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In reply to the discussion: Please remember a bunch of us get our news from DU. [View all]Warpy
(111,237 posts)28. I've actually seen fewer useless posts like that since my 2 year vacation
from DU 2018-2020. My pet peeve was "Turn on (news channel) right now," the poster rarely realizing the end of the segment coincided with their hitting "send" on that kind of post.
There have been a few blind links, a subject line, a link, and no text. Nuh-uh, not going to click those, sorry.
As for US news, DU is biased left of center, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. For more centrist news, I have an electronic subscription to the Washington Post, something that is definitely worth the money. BBC actually has a good US news section online.
I gave up on broadcast news in 2004 and prefer my news online.
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This! This point has been made umpteen times here. And yet people keep making these
Scrivener7
Apr 2021
#3
+1000. Posted several threads on it myself. I was a writing teacher for many years and you'd be
Amaryllis
Apr 2021
#4
I'm one of the guilty, and now stand corrected. I sometimes find the need to move on rapidly,
Firestorm49
Apr 2021
#90
I guess I am guilty of posting tweets. believe it or not a lot of breaking news is reported by twee
IcyPeas
Apr 2021
#56
Yes, a lot of breaking news is first seen via tweet. I hope you do keep posting tweets of interest!
chia
Apr 2021
#57
I don't mind the tweets, but I don't like when it's just the link to the tweet.
Scrivener7
Apr 2021
#92
This seems to be a true story, the guy did kidnap a scientist, and he didn't go to jail
Escurumbele
Apr 2021
#25
Thoughtful writers write for their readers & not their egos, so they take time to give context. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2021
#9
That requires being able to put one's self in the position of someone who doesn't know what the
Amaryllis
Apr 2021
#62
when things are exciting I don't blame people and usually either go look at the LBN
Kali
Apr 2021
#13
And not all DUers are at home ( they're at work) or awake at certain hours
Rhiannon12866
Apr 2021
#15
I actually started posting Colbert in 2017 since at the time I figured we needed the humor!
Rhiannon12866
Apr 2021
#109
Awesome! You are one faithful poster, Rhiannon. I appreciate all the regular video posters.
ancianita
Apr 2021
#114
I recently discovered that there are DUers who aren't aware that we have a video forum
Rhiannon12866
Apr 2021
#75
Doesn't bother me. If I want more context and I'm interested, I'll go looking for it.
chia
Apr 2021
#16
The problem with this is that without context, I don't know whether it's interesting or not . . .
euphorb
Apr 2021
#54
And sometimes there's not enough context to be able to tell what to look for in the first place!
ShazzieB
Apr 2021
#83
Important point and I do have a pet peeve of posts with inscrutable title lines
LymphocyteLover
Apr 2021
#26
Thanks, Warpy. Somebody else came back from a long hiatus to tell us we were "calcified"...
Hekate
Apr 2021
#41
I would like to see city, county, and/or state listed in some news items headers.
StClone
Apr 2021
#71
I'm sorry, but I think every citizen has an obligation to keep themselves informed. It isn't that
Martin68
Apr 2021
#76