It really comes down to priorities. If your goal is to consume the most amount of information as possible, you cannot afford to go to multiple sources. This is

It really comes down to priorities. If your goal is to consume the most amount of information as possible, you cannot afford to go to multiple sources. This is because you will be wasting your time with redundancy, getting used to a different tone/bias, and the overall time of navigating somewhere else. This is good for knowing stuff for "top of mind" reasons and just being "in the loop." That being said, if there's a particular topic you are interested in, you should get multiple perspectives on it and become an active reader. This is the stuff where you can not only recall information but you can contribute to a meaningful discussion. HN and Google News 7x a week. Google Reader on special topics 2-3x a week. BusinessWeek/Time/FastCompany/Inc 1x a week.