What do you rely on to be "an informed citizen?"
What do you rely on to be "an informed citizen?"
Surely 15-20 minutes of a half-hour network newscast (the rest being commercials) or even 55 minutes or less of PBS, cannot cover our rapidly changing, inter-connected world and national news; or can it?
If you feel you are well-informed, or fairly well-informed, how do you do it? (Local, state, regional, national, world news and understanding.)
Related Discussions
- 35
Pink slime in 70% of our ground beef!!
It was bad when we found out recently that McDonald's, Taco Bell and Burger King had "pink slime in their food. Still, it only affected me a little since I rarely eat fast food. I was pretty ticked, though, when I heard that the USDA had bought 7 tons of it for the school...
- 9
How do you keep up with local, national/international news?
How do you keep up with local, national/international news?Many people don't watch the news anymore on television unless there's a breaking news story. Do you keep up with daily news primarily by television broadcasts, radio, online, newspapers, or listserves?
- 24
What were you doing the morning of 9/11?
What were you doing the morning of 9/11?
- 14
If you watch Fox News, why?
Here are some studies that show that people who watch Fox News are less informed than others:http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/ … 71&lb=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/2 … 38914.htmlhttp://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2 … -suggests/For instance, Fox viewers...
- 4
Do you believe the news media is biased?
Do you believe the news media is biased? The news media includes print, radio, television etc...Please disregard opinion talk shows on radio and tv.
- 22
the vice president
my mom and i were discussing all the crap obama is putting us through we both agreed that the vp needs to put a stop to it. but neither one of us could think of the vp's name. we couldn't even think of a single time when the vp has made any kind of public statements. does anyone here know who the...