April 26, 2004
Over Rated
Kevin Drum rates common sources of news from worst to best:
1. Supermarket tabloidsThis seems to be pretty much correct except that Talk Radio might be ranked one notch too high.
2. Talk radio
3. Local TV news
4. Small local newspapers
5. Chain newspapers
6. Network newscasts
7. Major national dailies, including the New York Times
8. The very best of the glossy magazines
And I'd put National Public Radio right up with the major national dailies though Kevin may not have thought them big enough to be ranked. NPR gets hammered a lot by the highly rated talk radio folks but most this seems to be based on their perception of NPR's political orientation and not NPR's factual quality.
Posted by Steve on April 26, 2004
