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The News

Written By Pressy on Oct. 14, 2007.

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When do you first receive the day's news ? How do you receive it ?

Am I the only person who will only read the title and the summary and rarely the full article ?

I get the majority of my news from newspapers. I try to make a point of reading everything in the paper, cover to cover -- except the sports section -- but if I'm particularly tired, or just uninterested for whatever reason, I do find myself just scanning the title and the first few paragraphs sometimes, particularly when it comes to politics.

I get a small portion of my news from the net too, mostly international, and I read the full article 99% of the time.

Not sure why I find myself skipping paper news and not online news, since my usual habit puts it the other way round, with blog entries and the like. But that's how I roll.

I sit down with the WSJ every morning (or try to at least). I don't read every article but I do skim, catch the headlines and pick one or two to read.

I find out the rest of my news just from talking to people...

I get news from whoever tells me things. I try to avoid the news as much as possible unless it is being presented by Jon Stweart.

100% online. Google News and Reuters.

I've gotten papers the past few years but find them out of date by the time I'm reading them. I also find I'm paying for the ads. There's more and more of them. I don't like to waste my time. I no longer subscribe to any papers.

First thing in the morning, I skim the local newspaper. I never read many articles, just what strikes my fancy.

For most of my news, I go to my feedreader. I'm subscribe to a number of sources: Yahoo!'s top stories, the BBCWorld front page, the CSMonitor, Salon, Slate, The Economist, etc.

For the most part, I just look at headlines, reading the article only when I really need or want more information. As anyone who's worked in news will tell you, a good headline will make reading the article unnecessary. Obviously for well-written articles or poorly written headlines, I will read the whole thing.

And, like peroty, I do watch The Daily Show and Colbert Report quite often.

I listen to AM radio on my morning commute to work, then check my list of bookmarks and notes.

I don't have a specific source for news and try to keep it balanced so I'm not going to, say... Rush Limbaugh for 'viable' news. (even though some of you THINK I do)

I don't really consider myself a news person. I usually find out about current events in the end. Talking to people and stuff.

Does anyone read the news on their phone? I just got into the habit of checking it while idle (waiting for my computer to start up, waiting in the elevator, etc.) I feel like this quick-bite news could become a big deal...

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