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    Quick Gadget Question

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by AtParker, Jul 15, 2007.

  1. AtParker

    AtParker Notebook Consultant

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    Hey. I'm looking for a Fox News gadget but cant seem to find one anywhere. Anyone happen to know of one?
     
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    errr why would you want to read anything from Fox News? They are a bunch of shills! :) I normally read BBC World news for any World news and any national USA stories. Then get my local news from various sources. But to be honest I rarely see unbiased news stories on any US news source. It all seems very opinionated and trys to lead the viewer/reader to their opinions rather than just providing information.

    But if you really have too you should look for an RSS feed on the Fox News Website. The you can add that feed to the RSS Feed Gadget and it will automatically pull down news stories from that feed for you.

    If you are using Firefox you will see a little orange square icon in the address bar when ever an RSS feed is detected on a site. Click on that and it will list all the optional feed available to you. Copy the url to the feed you want and add it. Simple as that.

    Edit: Here is the RSS feed from FoxNews.com's main page.
    FoxNews.com RSS Feed
     
    CodeMonkeyX, Jul 15, 2007
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  3. AtParker

    AtParker Notebook Consultant

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    Hey thx alot for the info man. Your right about US media trying to lead the viewer one way or the other, but I really enjoy Fox's personable anchors and they seem to be the least biased of them all. Have a good one!
     
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    Yeah if you keep in mind that a lot of these news sources have agendas too it's still possible to make our own minds up about stories.

    Also, that tip about RSS feeds works for nearly any site. For example, this forum has one two so you can see all the latest stories.
     
    CodeMonkeyX, Jul 15, 2007
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