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usaf-vet

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14. Subscribe to Ground News if you want to see and read BOTH sides of a news story. There is a added feature "Blindspot"...

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Sat Dec 7, 2024, 10:43 AM

Dec 7

.... which shows you additional information on any story that might be missed in Left-leaning coverage or Right-leaning coverage. https://ground.news/

Another excellent choice is The Guardian's UK and US coverage. https://www.theguardian.com/us

My dad spent his entire life (short of the USN WW II time). Working in local and regional daily edition newspapers.

When I was in high school in the early 1960s, he was insistent that local newspapers would fail if they didn't primarily cover local news but instead covered National and World News, often above the fold on page one.

The local news in this community is a perfect example of that. The local news coverage is abysmal, as it is not news when it gets reported a week later. Yes, they run the obits and the regional sports but only publish the printed version one day a week. Otherwise, it's an online version, leaving out senior citizens who don't have a computer.

The town also has a regional paper that is free and has made a point of covering local interest stories. It often looks at an old business that has recently had a "facelift." New owner, new location, longer hours, new and old services. Each edition features a local history that allows the "old timers" to reminisce about the old neighborhood store that has become the new home for a small business.

There are lots of pictures and submitted stories. There are also local sports, including a pool league, a dart league, and a school trap shooting league. In the winter months here in Snow Country, there is coverage of high school downhill skiing and snowboarding, as well as high school indoor sports, volleyball, and basketball.

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if you're turning off msm, a suggestion. [View all] mopinko Dec 7 OP

LOL, the local paper here is just like Fox. They may run some AP stories, but the editorials work to undermine them. dem4decades Dec 7 #1

I used to get the Trib and Daily Herald delivered. Snarkoleptic Dec 7 #2

i am going to get my old shortwave set out and listen to real news. AllaN01Bear Dec 7 #17

I like my two hard copy papers Easterncedar Dec 7 #3

thinking about tossing a few bucks to the guardian, too. mopinko Dec 7 #27

Bumping into things is right Easterncedar Dec 7 #36

Turned it off in 94 Woodwizard Dec 7 #4

Haha, you got me beat!! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 7 #29

The Washington Post is my local paper richdj25 Dec 7 #5

I do have a subscription to my 'local' newspaper, digital edition as the print copy is twice a week and useless Attilatheblond Dec 7 #6

If You Want Truth In Reporting Mr.Bee Dec 7 #7

Unfortunately, Susan Calvin Dec 7 #8

I cant do newspapers Mr.Bee Dec 7 #10

My local papers are all right wing and way more extreme than Mr.WeRP Dec 7 #9

All I can say to that is Mr.Bee Dec 7 #20

If the local paper truly is too far gone... Ndp5 Dec 7 #11

yeah, capitol fax here is a great source. mopinko Dec 7 #33

Options. joemacdawson Dec 7 #12

Haven't watched cable or msm news for yrs. Unfortunately, my local newspaper is very right. PortTack Dec 7 #13

Subscribe to Ground News if you want to see and read BOTH sides of a news story. There is a added feature "Blindspot"... usaf-vet Dec 7 #14

i listen to wcpt - heartland signal am radio and streaming online orleans Dec 7 #15

i wonder if there r any other air america stations that r still lefty talk. mopinko Dec 7 #37

i've been googling and i can't find ANY -- wth? nt orleans Dec 7 #39

My local newspaper has no rural route carrier Emile Dec 7 #16

I'm guilty of turning off MSNBC and haven't watched in a month oldmanlynn Dec 7 #18

I stopped MSNBC on election night leftieNanner Dec 7 #24

NYC-ers, a humble suggestion where to donate: no_hypocrisy Dec 7 #19

I write cbwrongblog Dec 7 #21

The Seattle Times leftieNanner Dec 7 #22

Great Suggestions! mtngirl47 Dec 7 #23

I agree. I did so with Denver Post and a few weeks later was asked to complete a detailed survey hlthe2b Dec 7 #25

My local papers are awful Charging Triceratops Dec 7 #26

Exactly. That's the problem That is why in my post I Mike 03 Dec 7 #32

Our local paper SARose Dec 7 #28

I agree in principle! Thank you. NT Mike 03 Dec 7 #30

Online neighborhood newspapers delisen Dec 7 #31

PBS too. SHitler's minions want to defund it. And check out Free Speech TV ... CousinIT Dec 7 #34

Good suggestions Pinback Dec 7 #35

I live in a deep red state in a deep red The Third Doctor Dec 7 #38

My local is the LA Times - I cancelled my subscription tenderfoot Dec 7 #40

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