As a child of the 21st century, I am the first to admit that I spend a fair amount of my free time on social media. While scrolling through sports updates, celebrity brand deals, and whatever meme has taken over the internet at that point in time, I am more than likely to come across a news headline or two, especially on Twitter. More often than not, Twitter is my original source of news. Thanks to the headlines and topics on the trending page or the links shared by people I follow, a lot of current news is broken to me through that platform. After seeing the original headlines, I typically do not stay on Twitter. Instead, I will transition over to an official news outlet in order to learn the details of the situation.
The three primary news outlets I will read are CNN, Fox News, and Forbes. Because of the potential biases that come with reading news articles from politically leaning sources, I try to balance the websites from where I get my information. For example, after seeing a headline on Twitter, I will then go to Fox News and search up that topic to see what they have published about it. After, I search the same topic on CNN and read their coverage of the given topic. I use these two outlets because from my experience, I have found that their news sections are more unbiased than other sources. However, because there still can be subtle discrepancies in news reporting, I use both CNN and Fox News since the two companies fall on opposite sides of the political spectrum, especially when it comes to opinion reporting.
When I can, I also like to read Forbes articles. I am not able to as much as I would like because of the limited number of articles that can be read per month without a subscription. Forbes is a good source when I want to look at news that is not as politically charged. It is also very reliable with the facts and figures they report.
I also hear about the news through word of mouth, and at times, some of the things I hear seem to be quite far-fetched. When I'm not sure of the validity of the statement, I will commonly go to PolitiFact in order to see if they have confirmed or denied the claim I have heard. I like using PolitiFact because their sole purpose is to fact-check political stories and statements. I started using it in my dual enrollment Introduction to American Government class in high school when my professor recommended it to us to help with our research about current news stories.
Although I use the aforementioned sources in order to obtain my political news and current events, as a Pop Culture and Media Production major, I am also really interested in entertainment news, so I have several outlets I use for that as well.
Similar to political news, a lot of the initial headlines I see about the entertainment industry come from Twitter or from an Instagram account I follow called @POPFACTION, who posts headlines about all areas of the entertainment industry. From there, I have several different sources to use, depending on the nature of the headline I originally see
For information about the music industry, I like using Billboard since they run the official charts for music and stick to the facts in their stories.
When I want to learn general news about movies and tv shows, I use Vulture and Variety as they are legitimate entertainment news sources who have quality information regarding the different fields of the industry.
Finally, if I want to learn about fashion or general celebrity news, I have always found Vogue to be very reliable. It is one of the most well known fashion and pop culture media outlets, and sticks to the facts. They do not resort to gossip and tabloid tactics just to make money.
In conclusion, I try to use a variety of different news outlets and sources to get my information, depending on the topic, in order to be as well-informed as possible.
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