When there is a breaking news story, where do you turn to first? (web wise)

[Liberal_in_LA]

Poll question: When there is a breaking news story, where do you turn to first? (web wise)

I'm looking for the FIRST website you turn to when you hear a breaking story... to get the raw facts. Who do you click FIRST

[valerief]

1. DU first. Huffpo or Raw Story next. nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. Seriously folks? DU first? I click on CNN first..come to DU for the discussion & rumor control

Do I have it backwards?

[BuyingThyme]

Yes, you have it backwards for me.

If you go to DU, you immediately learn where to go to get the best information. If you tune into CNN, you have to wade through the bullshit to get to the barn.

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. I see. When I click on DU I am also confronted with 5 new threads on the topic

and DU moves so fast. too fast sometimes

[EFerrari]

35. Yes, seriously. CNN can be terrible. LBN has standards.

First LBN, then other major outlets to double fact check.

[tekisui]

3. DU.

DU will have everything that the others have.

We have people who live on the news wires, and some DUer(or many) are always watching the cable news. Not much gets by this group.

[MadBadger]

4. I turn on the TV for the facts and go to DU for the Spin and reaction.

[bullimiami]

5. du and follow the links. then newser.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. FIRST I go with whoever's got pictures.Next, anything but Faux. Later I go to DU.

[Mike 03]

7. "Other". I go online, find an all-news radio station in the area where the event happened

and try to tune in there.

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. It's easiest to type www.cnn.com. That's how I end up there. lol.

Then eventually I discover that CNN is behind the curve, slow on the upload of new info...go to other sources that have more current info.

[Mike 03]

8. Kick and Rec. Not only fun, but good question. NT

[ColbertWatcher]

9. It depends on where it happened.

Time of day, etc.

If it's local, I'll search on the TV for the best coverage; if it happened in the US, I'll go to DU; anywhere else probably BBC, CNN or fark.

[Starry Messenger]

10. DU.

Also Google news, but I almost always have DU open on my tabs, so I usually read about stuff here first.

[TahitiNut]

13. Other: Google News.

Works for me. :shrug:

[Liberal_in_LA]

14. Oh, I forgot... yep. Google news is a big one

[Occam Bandage]

15. DU first? Bizarre.

This place is great for discussion, but all the "news" here is second- or third- hand, and during breaking events the place tends to be stuffed to the gills with unsubstantiated rumors.

Anyway, I keep refreshing cnn.com to read the breaking news banners.

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. I feel the same way sometimes... the rumors start flying about in DU

[valerief]

18. DU for links. Duh. nt

[RoyGBiv]

17. Newswire feed ...

There's no *one* place I go. I access a newswire feed that draws on multiple, unedited sources, read those, and then do some mental calculus to figure out where I need to go to get some basic analysis from genuine experts.

I venture to DU when I actually have some awareness of what's going on and what it might mean. My observations of DU over the years is that so-called breaking stories tend to be links from the other major news sources you mention in the poll, with the addition of, sadly, Politico, Drudge, and several other blogs that often themselves reference CNN, the NYT, WP, et al.

The raw stories coming in across a wire are often inaccurate in minute details, but I've found I generally gain a better understanding of the broad facts before an editor gets a hold on the story.

[Phoonzang]

19. Usually CNN or Google. nt

[kansasblue]

20. the Huff

[Ohio Joe]

21. There are few facts when a story is breaking

It has become an issue unto itself with todays fast communications. In the rush to get something out first, there are often many incorrect statements instead of actual facts. I guess it keeps the tin foil hat folks happy though :D

[LearnedHand]

22. DU first, every evening and with breaking news

I've found NO news aggregator service that even comes close to the breadth of resources on DU. Also, no news aggregator posts from all the different news outlets as on DU. Next question?

[stillcool]

23. MSNBC, for live reporting..

and DU. I have the luxury of doing both.

[AlCzervik]

24. Google news--"Last hour"

[csziggy]

27. Same here - and I love that I can see which were the first stories posted

AND that I can see how many (90% or more) are the identical stories from the wire services used by most of the papers.

[BlooInBloo]

25. Google news has been the fastest search I've yet found.

[ksilvas]

26. Huff Po !

I love me some DU, but I want to get to the point.
I don't want to wade through all the douche bags who just want a flame war.
I make it to DU for all the ego massaging hi-jinx after I get the skinny.

[Brazenly Liberal]

28. I fire up my RSS feeds

That way, I can see the headline/first paragraph on each site and see which one looks like I want to read it.

[Bluebear]

29. Google News for a compendium of sources.

DU certainly to talk about the event but not the very first thing.

[ddeclue]

30. DU isn't "news" it's "meta-news" or commentary.

It's people talking about the news from other PRIMARY sources - at least by and large - there are occasionally original stories here but huge breaking stories are usually broken somewhere else. I usually go to CNN.com

Doug D.

[buckshotdad1960]

31. Who me?

I ask a teenager first! They know everything! Then I ask a woman to verify it!LOL

[Liberal_in_LA]

32. lol n/t

[quiller4]

33. "First Read" is my first read every morning.

After that I check My Yahoo, DU, Huff Po and Slate usually several times each day. I also get emails of breaking stories from several regional news outlets.

[rucky]

34. My inbox.

CLG is the best at breaking stories, out of the ones I subscribe to.