<story><title>Things you notice when you quit the news (2016)</title><url>https://www.raptitude.com/2016/12/five-things-you-notice-when-you-quit-the-news/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>flats</author><text>I strongly agree with this. I would, however, like to call out one TV program here in the U.S. that I think comes much closer to approximating the experience of “reading a 5,000-word article”: PBS NewsHour. It’s great, completely free and available to watch online, and you can even get most of what you need from their podcast alone (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pbs.org&amp;#x2F;newshour&amp;#x2F;feeds&amp;#x2F;rss&amp;#x2F;podcasts&amp;#x2F;segments&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pbs.org&amp;#x2F;newshour&amp;#x2F;feeds&amp;#x2F;rss&amp;#x2F;podcasts&amp;#x2F;segments&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;p&gt;It consists of fairly in-depth, thoughtful coverage of both domestic and worldwide news topics, as well as a tiny bit of political analysis on Mondays and Fridays. It almost never devolves into the breathless, “the world is about to end”-type coverage found on basically all cable news programs. Judy Woodruff and her team are really great. I dearly miss Gwen Ifill and Jim Lehrer.&lt;p&gt;The Economist is also a great resource, as has been pointed out by other commenters here. They publish an audio edition of each week’s newspaper, too.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jabroni_salad</author><text>I feel like PBS is one of the few orgs that prioritizes quality above all else and really means it. Between newshour, NOVA, and the kids programming, they get a lot of playtime in my home.</text></comment>
<story><title>Things you notice when you quit the news (2016)</title><url>https://www.raptitude.com/2016/12/five-things-you-notice-when-you-quit-the-news/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>flats</author><text>I strongly agree with this. I would, however, like to call out one TV program here in the U.S. that I think comes much closer to approximating the experience of “reading a 5,000-word article”: PBS NewsHour. It’s great, completely free and available to watch online, and you can even get most of what you need from their podcast alone (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pbs.org&amp;#x2F;newshour&amp;#x2F;feeds&amp;#x2F;rss&amp;#x2F;podcasts&amp;#x2F;segments&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pbs.org&amp;#x2F;newshour&amp;#x2F;feeds&amp;#x2F;rss&amp;#x2F;podcasts&amp;#x2F;segments&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;p&gt;It consists of fairly in-depth, thoughtful coverage of both domestic and worldwide news topics, as well as a tiny bit of political analysis on Mondays and Fridays. It almost never devolves into the breathless, “the world is about to end”-type coverage found on basically all cable news programs. Judy Woodruff and her team are really great. I dearly miss Gwen Ifill and Jim Lehrer.&lt;p&gt;The Economist is also a great resource, as has been pointed out by other commenters here. They publish an audio edition of each week’s newspaper, too.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>joshstrange</author><text>PBS Newshour is a gem for sure and one of the few sources I trust almost fully. NPR is also high on my list.</text></comment>