1. Do you primarily read or watch?
Read, on paper (De Standaard) and online (mostly NY Times and the same DS, occasionally websites from other countries like Le Soir (okay, it's actually the same country, but it might as well be a different one...), NRC, Le Monde, El Pais, Hurriyet Daily News, Haaretz, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Guardian, BBC,...). Hardly ever watch at all.
2. Everybody may fudge on the question, but do you think that show/site/paper/mag/etc is biased or reasonably fair?
Mostly, yes, and opinion is clearly branded as such. Of course, the reporting on foreign news isn't always that good in some newspapers, and De Standaard printed an outrageous article last week about American politics - it's not so much a matter of bias (though there is some of that) as it is a matter of oversimplifying matters for the readers and failing to see things in the right perspective.
3. Do you find yourself reading/watching things that fit your view, or do you try to pick other sources to make yourself read/watch something you find less pleasant (be honest!)?
It depends a bit. Sometimes I go explicitly looking for the American right-wing blogs' takes on something, and there's a Belgian right-wing (by Belgian standards, far-right) blog that I read occasionally to see what's going on over there. On the whole, I read quality newspapers whose general slant does more or less fit my own (right of center for DS here in Belgium, left of center for the NYT in the US).
4. Other than read and find out, do you contribute comments to websites (having to do with news, political debates, etc- not exactly talking youtube here)?
No. I did that for a while on Le Soir at the time emotions were running highest in the Belgian troubles a few years back, but I gave up on account of being swamped by idiots.
5. Do you typically read the comments, regardless of whether you participate? While we're on the subject, can you name a site where one can generally find semi-reasonable comments?
Sometimes a few, rarely all of them. Most sites seem to have a majority of idiotic comments, the NYT is better than most, and based on the few times I saw Guardian comments, John is right that those aren't so bad either. Haaretz is probably the worst in terms of comments, but then what do you expect.
Where do you get the majority of your news?
10/02/2010 12:08:05 PM
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I don't trust liberal main stream media, so I go to extremist blogs. Wack jobs give unbiased news
10/02/2010 12:37:19 PM
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Various places.
10/02/2010 01:28:18 PM
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Well being one of the chosen most of it comes from God by way of little voices in my head
10/02/2010 02:34:28 PM
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Re: Well being one of the chosen most of it comes from God by way of little voices in my head
10/02/2010 06:57:56 PM
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In Sweden
10/02/2010 03:04:12 PM
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Aftonbladet FTW! *NM*
10/02/2010 03:25:29 PM
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No
10/02/2010 03:40:03 PM
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Oh I know, I was just kiddin
10/02/2010 03:48:02 PM
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Expressen is worse, though
10/02/2010 03:53:18 PM
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Aftonbladet has a decent sports issue at least. Even though they suffer from some...
10/02/2010 05:14:53 PM
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The Economist, The New York Times, the BBC, sometimes CNN or Fox
10/02/2010 04:28:13 PM
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Re: The Economist, The New York Times, the BBC, sometimes CNN or Fox
10/02/2010 07:09:27 PM
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Re: Where do you get the majority of your news? *NM*
10/02/2010 06:53:56 PM
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You need to work on your quote-fu *NM*
10/02/2010 09:25:30 PM
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Google News, really. I also read The Economist. I'm trying to start listening to NPR daily. *NM*
10/02/2010 11:29:48 PM
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