How can you encourage others to be informed in similar ways?
2007-09-11 15:15:32 · 9 answers · asked by Thrills 5 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
I read my daily paper in the morning . Most newspapers still have print editions but also have websites where you can go and read news.
I also watch the morning news shows, living in Canada I have both the US and Canadian networks to choose from. I get different perspectives from newspapers and tv media.
Thirdly I don't hesitate to discuss issues of the day with friends . Most of my friends are as interested in news and current events as I am so we can have a literate discussion and even if we disagree we don't hate each other for it .
I think teachers should bring back ' current events' where a child has to find or talk about an important or interesting news story they saw, read or heard that day. Teaches kids about their own community and also teaches them about things and places outside their own little world. They should have to point out the place where the story takes place on the map or an atlas. Current teaches listening skills and focussing skills as well as having to find your own news story and state why it's important. This starts kids off being interested in current events and news.
2007-09-11 15:36:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'll try and be specific.
I listen to online talk radio here:
I get news from many websites but here's a quick stop I use:
I get my political information from here:
The links provided would be relevant for anyone from Canada or elsewhere in most cases. Sometimes when I catch the tail end of news that's still fresh I google it.
How can I encourage others to be better informed?
Too many people prefer to be oblivious to what's happening in their communities their cities their country the world.
The more people who get involved in a process that contributes back into society the easier problems are to solve.
Not paying attention to politics is foolish since only people who do have more control over your destiny than you do.
For some that's just fine but I don't like what we’ve become here and I want to try and change that. So should we all.
2007-09-12 01:46:07 · answer #2 · answered by Fixguy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The guy above me was right on the money. Most Americans(not all) only care about the adventures of Britney spears Paris Hilton Lindsay Lohan & the list goes on. I mostly keep informed online since most newspapers here only seem to care about making celebrity news the front page. Only news on Tv i take seriously these days is BBC News.
2007-09-11 22:30:13 · answer #3 · answered by Scooter_loves_his_dad 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Listen to or visit website of Democracy Now.
http://www.democracynow.org/index.pl
Read your local paper, L.A. Times or New York Times, but scrutinize pro-administration articles with too many "government sources say" by writers like Michael Gordon. Many times most informative artticles in the Times are the last few paragraphs.
Pacifica and NPR radio networks and websites listed.
2007-09-11 22:50:00 · answer #4 · answered by Richard V 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Listening to English language shortwave broadcasts. Have done so since 1949.
2. Reading five to ten English language foreign dailies on the web each day.
3. Subscribing to e-mail updates from different news organizations.
I tried to encourage others into this sort of behavior for a number of years, but gave it up when I realized that many of my fellow Americans were quite content to maintain their ignorance of world news and world affairs, preferring to concentrate on celebrity worship.
2007-09-11 22:24:11 · answer #5 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1. Fox News
2. Fox News
3. Fox News
2007-09-11 23:51:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
I get all my news from watching CNN,FoxNews,and Msnbc
2007-09-12 02:01:11 · answer #7 · answered by 0 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am not currently having any affairs.
Kidding!
2007-09-11 23:08:41 · answer #8 · answered by bgee2001ca 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
newspapers, television, talk radio.
2007-09-12 01:18:55 · answer #9 · answered by dana5169 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋