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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posted by csjc
on Sep 7, 2009 -
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Which quality newspapers and other news services provide full-text RSS feeds? I'm looking for a world, national, and also sources specific to California news and politics. Alternatively, what are some MacGyver-style ways to make a full-text RSS feed for my current favorites?
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posted by cgomez
on Aug 18, 2009 -
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I'm looking for an old Dilbert comic in which Dogbert is watching the evening news...
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posted by griseus
on Jul 22, 2009 -
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What public radio stations, with an internet stream, broadcast NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered without local programming segments?
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posted by wuntu
on Jul 9, 2009 -
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Adios AvantGo... miss ya. Anything similar out there for a Palm OS smartphone
without data service?
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posted by omnidrew
on Jul 2, 2009 -
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I'm thinking of shooting and uploading some b-roll for sale to others who might need it, with locations and keywords and all. Is there a marketplace for this?
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posted by bryanjbusch
on Jun 18, 2009 -
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I'm trying to map protests in the United States, but I'm grappling with data sources (and will eventually tangle with data management). Any ideas?
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posted by McBearclaw
on Jun 11, 2009 -
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I am looking for some truth about honor killings...and some insight or clarification rather on Obama's agenda concerning Islam.
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posted by madmamasmith
on Jun 11, 2009 -
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How can I set up an automatic email notification thing for news-of-the-weird type stuff as it happens in Oregon and Washington (not DC)? Google alerts doesn't seem this customizable. CNN news alerts do, maybe. Any other options?
posted by gottabefunky
on Apr 29, 2009 -
2 answers
Help me find a historical faux-news program that I remember from my childhood.
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posted by slavlin
on Apr 12, 2009 -
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What are your favorite places to find archived news footage and imagery online for free? Looking to put together a list of sites for communications studies students to help them approximate the functionality of the
Vanderbilt Television News Archive without spending hours hunting on YouTube for media to critique.
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posted by activitystory
on Mar 13, 2009 -
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Looking for a 2-3 minute foreign correspondent news segment (preferably video) with a sort of "look how tough these people have got it!" tone. More details inside.
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posted by pluckemin
on Mar 8, 2009 -
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I like keeping up with the local news and issues where ever I live. It's not been a problem in the US, Europe or A/NZ. Now that I'm close to moving to China after 18 months of business travel in the country, I'm looking for good local news sources and how best to view them.
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posted by michswiss
on Mar 8, 2009 -
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How/where do I obtain the right to LEGALLY use a photo of Rush Limbaugh? I don't have a particular photo in mind, but can not find an organization/individual to grant the right to use any photo. After the recent flap over the Obama photo...
posted by toucano
on Mar 4, 2009 -
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I'm looking for an easy way to browse the "popular" US political news stories of the past four years online ... by week. Wondering if there's a site that offers a "big stories of the week" feature.
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posted by metajc
on Feb 10, 2009 -
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What does it say on the side of the bong Michael Phelps is photographed smoking?
Here's a
link to a big photo. I can't tell what it says. Can you?
posted by Paleoindian
on Feb 2, 2009 -
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I need to download a video from my local ABC affiliate, an ibsys.com site. (If that means anything?) They don't provide a way to do this, and the usual tools are no help. Can you help?
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posted by fogster
on Jan 27, 2009 -
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I want to read fictional and/or true stories about people being put into positions of responsibility unexpectedly for extended periods of time and how they deal with it.
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posted by reenum
on Jan 27, 2009 -
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I'm doing a centerfold feature in my high school newspaper, sort of a Year in Review type of article. It's not a terribly high standard obviously, but we like to think we're a quality publication in terms of high school printing.
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posted by mmmleaf
on Jan 25, 2009 -
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What are some good blogs or other news sources concerned solely or mostly with "what the president is doing" (politically; not what he had for breakfast)?
Basically, I'm curious about keeping up with Obama's acts as president -- orders signed, deals forged, initiatives taken, stuff like that.
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posted by cyrusdogstar
on Jan 21, 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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How can I become less ignorant regarding current events, without having to read dry, third-person-omniscient points of view?
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posted by surenoproblem
on Jan 4, 2009 -
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I am trying to locate a copy of a Charles Osgood column entitled "A very Good School". It is at least 15 years old and I have lost my original copy that was published in the local newspaper. Can you help?
posted by pamspanda
on Jan 4, 2009 -
7 answers
Looking for fun ways to tell my SO that the baby we have been trying to make is on the way!
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 29, 2008 -
42 answers
Looking for live, streaming tv news to play in the background on my work computer.
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posted by jourman2
on Dec 9, 2008 -
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Extra! Extra! The verb "to be" missing from TV newscasts!
Anchors and TV reporters omitting "to be," often favor using participles instead.
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posted by HotPatatta
on Oct 12, 2008 -
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How do you search for a story in Google News when one of the parties involved in the story is a news outlet?
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posted by the latin mouse
on Oct 9, 2008 -
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Can someone help me find information about a particular Afghan orphanage which appeared on a Diane Sawyer segment as long as 2 years ago?
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posted by newfers
on Sep 15, 2008 -
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What
news am I missing at the Olympics - what has been covered up or ignored by the Chinese regulators providing the video feed to NBC etc? I have to imagine there have been some outbursts or protests and the Chinese are not letting the media cover it (at least on live TV). Is there a good site noting these occurrences, or have the games just gone off nearly flawlessly? (excepting the drum tower murder last week.)
posted by pithy comment
on Aug 18, 2008 -
6 answers
Resources for learning more about being the "web producer" (aka online content manager, etc) for a small-market TV news outlet?
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posted by davidmsc
on Aug 12, 2008 -
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