December 2003
BROWSING THE NEWS
The column on the left of this page represents a collection of the best news
sites anywhere. Browse them in this manner: Click on a link and
position/extend the resulting window on the right side of the screen so that the
left news column is visible. Then just close it and click on a different news
site. The new window will be rightly positioned. This is comfortable news
browsing... try it! As you browse through, you'll notice that each of these
sites focus on different events; often, breaking news are only presented on one
or two of the sites, as the others still need time to catch up. In fact, one
agency only can send its reporters to so many places... The point here is that
the EASIEST way to read the news is by browsing the news sites, as opposed to
just sticking with one of them, because the main headline of each site has
preferential status (more pictures, video, reactions, etc.) As this main
headline is in general different from a site to another, it's quite sufficient
to look at them only. This will take you 2-3 minutes on a day when not much
happened. And now, the second issue, the video clips. Isn't this the Internet,
with all its spectacular multimedia? Maybe, but not with many of the larger news
sites (CNN,
Reuters,
ABC, and others). They require
monthly subscriptions in order for you to access news video on their sites. We
don't recommend subscribing to any of these sites. You'll save money and you
won't have to worry about those payments (are they still charging me?).
Actually, there are resources we link to right on Simpleportal, that can compensate
for the loss. Some of the larger sites (like
ABC) that don't offer much
besides the subscription material, we excluded altogether. Instead, you can
still find free news video at
BBC, FOX,
CBS,
CWN and
Arutz7. If you
need more, you'll probably end up better by watching TV...
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