^^^ I'll bet most (if not all) traditional news sources have websites to which they frequently post news through the day. Finding them can be a PITA, but that's where Google News rocks. It will give tens, if not hundreds of news sources for any major story. Most of them are redundant -- AP or Reuters feed. But with due diligence one can also find original sources for news.

Let's say there's an international story about some hot topic -- Iraq? From my home I can check several Arab news sources, the Hindu Times, New China News, etc. By using the more generic Google I can find all sorts of sources including thoroughly paranoid conspiracies about ANYTHING.

With so many sources, how can one determine which is the most factual? Truthful? As with any event, there are probably multiple competing facts and an elusive truth. Was it better when we 3 TV networks and a dozen major national newspapers to tell us the news? No question in my mind that the current richness of information is far, far preferable.

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