Well, howdy there internet people, let's bow again. So today we are going to talk about

information consumption and sources that I use and kind of how I stay informed and we're really going to do this because

somebody asked this question over Twitter and I went through it and one of the items that I use prompted a whole lot of questions and I realized a whole lot of people are either unaware or definitely under-utilizing this particular type of source.

Okay, so generally, every day I start with AP, the Associated Press. Pretty much read everything that they publish in English.

From there, I move to sites that have a more open bias.

AP is pretty bare bones reporting.

It's very factual.

There's not a lot of analysis.

Therefore, there's not a lot of room for inserting their opinion.

And then you can move to the outlets that are generally seen as the big news outlets.

They have a bias, all of them, whatever your favorite one is, they have a bias too.

Every outlet has a bias. Then I tend to scroll social media and

look at people's reactions to various news events to get kind of a feel on where people are at.

Then I will look to both left and right advocacy organizations.

Every advocacy group doesn't matter what the cause is, whether it's the environment or civil

rights.

They have what amounts to an online magazine, even if it's just

something that appears kind of low-tech like a blog. They have something. They tend to have information that doesn't really

get reported. And then as y'all know I read a lot of polls, surveys, and studies because that can give you the data to better inform

whatever opinion that you're shaping. Then I mentioned trade journals and it just prompted a flood of

questions. A whole lot of people really didn't even seem to know what they were.

So I'm going to give you two examples that you're probably familiar with

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