensibility

(21,543 posts)

22. I am going to subscribe to Reuters online

Reply to AverageJoe (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 07:39 PM

Jan 15

They have a dollar a week deal for four weeks. After that, I'll consider a yearly subscription. These seem pretty truth based and journalistically sound.

Ping Tung

(1,971 posts)

23. Google news. Then pick and choose of what they offer. Usually The Guardian and NPR.

Reply to AverageJoe (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:16 PM

Jan 15

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