Information Diet Inventory

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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

Political Cultural Perspective Balancing

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

  • Human Events
  • Commentary
  • American Spectator
  • Slate
  • Salon

Special Interests

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

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?