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gratefultobelib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 07:07 PM
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How much credence do you give Yahoo news? I'll swear they
come up with the most depressing headlines, and they're right there when I log on, so hard to ignore. Ugh.
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 07:34 PM
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1. Hate Yahoo, like their email but hate their ever changing home page, bells and whistles.
And their idea of news... forgetaboutit.
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gratefultobelib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 07:45 PM
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2. Thanks--I'll try and do just that--forgetaboutit!!
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 08:03 PM
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3. Howzabout the Google News? Here:
I always use the Google News for searching, but the main page lists top stories.

I like it, giveratry!

http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn

:P
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 10:03 PM
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4. I've thought that too
During the election era they seemed to always have headlines hinting the Republicans were going to win.
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Silver Gaia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 10:04 PM
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5. Maybe try setting up your own "My Yahoo" page as your homepage?
That way, you can choose what appears on your homepage, and where it's located on that page. If you don't like their news, you can choose something else to appear front and center. That's what I did. I use their calendar feature a lot, so I put it up at the top, along with their "Note to Self" feature, weather, TV listings, etc. There are a lot of choices for news, from MSNBC to the NYT to the BBC, or WaPo, or CNN, and others. Don't know if any of those choices sound better to you, but at least there's choice. And you can put it anywhere you like on the page. You have to have a Yahoo account to set it up and use it, but that doesn't mean you have to use the account for anything else. I don't.
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gratefultobelib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 10:36 PM
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7. I like technological challenges (and need them!) so I will give this a try. Thanks!
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Silver Gaia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 03:16 AM
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10. It's really easy! :)
It's the "My Front Page" part of "MY Yahoo" that I'm talking about. You can choose different color schemes and stuff, too.
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Silver Gaia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 10:04 PM
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6. But, yeah, their headlines suck.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 11:25 PM
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8. Corporatemedia bullshit designed to keep the masses in FEAR..
My computer guy got DU as my Home Page. I don't know how or I would make it the BOG.
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quiet.american Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 12:13 AM
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9. Since most of their headlines come from Fox-lite- Associated Press - I take it w/grain of salt.
Edited on Fri Jan-29-10 12:14 AM by quiet.american
I can't remember the whole story now, but I do know AP hired a hard-core conservative for some grand-poobah editor position with them. Since then, it's showed.
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