Unplugged, but not Uninformed. Pondering How to Stay informed when so much of Media is poisonous.

Archdiocese of Washington ^ | 7/16/2013 | Msgr. Charles Pope

[markomalley]

What I personally do:

• Read FR
• Check my RSS feeds from a wide assortment of secular and Catholic sources (some of which intentionally are there because I do NOT agree with them...that keeps me from drinking my own bathwater)...I scan those feeds and actually read the articles on subjects I'm interested in...keeps me from having to deal with the BS that I'm not interested in
• I've built a couple of Twitter feeds that allow me to capture articles as they come off the presses. You can look at these WITHOUT being subscribed to Twitter:
  • News Feeds
  • News Peopls

(Please note that just because I am subscribed to a news feed or follow a news person does NOT mean that I endorse their views)

If any of you are interested in the OPML file with my list of 200+ news feeds, feel free to FReepmail me.

[markomalley]

ping to #21

[ReaganGeneration2]

We still need to have the truth on what’s happening around us. The struggle is: what’s relevant. But if you realize you’re being played, even by FoxNews and even by so-called conservatives, you’re getting there. You’re seeing the “news” not as truth but as what-society-sees.

But keep looking for truth. The struggle nowadays is to keep one’s attention longer than the next hyperlink.

At least with the Internet, you can choose what to read; if you pick up a newspaper, you’re stuck.

[deoetdoctrinae]

The lamestream media cooperates with the administration
in diverting our attention from anything important.

This is why we need Free Republic more than ever.

Support Free Republic.
Join the monthly donors if you can.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

I remember going cold turkey on news, that was until 9/11. Then I became engrossed, to HELP MY COUNTRY. I am at the point where I realize it doesn’t matter what I do, they will do what they do. This past election showed me that more than ever. I am reaching the tuning out thing again. Not because I don’t care, but because it doesn’t seem to matter.

Me too. I even ran my own blog... Nobody cared but me, nothing changed and it just gets worse every day. I don't think people have yet realized the revolution is over...they are sleepily waking to a changed world and seem confused by what they see. Sort of denial before anger?

[SoFloFreeper]

Free Republic is the answer.

[autumnraine]

Yeah. Complete denial.

[Russ]

Last November I cancelled my subscription to our local paper. I put a block on all news networks on my cable so I can’t access them even by accident (and that includes Fox). I get all the news I need from Free Republic. So far, I find it refreshing not to have to watch giggling talking heads and inane commentary on subjects that are just not that important.

[central_va]

Yellow journalism, or the yellow press, is a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers.[1] Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism.[1] By extension, the term yellow journalism is used today as a pejorative to decry any journalism that treats news in an unprofessional or unethical fashion.[2]

[YepYep]

Sometimes I just keep Fox News on MUTE, and occasionally unmute it when something newsworthy comes on.

Free Republic is a good news source, as long as you pick and choose what is important.

By the way, this website is important. We need more monthly contributors, say, $5 a month. It will really help keep the lights on!

[JoeProBono]

[SengirV]

I have done the same. No cable TV, and news stations on the radio is garbage wrapped in pushing an agenda. So I go to sites like This because they collect news stories from around the world. I also go to DU because they also post stories you do not see here. You are doing yourself a disservice by NOT seeking out information from both sides.

[Carl Vehse]

"so much of Media is poisonous."

The U.S. fifth-column media are more than that; they are traitors.

[Old Sarge]

Bumpitty-bump

[aberaussie]

Bttt

[NYer]

Catholic ping!