I mostly get news from patch [1] as it is generally the only news that applies to me. News on HN sometimes applies to my career field, yet rarely ever applies directly to me.
"Hello! Patch is currently unavailable in most European locations. We are working on a technical compliance solution, and hope to be able to provide our local journalism offerings to EU readers soon. —The Patch Team" :(
Also make sure on Twitter you are using the “Lists” feature which is very important / keeps you sane.
As an example, for news on China I’ll create 3 lists: China 1, China 2, China 3. I’d then fill each list with 15 ppl. Now each list is almost a mini news app in itself.
Surprisingly, I have found Russia Today and CGTN tv (the propaganda arm of Russia and China respectively) interesting at times. Russia Today has some truths to its reporting (and even good Western guest writers / reporters at times) ; CGTN does not and is mostly entertainment for me.
Also you can watch live Bloomberg TV on YouTube which is pretty cool.
HN is awesome for that specific niche. Interestingly, I've been using twitter (exclusively) for global news, in addition to HN (tech news). It works pretty well and you get straight to the point. What made me switch is the amount of articles written around one single tweet every day.
It's crazy to see how journalists these days can create a whole story out of a 140 character message. I'd rather get the 140 original characters...
It surprised me, but I've come to like the News app on iOS. A little bit of currating and adding subscriptions to The Economist and such and its become part of my morning news ritual.
That's not true. Even if you are paying, you are still part of the product. Unless you have been given an explicit promise otherwise, most pay services are happily monetizing you the same as the free services.
“If you are not paying then you are the product” does not imply the negation “if you are paying then you are not the product.” Only the contrapositive.
I have been leaning toward news that doesn’t read you back (print newspapers). It is actually amazing how less inflammatory and clickbaity the paper is, even from the same news organizations.
Another obvious thing to keep in mind, look at the ads or the embedded ads to understand your fellow readers. E.g. is there outbrain/taboola stuff at the bottom, or ads for something a thoughtful person would be interested in?
Ya, it doesn't technically imply the negation, but the fact that the negation is not generally the case makes the mantra useless at best and misleading at worst.
I quit news entirely. I only get my information about current events through headlines on Reddit and HN, which I avoid clicking. Or through conversation with colleagues and friends. Or through books.
I blocked all news sites on Facebook and unfollowed all friends who tend to spam links. I replaced them with topics of personal relevance and interest, or simply stuff that makes me feel good.
My life has improved dramatically since starting this news diet. I no longer carry this burden of disdain and frustration towards friends and family who support Trump. I no longer see the USA as a hellhole or the world as such a violent scary place. I no longer feel personally responsible for improving the world by starting arguments online or in-person. I don't get distracted as easily or waste quite as much time.
News is not making you smarter, happier, a better voter, anything. Most news is nothing but a series of facts that have been filtered and selected for their clickbaiting, enraging, shocking, fear-inducing powers (to show you ads). They have nothing to do with the world you yourself live in and experience every day. Quit news.
I did the same thing and encourage friends and family to do it too. News is generally presented as low-quality information that should be consumed as rarely as possible. Here are two good write ups on quitting the news:
Similar. I realized how biased even 'respected' news organizations are especially when I started travelling more or doing a simple compare of various sources of news about the same issue.
This is great to hear, I've been scaling back but always feel like I might miss something important. Scanning headlines without clicking them sounds like a great way to avoid the rabbit hole.
HN and podcasts. If its relevant, I usually pick it up from conversations in podcasts. Most of whats considered news these days is opinion pieces and people trying to predict what happens in the future and pretty much no one gets it right. News consumption outside your field/industry is counterproductive if one wants to live a positive stress free life.
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We are working on a technical compliance solution, and hope to be able to provide our local journalism offerings to EU readers soon.
—The Patch Team"
I guess this is another day for GDPR
Also make sure on Twitter you are using the “Lists” feature which is very important / keeps you sane.
As an example, for news on China I’ll create 3 lists: China 1, China 2, China 3. I’d then fill each list with 15 ppl. Now each list is almost a mini news app in itself.
Surprisingly, I have found Russia Today and CGTN tv (the propaganda arm of Russia and China respectively) interesting at times. Russia Today has some truths to its reporting (and even good Western guest writers / reporters at times) ; CGTN does not and is mostly entertainment for me.
Also you can watch live Bloomberg TV on YouTube which is pretty cool.
It's crazy to see how journalists these days can create a whole story out of a 140 character message. I'd rather get the 140 original characters...
It's simple to read, and provide links to wherever necessary. No ads, just clean text.
https://legiblenews.com/
I prefer this type of journalism rather than constant updates, although I do use both.
Another obvious thing to keep in mind, look at the ads or the embedded ads to understand your fellow readers. E.g. is there outbrain/taboola stuff at the bottom, or ads for something a thoughtful person would be interested in?
I blocked all news sites on Facebook and unfollowed all friends who tend to spam links. I replaced them with topics of personal relevance and interest, or simply stuff that makes me feel good.
My life has improved dramatically since starting this news diet. I no longer carry this burden of disdain and frustration towards friends and family who support Trump. I no longer see the USA as a hellhole or the world as such a violent scary place. I no longer feel personally responsible for improving the world by starting arguments online or in-person. I don't get distracted as easily or waste quite as much time.
News is not making you smarter, happier, a better voter, anything. Most news is nothing but a series of facts that have been filtered and selected for their clickbaiting, enraging, shocking, fear-inducing powers (to show you ads). They have nothing to do with the world you yourself live in and experience every day. Quit news.
http://www.raptitude.com/2016/12/five-things-you-notice-when...
http://www.dobelli.com/en/essays/news-diet/
The Economist.
The Financial Times.
The Guardian, The Independent, and The Telegraph.