The questions:
1.Where do you go when you seek reliable information?
2. Where do you actually get your news from?
3. Do you crosscheck info from these news sources, particularly if it sounds questionable?
4. Do your news sources give you a world perspective or do you feel they are limited to one particular region?
5. Is there a market for alternate news sources?
6. What medium would best suit this alternate news source?
Person 1:
1. BBC. com, CNN.com
2. Yahoo News
3. Crosschecks using Google, only if its questionable.
4. No, if you’re looking for a world perspective the BBC, both tv and online, is the best.
5. There is too much news. In fact, shutting down some news companies would be the best strategy.
6. NA
Person 2:
1. MSN.com, MSNBC.com
2. Same as above.
3. Sometimes crosschecks information, usually only when interested in learning more or seems questionable.
4. MSN and MSNBC give a highly US centric view of world news.
5. Absolutely.
6. An internet site that evenly covers news the world over.
Person 3:
1. WSJ (print and online), CNN
2. Digg, Google News
3. Only crosschecks if something sounds fishy.
4. The WSJ does a good job of covering worldwide financial events, but not necessarily general news.
5. Yes.
6. A newspaper/website that covers like the WSJ, but on all issues, not just finance.
Person 4:
1. CNN.com, MSN, Channel 7 news for local events
2. Same as above.
3. No
4. CNN is better than the others, but still very US centric
5. No.
6. NA
Person 5:
1. Reuters, Google News
2. Same as above.
3. If it was important to me, I would, but otherwise no.
4. Some companies do better, Reuters is pretty good about covering world events.
5. “There’s always a market for something good.” Of course there’s a market.
6. Probably a website, it’s easily accessible, doesn’t have printing or other physical distribution costs and is quickly updated.
