A little off topic, but I like to get my news from Google News. If there is a story I am interested in I try to read the same story from two or three random countries. This might filter out some noise/bias.

I also like Democracy Now with Amy Goodman.

Almost all of my friends however seem to have a favorite TV news show. The liberal ones like MSNBC and the conservative ones like Fox News. So, I think a lot of people do watch TV news.

In 2013 the authors of Dollaracracy spoke at Google and they really laid into TV news, especially local news that just do not cover important topics.

BTW, here is a Democracy Now! Interview with Hersh: http://www.democracynow.org/2015/5/12/seymour_hersh_details_...

Worth listening to if you care much about this story.

Interestingly, democracy now is banned from hacker news (for submissions).

Really? That's a pity. Amy has serious cred in my book. The front half of the show is probably the most information dense international news out there.

Is this true? Why would that be the case? That's like saying that HackerNews blocks one of the few accurate news sources out there. Which is worrying.

The Federal government sends taped propaganda pieces to local TV news stations, and they air those pieces without citing their source.