So much for the MSM; where you all get your news?

Malcolm's critique of Salon's Farhad Manjoo's attempted take-down of RFK Jr.'s Rolling Stone article on Ohio voting in 2004 led me to wonder about how members of the Kos community are getting their news these days...

Or not, as the case may be. And always after coffee...

I - for one - don't read the Washington Post or the New York Times for primary news anymore. I read them just to then go to the online blogs I have bookmarked over the years to see if anyone has yet found the real story behind the traditional media article. I just don't trust them not to propagandize for the White House. Don't trust the major 3 television networks (except for CBS's "60 Minutes"); nor do I trust CNN, MSNBC (except for "Countdown"), the national newspapers or news magazines. Net informational black holes like Fox News and World Net Daily are beyond the pale and the scope of this posting.

I figure the Progressive way - the way of freedom, honesty, and liberty - is to simply not subscribe to these publications. (and here's why I block copied my comment on Malcolm's diary) Drop subscriptions to those print and on-line publications that are disingenuous, even pernicious, in their misrepresentation of progressive views.

Drop Salon. Drop TNR, Drop the WaPo (like approx. 300,000 have since 1993). Drop the NYT. Drop Time magazine. Drop the mainstream media apologists for the destruction of liberty, honesty, and honor in this country. Force them to cater to the nutjob right to maintain revenue only to fade away anyway because those folks had no real interest ever in what they were peddling.

I know most of us have our lists of on-line publications that we would rather use as our first source of news and information, and that many of those are specialized for our lines of work. I'm a state assistant public defender: first thing I read in the mornings is either DailyKos-segueing-to-Atrios (long, long habit) or Talk Left (Jeralyn Merritt), segueing to a law link. Only after I've gotten my "real" news fix do I gravitate over to the Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader (Gannett) to get the "traditional" media view of the world, always tsk-tsking them for the absolute lack of coverage of Governor "Boy Blunder's" (Roy Blunt's son's) revelations of corruption from the State House and doggedly covered by the newspapers in Kansas City, St. Louis, and Columbia.

I wouldn't mind hearing from others on their morning news routine. While I wouldn't quibble with anyone over their preferences, I would enjoy seeing a new must-read news routine that would replace the traditional media routine (WaPo, NYT, LA Times, NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, CNN, etc.) that has now become a proven failure.

Many thanks in advance for the recommendations.

Add-on: I don't want any kind of canonical news list; these things change as all things do. However, to some extent, I know I would benefit just in being able to follow the news narrative by having a generally accepted reference point. Plus, there could be any number of reference points for different issues. The recognized go-to list for political news wouldn't have to be the same as the one for progressive religious news or for environmental news or labor news. It just means another sub-folder on my bookmarks folder for ease of use.