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Where do you get the boring stuff? Please, I'm drowning here.

by PTOB 7y ago

godelski 7y ago
To be honest, most of the major news sources have the boring stuff. The actual issue is that what goes viral and is passed around are opinion articles. I particularly like Reuters, they seem more middle of the road in terms of bias. But I think one of the keys is to read from both sides. You don't have to agree with the side that you don't lean towards, but it is extremely helpful to know the content that those people are ingesting. If you want nuance, you really have to try to see things from other peoples' perspectives. This is pretty hard. I think being "so connected" this is actually more challenging, because it is easier to find your niche inside of a niche inside of a niche and stay there, instead of having to deal with different niches.
pmichaud 7y ago
Reuters and AP are the news wire services from which most new networks get their news. They are both super boring and terse, and there are RSS feeds for both.
cbhl 7y ago
Audio also works well. I've been listening to the NPR News Now podcast, as well as NPR's Planet Money. When I'm feeling a little more capacity for the news cycle, I might also listen to NPR's Up First, NYT's The Daily, and NPR's The Indicator.
gen220 7y ago
Short form, Reuters and AP. PBS NewsHour is excellent if you prefer an audiovisual presentation. Personally, I find all of that to be too much of a firehouse, and prefer longer form reads. For those, I’d recommend subscribing to physical copies of magazines (or digital copies of the physical copies). Something about the pieces of paper or emails in my inbox beckons me to read. Some magazines (New Yorker, Economist, even WIRED) have first rate long form journalism. They’ll usually have at least one substantial article that’s deeply or tangentially related to current news blurbs, so you stay “in the loop”. Magazines are nice because they seem to respect the reader’s autonomy and intellectual curiosity, by avoiding tantrums, outrage, and diatribes, and focusing instead on nuance and themes. It’s a more literary way of digesting current events than twitter or what have you, and it can even be relaxing!
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perl4ever 7y ago
Local papers?

Where do you get the boring stuff? Please, I'm drowning here.

by PTOB 7y ago

Where do you get the boring stuff? Please, I'm drowning here.

To be honest, most of the major news sources have the boring stuff. The actual issue is that what goes viral and is passed around are opinion articles. I particularly like Reuters, they seem more middle of the road in terms of bias. But I think one of the keys is to read from both sides. You don't have to agree with the side that you don't lean towards, but it is extremely helpful to know the content that those people are ingesting. If you want nuance, you really have to try to see things from other peoples' perspectives. This is pretty hard. I think being "so connected" this is actually more challenging, because it is easier to find your niche inside of a niche inside of a niche and stay there, instead of having to deal with different niches.

pmichaud 7y ago

Reuters and AP are the news wire services from which most new networks get their news. They are both super boring and terse, and there are RSS feeds for both.

cbhl 7y ago

Audio also works well. I've been listening to the NPR News Now podcast, as well as NPR's Planet Money. When I'm feeling a little more capacity for the news cycle, I might also listen to NPR's Up First, NYT's The Daily, and NPR's The Indicator.

gen220 7y ago

Short form, Reuters and AP. PBS NewsHour is excellent if you prefer an audiovisual presentation. Personally, I find all of that to be too much of a firehouse, and prefer longer form reads. For those, I’d recommend subscribing to physical copies of magazines (or digital copies of the physical copies). Something about the pieces of paper or emails in my inbox beckons me to read. Some magazines (New Yorker, Economist, even WIRED) have first rate long form journalism. They’ll usually have at least one substantial article that’s deeply or tangentially related to current news blurbs, so you stay “in the loop”. Magazines are nice because they seem to respect the reader’s autonomy and intellectual curiosity, by avoiding tantrums, outrage, and diatribes, and focusing instead on nuance and themes. It’s a more literary way of digesting current events than twitter or what have you, and it can even be relaxing!

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perl4ever 7y ago

Local papers?