Throughout my 19 years of living, I have gotten my news from lots and lots of places. I now only get it from certain places, personally, I am not a very big substantial political person which has its pros and cons in life. The main reason for that is because of today's society, today's society makes an argument over everything they do not agree with. Along with you cannot really express your opinions or feelings about them without something going on, unfortunately. So what I will say is that I am unaffiliated and believe that political parties are stupid. You should look for someone or something that you believe in yourself not just because that person or thing falls under your political party. So another way I can connect to news not only politically is sports as well because I am someone who is very much so into sports and know reliable sources for them.
Phone...
A huge way I get news for mainly sports and a little politics is over a phone call. I call a lot more than texting, I think it is a lot easier than texting and getting your points to one another a lot smoother because behind texts sometimes you cannot get the emotions and can easily have miscommunication. A few ways I get sports news over the phone is through a few insiders connected to the organizations that I know personally and now consider one another friends. Some of the teams/organizations I have friends through are the Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers, Saint Louis Cardinals, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for baseball, football, and basketball. All teams I follow very closely and watch on television. For politics, I get phone calls from my grandpa on my father's side who is very knowledgeable in that field and keeps me updated with what is going on.
NPR News...
A true political source I get politics from is NPR news, which stands for national public radio. I believe that this is a very reliable source and have used it for years. My grandpa introduced me to it and every once in a while will turn it on and listen to it through my phone or in the car. Helps me understand what is going on in our country along with locally what is going on possibly just down the street where I live and or town. Besides NPR News, grandpa, and friends/family I do not really have any other ways I get news from politics from.
ESPN News...
Ever since I was little I have used ESPN as a source for news when it comes to sports. ESPN stands for entertainment and sports programming network meaning practically anything to do with sports is on there. I know that it is a very trustworthy source because of my experience using it for so long along with articles and breaking news they always make sure to include sources along with proof that it is not false information. Besides news, I also use ESPN to watch some of my sports games with one of their channels is ESPN News which I also watch on my television.
Bleacher Report News...
Another source very similar to ESPN which also has to do with sports is Bleacher Report which is fairly new, it was founded in 2005 whereas ESPN was founded in 1979. The way I use this source is if I see a breaking report or something along the lines of that I call one of my friends who is an insider in the organization if it is one of them. Or I check through ESPN to see if it is a true report, article, or whatever it may be. This is due to me still feeling like it is still a newer source and isn't quite one hundred percent reliable. Although through all my years of using it I have never come to find that the information is false.
People...
The last main source I get my information from is others. Through friends, family, and people in general. Although you can never one hundred percent always trust whatever may come out of someone's mouth if it is something or a topic that interests me I make sure to look into it and do research to find out if the person's statement is true or not as well as to see what all it is about because I am intrigued into whatever it may be.
