What websites/apps/whatever do you use to get your news?

  • @[email protected]
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    22 years ago

    I’m in Canada, where the tech giants just blocked all Canadian media outlets due to new media profit sharing legislation.

    I get my news from:

    • Nora Loreto’s daily news podcast
    • Mastodon #cdnpoli #onpoli #topoli
    • Direct from CBC, Toronto Star
    • Lemmy
    • What my friend group shares on Discord.

    I haven’t been as invested in news lately, but this looks a little promising: https://dailycanada.ca/ It’s an rss feed from all media outlets in Canada.

  • Vaggumon
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    -12 years ago

    TikTok mostly, a few SoMe Journalists I follow, like Under The Desk News and Lisa Ren Millard. But also Google News for more wide coverage.

    • FantasyOP
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      22 years ago

      I just tried Google News, but it seems like their interface is designed for mobile even though I’m on a desktop. Like, it doesn’t use most of the screen space. But I’m sure on mobile it’s a more pleasant experience

    • Betty White In HD
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      252 years ago

      TikTok mostly

      No judgement, but I would be very, very careful about getting the majority of your news from TikTok.

    • @[email protected]
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      42 years ago

      I see you’re getting downvoted even though you respectfully answered the question, looks like the Reddit tradition of downvoting anything you disagree with to bury it is alive and well here on Lemmy

      • Vaggumon
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        52 years ago

        Yeah, nothing ever changes. People are assholes for the most part.

        • @[email protected]
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          22 years ago

          I don’t get how people don’t understand that down voting for stuff like this is not good for the communities overall health.

          OP asked a question, and you answered it. You weren’t shilling, so what’s the issue?

          • Vaggumon
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            12 years ago

            Yep, doesn’t really surprise me anymore. If I cared about votes I might care, but I’d have to value the down voters opinion for it to matter to me, and I really don’t.

  • Sabata11792
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    342 years ago

    You guys don’t let a bunch of strangers in the internet curate the news for you, then fight them in the comments?

    • blanketswithsmallpox
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      62 years ago

      Absolutely not. I upvote all the people I agree with initially then down vote the dumbass who tried to go against us in our own thread!

      Get your own damn thread down lower! Quit mooching our beans way up at the top.

  • Roundcat
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    2 years ago

    I’m honestly not too picky about my source unless it’s a source I know little about and can’t gauge their slant or bias, or if they’re a known propaganda pusher or right wing fearmonger. Honestly though I’ve been trying to avoid following the news in general because it doesn’t put me in a good state of mind, and usually if it’s important enough to know about, I’ll hear about it one way or another.

    One bad habit I’ve been trying to kick every since leaving reddit though is trying not to read the comments of any given news article without reading the article, or verifying the known facts. A lot of times in the past, I would see a distressing headline, pick out details from the comments, and form an opinion based on the discourse which is not a healthy way to approach current events. Now if I’m going to get invested in a particular event or situation, It’s going to be after I have a good grasp of the details free from influence from the comments on how I should feel about something.

    One of my biggest pet peeves though is someone posting a paywalled article, and noone providing anyway to access the article. Too often that would be the article that would hit the front page, which made all the more clear to me that many people were doing the same unhealthy thing I was.

  • macniel
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    52 years ago

    I don’t. I try to life in blissful arrogance despite knowning that the world around me is going to heck. I only care about local news that considers my city.

  • @[email protected]
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    12 years ago

    College basketball news: using Google to filter through all the stuff and Twitter

    Weather: Twitter

    Local news: I was getting it from Reddit but not anymore. now I see some stuff on Twitter but I don’t seek it out.

    General news. Whatever pops up on Lemmy

  • ultratiem
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    92 years ago

    The streets. You can’t trust newspapers, tv, social media. But the streets, the streets you can always trust.

  • suicidebyjohnny5
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    02 years ago

    I listen to a bit of the left and right leaning local talk radio stations. I try to read articles from varied sources. Krystal Ball can get under my skin, but I watch or listen to Breaking Points. If something moves me I try to follow up on the source material. Diversify. Decentralize. Whatever you want to call it. But get your news from several places.

  • vtez44
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    12 years ago

    newzit.com for international news, Polsat News for Polish/sport news and Slashdot for tech news. I add them to RSS whenever possible.