Would You Rather Watch the News or Read It?

I would rather read it. Because then I can skip over the topics that don't interest me. If I watch the news I have to hear about things I don't care about.

I do both. It depends on my mood. I use online news if I'm looking for specialized information about an issue like disability, gay rights, or whatever. I watch the news for local coverage or a world news overview with pictures and videoes.

i prefer to watch it..coz i doesnt have any time reading news..besides,im not fond of reading newspaper..im too lazy to read news on paper..

Hi 2wicelot have a nice day... Yes its better to read the news online rather than watch it in the television. but if the internet is not available its fine to watch it in the home TV. Sometimes if the connection is slow I still watch the news through my TV specially if the news is worth watching for.

the first thing i do when i wake up is to read the morning paper. and before i sleep i watch the late news on tv.

I do both, but I read the news more. I tend to trust what I read more, bc I can check various sources on the internet rather than listening to one news network. I sometimes have the news on the tv while on laptop, and if a news story catches my attention, I'll look it up online.

Either method is OK with me depending on where I am and what mood I am in. I don't like reading newspapers because of the size, but I enjoy publications such as Time, Newsweek, and others like that. As for listening to it on the radio or watching TV, I prefer things like MSNBC, CNN and the BBC World Service.

It is a habit for me to read newspaper when I am taking breakfast every morning. If I am not in a hurry then I will read it after breakfast. Usually I will go through all the pages first then I will choose what I want and read through it carefully and get the detailed information. If I come across any valuable articles I will cut them down and keep them in my files as my collections of information for future reference.

well first thing in the morning i listen to the local news on the local radio station...i rarely read news either online or print, then generally we watch the news on our local tv station @ 6 during our suppper....

You could not really blame these people who prefer the news on writing rather than watch it. Yes, tv/cable news are getting to be entertaining rather than to informed. I still watch news for visual purposes but if I want details I usually read the news. I still use both medium anyway.

I would much rather read the news online. That way, I can pick choose and refuse what I want to be exposed to. When You watch it on television, they decide what you see and when you see it. I don't like that kind of control.

As for me, i'd rather watch the news on tv as it informs me as well as entertain. I easily get tired reading that's why i prefer watching than reading.

I like to watch the news much more. As I don't have more time to read the news. It's much more convenient to watch the news from TV. I love China

i'd say both.read when I wake up early in the morning or watch it when I'm surfing the channels at night. how is watching the news entertaining?hrm I find it depressing.reading about it is too.sigh.

i usually read but prefer to hear it

I am a news addict and have to watch the news every morning. I used to watch it in the evening also but I was getting the same news several times a day. Now I watch the morning news and then get any other information from the internet. The news programs on TV do seem to be there more for entertainment then to give the news. I will use our local CW station as an example. They give five minutes of news and then clown around for the rest of the hour. It is pure entertainment. You never can get any detail on the story on any news channel whether it be a national twenty four hour station, national new broadcast, or local news. So you have to turn to the internet to get the whole story.

my practice is reading the newspaper, I feel good reading the news.

I also do both and enjoy them equally. I believe that the news on the internet are more diverse and maybe more comprehensive. I also agree that the news online lean more to entertaining the audience than giving the news. But I do enjoy it at night when I relax on the sofa and watch the news on tv better than reading it. It seems like I do less effort than when I have to read myself on the internet or on paper. It's like somebody is doing that work for me :-) Take care 2wicelot.

I think if we watch them, we can see the real thing. What cameramen have taken during the situation may be true because we can see it right there and then. I f we will read them, all we can do is just imagine how things happen and there are no visual effects that we must feel what's going on really.

I never had a chance to watch a local TV news program here, conflict with my other busy schedule. And I agree that mostly they want to entertain rather than the real job to inform.