Preferred source is gossip . Its all females kind of smoke signals and can travels faster then the speed of Electricty or even the speed of light once it gets started...
I stopped watching the news on a regular basis about 6 years ago. I do watch it on the TV about once ever other month. Other than that I get it right here on answerMug!
I get most of the news from two local AM radio stations. I prefer those sources because they always present "all" of the news (good, bad, and the ugly) in an unbiased, intelligent, and professional manner. :)