Source: unknown.  Apparently I thought the picture said it all when I copied it for future use because I can't seem to find my accompanying research notes.  Sorry.  With China in the news, please feel free to make up your own story or significance, as you choose.

Where do you get these things?

I was chatting with my friend Tim the other day when the question of where we get our News came up.

The issue has been addressed more directly by another mutual friend who frequently sputters with incredulity, when I am trying to make a point and summarize an issue, "But where are you getting this?  Who have you been talking to?  Who told you that?"

I think we can all agree that the reliability of various news agencies to present our point of view has been sorely tested lately.  So perhaps this is as good a point as any to ask you all: Who do you trust?  Who do you go to? Where do you get your news? 

To that end I have amended my BlogRoll (links to the left, and I guess pun intended) to reflect not only my favorite Writers but also my Sources (some of them at least) on subjects political and otherwise.  I am happy to add more.

Tell me where you turn to get your news.  For instance, Tim and I agreed that HuffPo had gotten tired, Daily Kos is so obvious as to go without saying, Fox is NOT an option, not even for insight into the mind of the Enemy (I can't do it; I've tried.  My heart can't take it), BBC investigative journalist Greg Palast is terrific but I find getting into his website difficult at times (www.gregpalast.com and is it me they're monitoring and blocking or the other way around?) and Subtopia is fun but scary.  So how about you? 

And no, this does not count watching Anderson Cooper without the sound and pretending he's talking about what you guys are doing later, or your rating system for how hot the various guests Keith Olberman has on are and what you would do with them, like that Australian reporter in Baghdad even if, yes, he is pretty hot.  

So tell.  Inquiring minds want to know. 

PostScript.  I recently added email to this account without thinking through the possibility that some correspondents would subsequently put two and two together and realize I have this little sideline blog business going on. Oops.  Busted on my own petard, to coin a phrase.  In anticipation, let me just say that whatever you read here that you might possibly misconstrue or be offended by?  I promise you, I've meant it all in the nicest possible way.