News

My main news sources are Time, NY times, CNN, MSNBC, and FOX. I feel like I keep up with news a bit better than most college students but my major (public policy) sort of requires me too. I try to use as many news sources as I can in order to understand the truth of the story as well as analyze the bias in every news source. I also receive news from sources like facebook and twitter but this of course is more personal news. By keeping up with these sources I feel as though I keep up with the workings of society fairly well. I do watch the daily show with Jon Stewart but I do not consider that a relevant news source for that was never the shows intention, it is quite funny though. I do use the news sources I refrenced to read about different issues. Generally speaking I read Time to learn about new technological advances and medical breakthroughs. The NY times has become my go to for foreign policy and standard world news because of this class and information from CNN is relatively unbiased in the grand conglomeration of terrible news sources. This of course leads me to my next source which is Fox News. Now before I continue I do watch Fox to hear about GOP candidates and Democratic faults but to be honest I find it more entertaining than anything. To me it brings about a vague remembrance of some terribly dramatic reality show…need I say Jersey shore? Maybe this is why so many teenagers are swayed by its dramatic charm.