Lets see which one wins, all I ask if that everyone be honest and tell us WHY you prefer a certain news station and why you hate another (if you do.)

You didn't leave an "other."
I watch/listen to
DEMOCRACY NOW!
With
Amy Goodman
That's the one that I respect the most politically.  For other news, I listen to NPR, BBC, and read periodicals.  For infotainment I watch FOX, and MSNBC, rarely CNN. 

BBC News (I'm tempted to add an "of course")

Fox News and C-Span mostly, also some newspaper and radio.  What does BBC stand for by the way?

I watch the local Washington, D.C. & Baltimore news stations.  Sometimes I will watch Headline News if I'm in a hurry

I don't watch news channels at all...they bore me.  I watch the local news on the local Fox affiliate (because it is on earlier) and I read the local paper.

Fox News and C-Span mostly, also some newspaper and radio.  What does BBC stand for by the way?

Oh yeah C-SPAN, I love C-SPAN!  BBC stands for the British Broadcasting Corporation.  It was established in 1922, I think, and is still the most respected broadcasting company in the world, in spite of what Bill O'Reilly says!

I watch the local news stations and read the newspaper.  I find the national ones to be biased one way or another.  I don't need anyone to tell me what my opinion should be.

Local channels, because it's more likely that local events will affect me more than the national news.

I didn't know how to vote because there are several sources. The first (and how I start my day) is our daily local newspaper. Then I go to Yahoo which I have my "My Yahoo" page set up for headlines from several different sources: Rueters, Washington Post, AP, NPR, and a few others.  Sometimes I will watch CNN or C-Span. I used to watch the local news (and it IS local-they don't have world news unless if it effects something local-they leave the world stuff for the network) but don't anymore.




Cat

Local TV news, local radio news.

Sometimes when there is a national event happening I will switch back and forth between the cable news stations(FOX, CNN, etc).  I do like C-Span, although I wouldn't consider that a news station, more of a public events station.

I have a big problem with NPR.  They always sound like they are eating the microphone when they speak.  It is so annoying to listen to them in that respect.

  I do like C-Span, although I wouldn't consider that a news station, more of a public events station.





Hey, we actually agree on something.  ;)



Cat

I get the news from a variety of sources.  The local paper with morning coffee, the New York Times at work, CNN, C-span etc during the day (especially when Cat is on the computer - her Yahoo is set up to get several sources, like Reuters etc and she calls me to see interesting stuff), and sometimes I catch CBS local and national news in the evening.  You might say I'm a news junkie, but I would love to get Radio Pacifica.  When I lived in waaaaay upstate New York I use to watch The National and the Journal on Canadian TV.  They had a real fiesty woman reporter who once called Brian Mulroony a liar to his face, something like "you'er lying Mr Mulroony, and you know it".  Now THATS how reporters should handle public officials!!!

Local TV news, local radio news.

Sometimes when there is a national event happening I will switch back and forth between the cable news stations(FOX, CNN, etc).  I do like C-Span, although I wouldn't consider that a news station, more of a public events station.

I have a big problem with NPR.  They always sound like they are eating the microphone when they speak.  It is so annoying to listen to them in that respect.

I'm not sure what you mean by "eating the microphone," but some of them sound very stuffy.  Their is a common misconception that NPR has a liberal bias.  They tend to be socially liberal, however, that means little to me.  The position on economics is where it counts.  I think NPR's economic views are very corporate-oriented.

I'm not sure what you mean by "eating the microphone," but some of them sound very stuffy. 


By that I meant that it sounds like the microphone is 3 millimeters from their mouth, and on occasion finds its way into their mouth.  I just hate how it sounds.  Not to mention the fact that they seem to have zero affliction or emotion in their voice.  I think they all must drink a few bottles of Ny-Quil before going on-air becasue they seem lik they are all about to fall asleep over there.

I guess all in all, to me, NPR is stuffy and boring(and hard to listen to).

When I lived in waaaaay upstate New York I use to watch The National and the Journal on Canadian TV.  They had a real fiesty woman reporter who once called Brian Mulroony a liar to his face, something like "you'er lying Mr Mulroony, and you know it".  Now THATS how reporters should handle public officials!!!


I watch The National, I also watch BBC, and some American ones like NBC and such.

The Onion.

I like Fox News and the local station WFLD Fox Chicago  ;)  8)

There is no reason to watch TV news because everything is biased and sensationalized.  I go on the internet to see what the AP has reported, then I do searches to figure out the different angles and make my own opinions.  No talking box is going to force me to think their way :P

There is no reason to watch TV news because everything is biased and sensationalized.  I go on the internet to see what the AP has reported, then I do searches to figure out the different angles and make my own opinions.  No talking box is going to force me to think their way :P


What's the difference between news channels on a "talking box" and a news sources on a computer screen? ::)  Not much when you think about it. ;)

The Onion.



Ditto. ;D

Well...KUSA in Denver is my favorite channel for weather....Kathy Sabine was featured with other weather ladies in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit issue a few years ago  :)

http://9news.com/weather/images/talent/kathy.jpg

What's the difference between news channels on a "talking box" and a news sources on a computer screen? ::)  Not much when you think about it. ;)


There is a difference.  Net news sources come almost exclusively from the Associated Press and are about as "neutral" as they can get.  TV news sources have a bias depending on the ideology of the station owner and the geographical location of the affiliate.  At least with the AP I know what to expect and then I can go off and find out what the biases are.