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What's Your Favorite Website (aside from here)?
03-19-2011, 06:45 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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What's Your Favorite Website (aside from here)?
I'm always up for new websites, and most I visit began with a recommendation from someone else...
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03-19-2011, 06:56 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Mine are sports related. If your into golf, here you go................
GolfWRX.com
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03-19-2011, 07:05 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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03-19-2011, 07:54 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Anyone know of a decent news site that isn't owned by a big corporation? I used to check the HUffington Post (but she has sold out to AOL) and The Daily Beast (has been bought by Newsweek which is owned by some billionaire). I'd like to find a source for "unbiased" news.
Thanks!
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03-19-2011, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Corporate ORphan
Anyone know of a decent news site that isn't owned by a big corporation? I used to check the HUffington Post (but she has sold out to AOL) and The Daily Beast (has been bought by Newsweek which is owned by some billionaire). I'd like to find a source for "unbiased" news.
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I don't think such a site exists; if it does I'd like to know too.
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03-19-2011, 09:22 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Corporate ORphan
Anyone know of a decent news site that isn't owned by a big corporation? I used to check the HUffington Post (but she has sold out to AOL) and The Daily Beast (has been bought by Newsweek which is owned by some billionaire). I'd like to find a source for "unbiased" news.
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It take a lot of resources to generate actual news as opposed to opinions. I like NPR and the BBC.
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03-19-2011, 09:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Corporate ORphan
Anyone know of a decent news site that isn't owned by a big corporation? I used to check the HUffington Post (but she has sold out to AOL) and The Daily Beast (has been bought by Newsweek which is owned by some billionaire). I'd like to find a source for "unbiased" news.
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What about salon.com? It's owned by Salon Media Group. Not sure how big of a corporation that is. Here is its corporate profile.
Salon: Company Profile
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03-19-2011, 09:39 AM
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Why, Pat Caldwell's surf forecast, of course:
Hawaiian Surf Forecast for O`ahu
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03-19-2011, 10:01 AM
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Don't know about Salon, I was looking over some of their news stories. I see people described as right-wing but nobody described as left wing. To me that indicates some bias.
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03-19-2011, 10:58 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Corporate ORphan
Anyone know of a decent news site that isn't owned by a big corporation? I used to check the HUffington Post (but she has sold out to AOL) and The Daily Beast (has been bought by Newsweek which is owned by some billionaire). I'd like to find a source for "unbiased" news.
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I pretty sure "unbiased news" is an oxymoron. Salon is pretty well known as a left leaning site. I would read a variety of sites, do a little research on your own and make up your own mind. I like Fox News, and agree with much of the opinions on the network, but I watch because I had those opinions prior to watching. I did not develop them because of watching.
As for my favorite sites:
Fox News - Fair and balanced, maybe. Biased, for sure. 
Facebook - To keep up with friends
Ebaum's World - For laughs (warning: occasional adult content)
Goin RV Boondocking - Living vicariously through this guy until I can join him out on the road
Rob, Arnie and Dawn - Favorite radio show, listen to the internet feed
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03-19-2011, 06:29 PM
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gone traveling
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I monitor MSNBC.com 24/7 because I live for Rachel Maddow's every word; she is soooooo hot. 
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03-19-2011, 11:03 PM
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03-20-2011, 08:21 AM
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ummm...ok..... 
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03-20-2011, 10:43 AM
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You are hopeless...... ! With such promotion of the site.....who can resist looking it up !
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03-25-2011, 11:42 PM
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The websites that I visit most are (in no particular order):
eBay - To find stuff I need for my hobbies, and kitchen/cooking stuff.
TripAdvisor - To find places to go, hotels to stay at, and restaurants to pig-out dine at.
Facebook - To stay in touch with family and friends all over this planet.
Wikipedia - To learn stuff I didn't previously know...and to find out what happened on this date throughout history, and see who was born and who died on this date in history...interesting!
Google - Obviously to search for what I'm looking for.
Plus three local newspapers to check obituaries and read local news.
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03-26-2011, 06:01 AM
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Quote:
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I'm impressed with the dog riding the bicycle.
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03-26-2011, 09:00 AM
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rv.net has some great forums as does irv2.com
At least for those of us dreaming of life on the road 
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03-26-2011, 09:05 AM
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Google (let's Google it).
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03-26-2011, 09:27 AM
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