I keep telling myself that I need to explore "real" news sites like the BBC or Guardian (or...), but never quite get there.

I primarily stick to Slashdot and HN but know full well that the views in the comments of the two sites can sometimes be very detached/different from the rest of society.

While this isn't necessarily a bad thing, it is something to be careful of and I'd hate to find the day all of my own opinions fit a site perfectly.