Difference between revisions of "Alfino's Information Diet"

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List your current news and information with a brief description of focus and bias.

BBC - international news, non-US perspectives, us: liberal/socialist, europe:mainstream/centrist
Corriere Della Sera - Italian news
New York Times - national and international news, opinion, global: centrist/conservative, us: liberal/left
Spokesman-Review - local news, centrist/conservative
The Inlander - local news, liberal
iGoogle - weather, customized aggregator for article links for news and interests
The Economist - international news, non-US perspectives, global: conservative free market, socially liberal
The Atlantic - news, features, hard for me to discern bias, but probably US liberal, International moderate.
The New Yorker - New York liberal. Very long articles written by very smart people.

List sources for information about culture and arts.

New York Review of Books - Opinion, Book reviews, notable work across many academic discipines
LastFM - collaborative filter, basic information about artists
Pitchfork - reviews of independent music
The Inlander - local music/events, local: liberal
Meta-critic - Metacritic compiles reviews from respected critics and publications for movies, DVDs, music, television and games. Our unique Metascores show the critical consensus at a glance by taking a weighted average of critic grades.
Rotten Tomatoes - Internet Movie Review site
IMDB - Internet Movie Database
Amazon - collaborative filter site (and online store)

Use this section to identify sources that would balance or diversify your primary trusted sources.

Use this section for topics or interests that you follow aside from general news and cultural information.

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 :*[http://pitchfork.com/ Pitchfork] - reviews of independent music
 :*[http://www.inlander.com/spokane/ The Inlander] - local music/events, local: liberal
-:*[http://www.metacritic.com/ Meta-critic] - Metacritic compiles reviews from respected critics and publications for movies, DVDs, music, television and games.
+:*[http://www.metacritic.com/ Meta-critic] - Metacritic compiles reviews from respected critics and publications for movies, DVDs, music, television and games. Our unique Metascores show the critical consensus at a glance by taking a weighted average of critic grades.
-Our unique Metascores show the critical consensus at a glance by taking a weighted average of critic grades.
 :*[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/ Rotten Tomatoes] - Internet Movie Review site
 :*[http://www.imdb.com IMDB] - Internet Movie Database