That's a great point. Even most of the stuff on television news seems to be driven by newspapers. That's still where the bulk of the journalistic work originates.

I personally abhor most TV news. Everything is about small sound bites and only glossing over the surface of the story without presenting the facts behind it.

And don't get me started on cable news. I was watching these talking heads on Fox news the other day blathering on about something, and they weren't even really discussing it (I don't even remember the topic). They were making snide comments and asking stupid rhetorical questions and trying to look clever rather than actually discussing. They were basically making someone look dumb for no reason other than they wanted to.

And I could really do without the Glenn Becks and Nancy Graces of the world too. It saddens me to think people think they're getting something "hard hitting" and informative by watching that nonsense. What they're getting is someone's pumped-up ego and a lot of disingenuous righteous indignation, usually about a topic they know NOTHING about.

Through an amalgamation of web based sources. Huffington Post is one of my favorites due to the fact that they are a good resource for a wide range of bloggers. Many of whom have not succumbed to the influence of the MSM!

Nancy Grace can, to be blunt, eat it. And Glenn Beck can stand in line waiting to eat it.

I'm still a newspaper girl at heart. Whether reading it hard copy or online, it's the first place I turn. That being said, there are few places I trust for well-reported International news other than www.iht.com It's comprehensive and well-written (and the hard copy subscription, while expensive, is well worth it)

I've never tried the International Herald Tribune, but I'll give it a shot. I typically go to the BBC web site and listen to their radio broadcasts now and again.

here here - bbc always has pretty quality podcasts too (subscribe to a couple and listen to them, via ipod, on the walk to work)

I read the Indianapolis Star online.

Indystar.com on my lunch break, and NPR on the drive in the AM. I still like the Sunday Newspaper with a cup of coffee in the morning. Sundays are the only time I would have a chance to look at the paper.

The Sunday New York Times is one of life's great pleasures. I enjoy never successfully completing the crossword.

Of course, the most reliable news can be found here: http://weeklyworldnews.com/

Newspapers, at least local newspapers, are dying left and right. There isn't enough local advertising to support them since there are very few true local businesses left. Do you think all the national chains advertise in the local paper? No, very few of them do. Sure, they'll advertise in the one big paper in each state, which is great if you're that one big paper, but bad if you're one of the 200 other papers in the state.

The Star does a good job covering Indy and the surrounding suburbs, but their staff isn't large enough to cover every little thing that happens in this state. Small local papers are important, especially to those who live in the communities they serve. I'm not sure how these communities will receive local news if small newspapers die off from lack of advertising revenue. I guess it will have to come from the web, but citizen journalism isn't all it's cracked up to be. The truth of the matter is, no one else covers local government, crime, sports, business, education, and other items in a community besides the local newspaper.

When you live in a big city like Indianapolis, with multiple radio stations and TV networks covering the news, in addition to a daily newspaper and several alternative weeklies, you don't have to worry about these things as much.

The thing is, most newspapers actually turn a decent profit. But many of them are owned by large conglomerates who see that the newspaper division is only making a 15% increase in profits while the widget division is pulling in a 25% increase. So staffs get slashed at newspapers in an attempt to increase profits, thus making the product less than what it was and further diminishing the amount of revenue that the paper pulls in. It's a vicious cycle perpetrated by people who just don't understand the news business. Small town newspapers do pretty well, largely because they are allowed to do well. They don't have any bean counters looming over their shoulders.

Regardless of what you say - millions of people read newspapers. Personally, I love to sit with the New York Times and The Indianapolis Star and chill out with a cup of tea. Holding it my hands feels great and its easier to read and more convenient.

If its a breaking story - I look online to a variety of sources. My wife watches or um listens to various cable news stations.

I love blogs and twitter. You get the unbiased reality based coverage from other people.

For me - its a combo of the above.

I cut my Indy Star subscription to Sundays only to save trees.

I thoroughly read the Star online. Unfortunately, it only reports on local news. To compensate I get RSS feeds from the New York Times. I get daily updates from the Washington Post. I check the BBC several times a day for world news. Other sites I visit include NPR (yes, I like to listen), MSNBC and CNN. Between my husband and I, we get lots of bang for our buck on the Internet. Every evening we have lively discussions about what we've seen or read.

I begrudgingly admit I watch the 11 p.m. WTHR newscast most evenings. While it annoys me to no end that all they report on is murders, rapes, burglaries, etc., I do like to see the weather. Chris Wright is the man.

And I am avid fan of The Daily Show, The Colbert Report and Real Time with Bill Maher.

I was a print journalism major in college, and I will always be biased towards the written word regardless of its medium. But as an environmentalist, I have to go with the Internet. I understand the warm fuzzies the newspaper provides, but now that I have a 21" iMac, news is MUCH easier to read.

For some fun, folks, try www.fark.com.

Oh, local television news. It's near the top of my list of Bad Things. It's primarily responsible for making people think they're going to get waylaid by young toughs if they dare to venture outside. They peddle fear and dumb at every turn. The only consistently practical product they offer is the weather and even then . . . I mean, look out the window, you can pretty much figure out the weather yourself. It's raining right now. There's your weather report.