By Judayah Murray

To assess the amount of time that I spend consuming political news per week would be nearly impossible due to the fact that I do not consume news regularly, period. Although I am, unapologetically, a broadcast journalism student, I do not enjoy watching, reading or contributing to the news. After taking courses like Fundamentals of Journalism, Multimedia Storytelling and Public Affairs Reporting that have forced me to stay up to date on current events by flipping through news channels and scrolling through sites, I have found CNN and Politico to be my favorite sources of political news.

I, first, came across Politico.com in a high school AP Government and Politics class. Every other day, we were to find an interesting article and type up a summary to be handed in. We, then, had to read our summaries in front of the class. Politico quickly became a holy grail for me. It simplified anything that was happening in the news for me, and writers uploaded frequently, sometimes within the time I spent reading one article, another on the same topic would be posted. To me, this was journalism at its finest. Pushing out national news in a timely manner, but also keeping it updated and factually accurate.

I had always heard that watching news on the television was tricky, because many stations such as MSNBC and FOXNews were politically biased. However, I found that CNN offered me both sides of every story, which I appreciated immensely. I began using CNN.com widely in every academic paper I wrote. If I could find a quote that sourced from it, I knew it would be trustworthy and respected. CNN, in my opinion, doesn’t have a particular agenda but to spread the news quickly and accurately, just like Politico.

Although I dislike politics and anything associated with it very much, I have to respect news outlets like these. They cut the propaganda and focus on the facts.