I consume news from various outlets and at multiple levels. I am very interested in local, state, and national news. I monitor stories that interest me the most, such as stories that affect my favorite sports teams, public figures (athletes, celebrities, etc.) and how they could impact me or anyone I care about. This also includes news about my hometown. News about my hometown is a little tougher, but I do find it by following certain groups on Facebook or city representatives on X, which generates more news through recommended accounts as well. Other than social media, I find or confirm rumors about the news on various websites. There aren\u2019t any particular news websites I visit, I tend to google a news topic and search through multiple websites to find as many details as I can about the topic. I\u2019m the kind of person that needs the full story before believing it\u2019s true. This also means that I don\u2019t use AI of any kind as I don\u2019t trust everything that is fed to AI programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I consume my news in various ways. I read texts and articles when the title of the article is appealing to me. I\u2019m not much of a reader, but if an article sounds interesting, I\u2019ll read it. I get a lot more of my news from videos. I\u2019m much more of a visual kind of person. Watching a news report is a lot more intriguing to me than reading an article. I enjoy hearing analyses of the situation and even learn something new every once in a while. It feels a lot more trusted coming directly from the source on camera rather than in an article because words can be twisted. Photos can be photoshopped or manipulated with AI to tell a different story, so I don\u2019t trust a photo unless there\u2019s proper context. I feel the same way with audio recordings. AI and technology have gotten so advanced that they can recreate anyone\u2019s voice so unless there is clear context and information about where an audio clip is coming from, I don\u2019t trust it to be factual. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In terms of if I ever have interacted with a news report, I have commented on posts or made my post regarding certain news reports, but I\u2019ve never actually submitted anything or contacted a reporter. I do have a strong social media presence. I\u2019m on everything, and I get a lot of my news from social media. I follow those at every level (local, state, national) that all either provide news or create news. I have friends who hold positions where they need to know what\u2019s going on and post about it. They\u2019re journalists; it\u2019s their job to inform me and the public about what\u2019s going on. Every once in a while, news sites and organizations post a link to their news site, and I sometimes click on the link to get more details about a story. I don\u2019t view blogs, and the only podcasts I listen to are story podcasts that don\u2019t provide any news, just to entertain me on longer car rides to campus. To determine if I think something is reliable, I believe that if every news outlet is reporting on it, then it has to be true because everyone is looking into the story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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