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i_am_Lois

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I used to read newspapers, magazines and watch television news to keep up with current events. That's all changed now. I seem to rely almost completely on my computer. I no longer have newspapers & magazines delivered. Gee... I wonder if there is still such a thing as a paperboy? There is boundless information the internet. Anybody here still reading news the old fashioned way?

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I get "Breaking" news on TV or car radio or my cell phone.

I get details on my daily newspaper and my +word puzzles are in it.

I subscribe to Natl. Geographic and the Smithsonion Inst.

I learn from the myriad books from my library.
 
We get one Sunday newspaper only. I listen to ABC (public) radio and watch ABC TV for news.
Our online newspapers are pathetically partisan but I google news from multiple outlets to glean different opinions on the news from Australian and overseas sources.

Occasionally I listen to the BBC, NPR, Deutsche Welle and Radio Netherlands on the radio. I find balance in multiplicity.
 

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Still watch the news on TV every morning and most nights. Not sure why,really. Up until we moved to this house two years ago,we subscribed to 3 newspapers, but then we moved here,way out on a private dirt road,so the paper only gets delivered to the beginning of it-a five minute trip by car-so it`s not worth it. Plus,I`m sure by the time we got there to pick it up,someone else would have already "borrowed" it
 
We still get the paper delivered to our driveway daily, hubby likes to read it with his morning coffee. Besides that we'll listen to a couple of different news channels on TV, radio stations, and get some news online through alternative media. Here's our morning paper boy.

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SeaBreeze, I love your paper boy!

If I want to know who got the latest DUI or who had a bear on the porch I check the weekly 2-page local paper. Gossip at the Totem bar fills in the blanks.
 
I get a newspaper delivered ,FLToday,and watch NBC Brian Williams for national stuff otherwise most news today is almost a repeat of yesterdays news.
 
Falcon said:
Cute doggy. I have to get it from the driveway. If I told Dino to get it, he'd run down the street shouting, "FREE AT LAST" !
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You're telling us you get the paper from the same place in the driveway every day ? Thats unheard of.:)
I gotta go look for it everyday and how that paper gets UNDER the car sometimes amazes me.
 
Shipper said:
Multiplicity seems such a waste of effort. If a person only has one view of the workings of the world why bother to reinforce that belief. That same effort would be better spent viewing opposing views which should either confirm or cause one to question their status quo. I have friends that don't watch the news at all because they feel that a true liberal's beliefs are gained from their early experiences and nothing would challenge these views.
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In other words, with all due respect to your friends, they're pig-headed.

Life is an ever-changing parade - even long-held beliefs are subject to change when the world around you changes. Doing otherwise - stubbornly holding onto what used to be - is ignorance of what is.

Ronald Reagan once said: It's not that our liberal friends are ignorant-it's that they know so much that isn't right. I try to balance my news sources because I was once told "believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see."
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He also once said:

"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles."

"All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk."

"There is absolutely no circumstance whatever under which I would accept that spot. Even if they tied and gagged me, I would find a way to signal by wiggling my ears." --on possibly being offered the vice presidency in 1968
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Davey Jones said:
You're telling us you get the paper from the same place in the driveway every day ? Thats unheard of.:)
I gotta go look for it everyday and how that paper gets UNDER the car sometimes amazes me.
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Lol, no, it's not in the same spot everyday. Sometimes it ends up on the lawn or under my Jeep or my husband's truck...then he has to crawl under and get it if he can. Once in awhile I have to go out hunting for it. ;)
 
Shipper said:
Multiplicity seems such a waste of effort. If a person only has one view of the workings of the world why bother to reinforce that belief. That same effort would be better spent viewing opposing views which should either confirm or cause one to question their status quo. I have friends that don't watch the news at all because they feel that a true liberal's beliefs are gained from their early experiences and nothing would challenge these views.

Ronald Reagan once said: It's not that our liberal friends are ignorant-it's that they know so much that isn't right. I try to balance my news sources because I was once told "believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see."
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I'm not sure what you are getting at here, but if I want to understand events in Europe then I look to reporters who understand that area of the world. If I want to understand American politics I seek out differing US media. Australia has some fine foreign correspondents but they are not necessarily as good as reporters who are from the areas where things are happening. It has nothing to do with reinforcing my beliefs. Concerning world current affairs I have no fixed beliefs. It is all about learning the background, the history and the nuances of significant world events.

I would like to comment on Ronald Reagan's less than original quote - it sounds clever but is really rather meaningless unless he was referring to television. Context is everything.
 
Warrigal said:
I'm not sure what you are getting at here, but if I want to understand events in Europe then I look to reporters who understand that area of the world. If I want to understand American politics I seek out differing US media. Australia has some fine foreign correspondents but they are not necessarily as good as reporters who are from the areas where things are happening. It has nothing to do with reinforcing my beliefs. Concerning world current affairs I have no fixed beliefs. It is all about learning the background, the history and the nuances of significant world events.

I would like to comment on Ronald Reagan's less than original quote - it sounds clever but is really rather meaningless unless he was referring to television. Context is everything.
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Pardon my interruption, but how did the trip go?
 
It was a lovely holiday from which I have returned very relaxed and mellow.
That should last for at least a week.

However, our itinerary was changed due to a hurricane bearing down on Fiji.
We had to visit a lot more small islands in Vanuatu and New Caledonia where the beach is the main feature
and where walking is the main form of transport.

Also, most islands were only accessible by tender and were very hot and humid.
We passed on several of them but if we were a bit younger they would have been great places to swim and snorkel amongst lots of colourful fish.

I've posted one album so far but it is just Sydney Harbour. Next I'll put up photos of the ship, followed by piccies of the islands that we did visit. Don't expect too much. I only have a cheap digital camera and in sunlight I have no idea what it is pointing at. I shoot first and edit later.
 

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