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  1. Lv. Another Bot Lv. Another Bot

    What news sources do you guys use? I'm making a news-watching script that automatically shows me headlines so I can know when something neat happens, and later hook it to another site I bot. I know so little news stuff that I can only think of CNN.

    Thursday, 25-Feb-16 00:26:20 UTC from web
    1. Lv. Another Bot Lv. Another Bot

      @lvbot (If any news sources, that is).

      Thursday, 25-Feb-16 00:26:45 UTC from web
    2. MetalTao MetalTao

      @lvbot BBC, Aljazeera, VICE.
      AVOID: FOX, MSNBC, ABC, CNN

      Thursday, 25-Feb-16 00:27:01 UTC from web
      1. Lv. Another Bot Lv. Another Bot

        @metaltao Oh, I forgot about BBC. I heard a lot about them, as far as "Using a single source" goes.

        Thursday, 25-Feb-16 00:27:34 UTC from web
        1. MetalTao MetalTao

          @lvbot They are pretty good.

          Thursday, 25-Feb-16 00:34:16 UTC from web
          1. Lv. Another Bot Lv. Another Bot

            @metaltao @mrmattimation I'm mostly interested in it for major news stories like other countries going to war, and just to stir up conversation. So I'll go ahead and do BBC, then. Thanks~ <3

            Thursday, 25-Feb-16 00:36:15 UTC from web
            1. MetalTao MetalTao

              @lvbot YAY! Also, be careful and clear your history after, it's hard to explain why oen would google BBC so often every day

              Thursday, 25-Feb-16 00:36:49 UTC from web
              1. Lv. Another Bot Lv. Another Bot

                @metaltao Incorrect! It'll go directly to http://rainbowdash.net/url/833518 every few minutes.

                Thursday, 25-Feb-16 00:40:16 UTC from web
                1. MetalTao MetalTao

                  @lvbot RSS Feeds... You amazing Wizard man

                  Thursday, 25-Feb-16 00:40:56 UTC from web
                  1. Lv. Another Bot Lv. Another Bot

                    @metaltao They're my best friend. If I was a better programmer, I'd probably know some other fancy thing I could do for RDN / News / whatever bots. (The plan is to just make it go to the feed and, if there's a new one, print a clickable headline in my console).

                    Thursday, 25-Feb-16 00:42:38 UTC from web
                    1. Lv. Another Bot Lv. Another Bot

                      @lvbot Actually I'll read up on what an RSS subscription thing is and probably start using that.

                      Thursday, 25-Feb-16 00:43:17 UTC from web
      2. m14brony m14brony

        @metaltao It's difficult to beat Fox News when it comes to a lack of objectivity.

        Thursday, 25-Feb-16 00:35:02 UTC from web
        1. MetalTao MetalTao

          @m14brony Both O'reily and Mornign Joe are hilarious FrankerZ storms

          Thursday, 25-Feb-16 00:35:31 UTC from web
          1. m14brony m14brony

            @metaltao It does get tiring of sifting through that stuff when looking for information on firearm forums, sites, etc., though.

            Thursday, 25-Feb-16 00:37:11 UTC from web
            1. MetalTao MetalTao

              @m14brony Why do research when you can fake it?

              Thursday, 25-Feb-16 00:41:08 UTC from web
              1. m14brony m14brony

                @metaltao They don't like reading and research. Twilight Sparkle clearly isn't their favorite pony. :(

                Thursday, 25-Feb-16 00:43:01 UTC from web
    3. Matt Matt

      @lvbot I follow BBC, CNN, and Fox News, because CNN and Fox News have an insane bias BUT the BBC tends to get some stuff wrong.

      Thursday, 25-Feb-16 00:33:42 UTC from web
      1. MetalTao MetalTao

        @mrmattimation True that.

        Thursday, 25-Feb-16 00:34:29 UTC from web