What kind of online news reader are you - skimmer, headline, or full read?

[yoda313]

Ok this is nothing to do with actual news. But when you do read news online how do you read it? Do you just read the headlines and move on to what you were doing? Do you read the whole article? Do you just skim the article for any interesting points and ignore most of it?

For the most part I am mainly a headline reader. Yahoo is my home page and I'll usually just glance at the main page or click on the sports page for the headlines.

I do get a physical newspaper three times a week and occasionally buy one on the days I don't get a delivery.

How about you?

[16mmJunkie]

Do you just skim the article for any interesting points and ignore most of it?

Yep that's me(except I skim the Headlines for interesting topics and ignore the rest)....The news is more sensationalism now then anything...preying on the guilt of people and what society bandwagon is rolling at the moment. Flood victims, fire, Murder rampage, SEX, etc.... mostly crap hence the Reality Show booms! Wake up stuff happens to people everyday, everywhere...it's called "life"! If I worried about every Tom, Dick, and Harry I'd be nuts or afraid to step foot anywhere or trust anyone...Hey I am like That!