Information Diet Inventory

Current

News and Current Information and Opinion

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

BBC - international news, non-US perspectives

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, article links for news and interests

The Economist - international news, non-US perspectives, global: conservative free market, socially liberal

The Atlantic - news, features

Information about Books, Movies, Music

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

Personal recommendations from friends

Special Interests

Scientific American

Fine Woodworking

Reason - liberatarian perspective

Science News

Critical Questions

• Do your sources cover a range of news from local to global?
• How would you assess the relative objectivity of your sources?
• If you were trying to balance your sources, what perspectives would you add?