Nbcnews website since CNN went paywall. HuffPost so I can see people feeling the feelings. Website for Fox News when I am curious about…what else is being said. CBC for Canadian perspective when it all gets just too hard to handle. The only one I can honestly recommend to others is CBC.
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Me either, in fact none really. However, I do remember taking a financial Dave Ramsey course in Sunday School decades ago and even though I understood the power of compound interest seeing in a chart format year by year and the difference at the end by putting it in early and stopping than putting in much more later and going for longer, you still lose by starting later. It just stuck with me. I remember showing my kids - these are not real numbers and there is more to it than this because market fluctuates, etc but the gist of the impact of EARLY investing is BOLD in your face on that chart.
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I have been trying to just use my phone and the wires that come across to get the news that I want. It’s sorta hit and miss. CNN, BBC,also. Does Crains business count?, lol. I am just not thrilled with the quality of the news. Of course local to me stations.
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I admit it may not make financial sense to keep subscribing but it’s in my DNA. Of course I am not a huge fan of the Inquirer as my dad was a Bulletin and Daily News fan, but it’s all that is left 
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Added Money Guy to my Podcast list!
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I don’t consider either Dave Ramsey or Money Guy “current events”. I also wouldn’t recommend either of above for general finance advice.
Dave Ramsey has no doubt helped thousands get out of debt and has a method for getting out of debt that works for many people. He often doesn’t follow traditional mathematical/economic calculations, but it still works because he focuses on psychology (for example, favoring paying smallest debt off first instead of lowest rate debt). However, he also doesn’t follow traditional mathematical/economic calculations for a good portion of his general finance advice, which is problematic to the point of being dangerous. For example, Dave Ramsey has recommend an 8% annual safe withdrawal rate to support retirement since equities average >8%, ignoring sequence of returns risk.
The Money Guy’s advice isn’t dangerous like Ramsey, but it’s mainly a bunch of arbitrary rules. If you are the type that needs someone to give you a bunch or rules, their rules will likely do fine. However, their rules are far from the only option or likely the best option for you. For example, Money Guy’s car buying rule is something like put 20% down, max interest 8% unless monthly payment is more than your monthly investment in which case max payment is monthly investment, max 3 years unless it’s a luxury car in which case it’s max 1 year, different rules if it’s not your first car, … I don’t doubt that this sequence of rules will work, but it’s not the only way to buy a car and probably not the best way to buy a car for typical persons.
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I probably should have left my non-current events (like Ramsey) off my daily scan list. Now in retirement, I’m past his how to save and invest theories. But, having run a business for ~20 years, I do enjoy the business-oriented podcast.
I like to visit the Bogleheads message boards because the topics are related to where I am now in life: Considering IRMMA, filing taxes, Safe Harbor, retirements, managing estates, acting as an executor.
Back to news: Is there anything slightly to the right of center that I should be reading to broaden my views?
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Allsides.com is good for showing headlines from – you guessed it – all sides.
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Regarding the original thread question, I don’t follow current events closely. I don’t find doing so enjoyable or productive. I do regularly listen to podcasts that sometimes provide commentary or analysis of a limited portion of current events. An example is Planet Money. I also sometimes skim through Google News, which provides a curated list of stories are far more likely to interest me than the default headlines on news sites/programs.
I do not do a structured news follow like I did years ago when I could not go to bed without reading the in hand city newspaper cover to cover.
My most used popular news source would be NYT which I subscribe online to. I do get a couple of email “newsy” updates like Sharon McMahon and The Preamble. I honestly become educated via social media accounts that are politically leaned and that I over time have learned are reliable and trust overall. I do not watch television news. H often has it on and I avoid that room and if he leaves the house, I immediately turn it off - television news is both depressing (local and national), full of violence and makes my blood pressure rise. Just lovely that tv news….
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I used to watch the PBS Newshour and listen to Brian Lehrer on WNYC but cut way back even before Trump II. I watch the Newshour Politics Monday segment plus the Friday segment with David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart.
Thank you…just spent a minute there and it’s a goldmine of unintentional dark comedy. The contrast between takes encapsulates America (sadly).
It’s a good site. I just can’t do it too much because of what you talked about.
Start my day with HCR, who does a great job of putting what is going on in context. Read NYT, listen to NPR, then spend (too much) time going down various rabbit holes.
Used to enjoy some of the evening talking heads (Rachel, Anderson, Kaitlan, etc) but find that it elevates the rage and anxiety levels in our house to something bordering on toxic. Whoever would have guessed that the NHL would be the stresseless alternative?
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