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Originally Posted by SeaKing
Well maybe...
I dipped slightly and hopefully very quickly into the issues of different news sources before, and along the way indicated that I used a variety of sources across the spectrum. I take what I get from all of them and try to understand the "whole" truth. The so called facts aren't necessarily true and aren't necessarily "everything."
Remember that saying "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." There is a reason they say that.
An advantage of "OPINION PROGRAMS" is that you get to hear either side arguing and bashing with each other. Then I believe that you can get a little closer to that elusive quality called truth.
I kind of like that other saying "... and in this corner wearing the red, white and blue stripped trunks is ..."
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You mentioned something in the Fox News/E-reader thread about the different sources you read but you are very much the exception. Most people pick one side or the other and then accept what is said too quickly, without bothering to investigate further.
Opinion has a place, it just too often devolves into a verbal slap-fest with neither side telling the truth and trying to score cheap points off the other. Remember CNN's Crossfire? With good guests, you used to be able to learn something but 90% of the time it was just bickering that turned me away from both sides.
I watched O'Reilly for a while, Keith Olbermann as well. Both just made me angry at the other side, making me forget that there are good, well-meaning people on both sides of the spectrum. I don't think that contributes much to the national dialogue.
Sorry for the rant, maybe I need to start posting in the politics thread.
Back to the topic.
I haven't subscribed or paid for a newspaper in well over a decade. I have a subscription to Time Magazine, because I prefer to read the in-depth stuff while relaxing in my comfy chair and even a tablet is heavy when compared to a magazine. Newspaper websites are great for quick news, I surf the Guardian (good for culture + sports as well), the NY Times (regional "back-home" news), and occasionally the Washington Post or Christian Science Monitor. + Blogs, mostly left and sometimes right.