Question for the "liberal" folks on here

I can say that I have never followed a Left-leaning commentator, whether TV, radio, podcast, youtube, whatever. I've watched a few clips to see what they were about, or for general amusemnt, but never saw the point of listening again or following them. All those left leaning commentators on CNN? Never watched. Never really got into Stephen Colbert or the Daily Show back when they were big 15-20 years ago. I hardly, if ever, watch TV news. If I listen to radio news, it is usually NPR because they are the only ones not yelling, and if they are biased at least they go into depth from multiple sides. I will read any new story online that I find interesting and comes across my feed or links posted to social media (such as here). Basically, I don't care for news "opinion", as I don't feel that those giving the opinion have any more credentials toward the truth than I do.

Conversely, I have noticed that conservatives on here or elsewhere source right-leaning opinion personalities quite often. It's plainly clear that they get their viewpoints from various opinionated sources rather than more fact/informative based news.

My question to the liberals on here: Do you watch/follow left-leaning news opinion personalities on a regular basis? What is your general source of information on current events?

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SomeMichGuy · M

I used to hear more NPR due to my schedule, and still catch some of that, but more PBS NewsHour, ABC evening news for a network take, GMA for what's been happening overnight, then the talking heads shows Sunday AM (ThisWeek on ABC, Meet the Press on NBC; sometimes: the national PBS show (Washington Week), the new Firing Line, a more local PBS show about Michigan politics from WKAR (public stations at Michigan State University).

But I have read original documents, watched live video reporting, looked up national and state laws & regulations, Canadian, EU and international law, bills before Congress, etc.

I have looked at some links to editorials, stories, videos, podcasts here, read flurries of opinions...but mostly only heeded informed ones, in my not-so-humble opinion.

Oh, and I follow news organizations, not commentators (though I liked Eric Sevareid and John Chancellor), I know the difference between comments about the news v. the news, and I catch errors in reporting, translating, etc.