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Bevo · 16th Jan 2010, 12:02 PM

So I just thought this might be interesting if I asked you all where you got your nes from. In the modern 2010s we have so many media sources and ways to get our news that often we don't realise it.

I personally get most of my news from broadsheet Newspapers and/or their online sites such as The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, or sometimes the ABC or the BBC online.

P.S: The poll is multiple choice so you can select more than one.

kettleoffish · 16th Jan 2010, 12:08 PM

quality papers, t'internet, TV news and Modern Studies class.

Phoenix · 16th Jan 2010, 12:10 PM

I checked both "I don't pay attention" and "Internet." Because most of the time I don't pay attention but when I do its from the internet.

Étoile · 16th Jan 2010, 12:12 PM

I get my news from nearly all the sources. I watch the TV news, local and national, every morning, look it up on the Internet, read about it in the newspaper, talk about it with others, and listen to it on the radio while I'm driving.

Gaetan · 16th Jan 2010, 12:12 PM

Newspapers, TV, and Internet.

RaeofLite · 16th Jan 2010, 12:16 PM

My landlady watches the TV for the most part so I get my news from city news papers, TV (occasionally), the internet and word of mouth.

Sylver · 16th Jan 2010, 12:31 PM

Mostly TV and Internet. Probably 50-50 between them.

Nodnarb · 16th Jan 2010, 01:17 PM

I get most of my news from the Internet forums and blogs I visit. Usually if anything important or something that concerns me happens, somebody on one of them will have a link to an article about it. I also read the student newspaper most days, so that's where I get most of my local news. I don't watch much news on TV, other than the weather occasionally.

Greggers · 16th Jan 2010, 01:45 PM

I get my LGBT news from various websites, mainly afterelton.com, advocate.com, thestranger.com, and slapupsidethehead.com. I get my regular news from bits of tv, newspaper and some of the big stuff off the sites above, but mainly just through word of mouth.

I find newspapers in my area to be very very poor quality, and just pandering to seniors. I find the news to be too depressing and pointless for my taste (I mean do i really need to know that this girl died or this person was shot or this building burned down ect.? Thats all it ever is). I find that any news worth hearing, im going to hear without trying to hear it. Like Hati for example. I could not avoid hearing about that if i tried, so I dont actively go looking for it. Only my LGBT news, because I try to stay ontop of everything thats happening with something so important to me.

**Gerry** · 16th Jan 2010, 01:53 PM

TV and the Internet mostly.

View Poll Results: Where do you get your news?
Newspapers - Broadsheet	7	30.43%
Newspapers - Tabloid	0	0%
Internet	20	86.96%
Radio	3	13.04%
Television	19	82.61%
Word of mouth	8	34.78%
I don't pay attention	1	4.35%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 23. You may not vote on this poll

16th Jan 2010, 12:02 PM	#1
Bevo Sapienter si sincere Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Close family and all friends Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 341 Join Date: Jul 2009	News So I just thought this might be interesting if I asked you all where you got your nes from. In the modern 2010s we have so many media sources and ways to get our news that often we don't realise it. I personally get most of my news from broadsheet Newspapers and/or their online sites such as The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, or sometimes the ABC or the BBC online. P.S: The poll is multiple choice so you can select more than one. __________________ "Man reaches his perfection, not through what he has, not even through what he does, but entirely through what he is." — Oscar Wilde Last edited by Bevo; 16th Jan 2010 at 12:05 PM..

16th Jan 2010, 12:08 PM	#2
kettleoffish new avatar time! Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: all but parents.. for now. Location: Scotland Age: 18 Posts: 1,045 Join Date: Feb 2009	Re: News quality papers, t'internet, TV news and Modern Studies class. __________________ ~~There is no way to peace; peace is the way.~~ --A. J. Muste

16th Jan 2010, 12:10 PM	#3
Phoenix EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Somewhere between gay and bisexual Out Status: Very Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 755 Join Date: Sep 2009	Re: News I checked both "I don't pay attention" and "Internet." Because most of the time I don't pay attention but when I do its from the internet.

16th Jan 2010, 12:12 PM	#4
Étoile He ate my heart Full Member Gender: Garçon Orientation: 95% Gay, 5% Cheesecake Out Status: Out to everyone Location: The Peach State Age: 20 Posts: 1,575 Join Date: Nov 2007	Re: News I get my news from nearly all the sources. I watch the TV news, local and national, every morning, look it up on the Internet, read about it in the newspaper, talk about it with others, and listen to it on the radio while I'm driving. __________________ "I love that lavender blonde; the way she moves, the way she walks, I touch myself, can't get enough."

16th Jan 2010, 12:12 PM	#5
Gaetan DON'T TOUCH THE HAT! Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Immediate Family and Friends Location: Idaho, USA Age: 25 Posts: 1,098 Join Date: Sep 2009	Re: News Newspapers, TV, and Internet. __________________ Those who say it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the people doing it.

16th Jan 2010, 12:16 PM	#6
RaeofLite I've got the moves like Jagger Full Member Gender: ♀ Orientation: Sapphicly inclined Out Status: My closet is for clothes! Location: BC, Canada Age: 23 Posts: 3,111 Join Date: Apr 2009	Re: News My landlady watches the TV for the most part so I get my news from city news papers, TV (occasionally), the internet and word of mouth. __________________ People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -Bonnie Jean Wasmund (and the lesbians)

16th Jan 2010, 12:31 PM	#7
Sylver Happily Married To Zume Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: quite gay, thank you Out Status: pretty darn out.. Location: Kenora, Ontario Posts: 1,057 Join Date: Jan 2010	Re: News Mostly TV and Internet. Probably 50-50 between them. __________________ "A gay man's life begins the day he comes out" James ~ Gay by Nature

16th Jan 2010, 01:17 PM	#8
Nodnarb Notoriously Homosexual Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Most people Location: Ames, Iowa Age: 20 Posts: 3,875 Join Date: Oct 2007	Re: News I get most of my news from the Internet forums and blogs I visit. Usually if anything important or something that concerns me happens, somebody on one of them will have a link to an article about it. I also read the student newspaper most days, so that's where I get most of my local news. I don't watch much news on TV, other than the weather occasionally. __________________ Better to be hated for who you are, than be loved for who you're not.

16th Jan 2010, 01:45 PM	#9
Greggers Sunshine & Optimism ...also Angels. Full Member Gender: Theatre Queen Orientation: Disco Sticks Out Status: Everyone and a few more Location: BC, Canada Age: 21 Posts: 3,528 Join Date: Dec 2008	Re: News I get my LGBT news from various websites, mainly afterelton.com, advocate.com, thestranger.com, and slapupsidethehead.com. I get my regular news from bits of tv, newspaper and some of the big stuff off the sites above, but mainly just through word of mouth. I find newspapers in my area to be very very poor quality, and just pandering to seniors. I find the news to be too depressing and pointless for my taste (I mean do i really need to know that this girl died or this person was shot or this building burned down ect.? Thats all it ever is). I find that any news worth hearing, im going to hear without trying to hear it. Like Hati for example. I could not avoid hearing about that if i tried, so I dont actively go looking for it. Only my LGBT news, because I try to stay ontop of everything thats happening with something so important to me. __________________ "It's a male duck."

16th Jan 2010, 01:53 PM	#10
Gerry We're all a little mad! EC Moderator Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Some people Location: Las Vegas Age: 24 Posts: 5,551 Join Date: Jan 2008	Re: News TV and the Internet mostly. __________________ "Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality".-James Baldwin

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