My appologies if this has come up before and I missed it. I am looking for a daily news aggretator that presents stories about what has actually happened (recognizing that the writer may not know what really happened) as opposed to news stories about what someone thinks what they think has happened means. E.g. "Justices Say Budget Cuts May Hurt Criminal Justice" (Have budget cuts hurt criminal justice?",) and "immigration reform can happen in 2013", (will it'? How?") or "Physicists believe they have found elusive Higgs boson particle" (well, have they or haven't they?) and "CPAC Debate: How Will GOP Win Elections?" (Have they?) or, "Is Justin Bieber's bizarre behavior a sign of something more?" (what follows if it were?).
I.e., I'd like to find out what happened today without being burdened with what people think it means. Is there such an aggregator that you have come across?
TIA
carping demon
posted by carping demon
on Mar 14, 2013 -
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I have a specific site in mind, and I can't find it for the life of me. It's a consciously minimalist design, about 5 stories per day, summarized. The stories are all in a single column, on a single page, black text on a white background. Clean as clean can be.
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posted by scamper
on Feb 27, 2013 -
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on Mar 11, 2011 -
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posted by flyingcowofdoom
on Dec 26, 2010 -
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on Nov 23, 2010 -
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posted by Goofyy
on Nov 11, 2010 -
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on May 11, 2010 -
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on May 5, 2010 -
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I ask you, educated and oh-so cultured MeFites, what should I be reading? Everything's in order, except for my RSS feeds. I'm in need of a good mix of wit, news, and good ol' amusement from the world over to serve as nothing less than my daily reading material. Help me stock that RSS reader.
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on Aug 18, 2009 -
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What does it say on the side of the bong Michael Phelps is photographed smoking?
Here's a
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on Jan 27, 2009 -
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What's the origin of "[Some really bad event for McCain is]
Great news! For John McCain!" ?
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posted by 0xFCAF
on Jan 9, 2009 -
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When did the practice of TV news types speaking in—hmm, I guess they're headlines in a way—start? Lots of present participles, very few verbs. Was some kind of research done that showed people prefer to have someone tell them the news that way?
posted by emelenjr
on May 10, 2004 -
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