This post about how one blogger reads--and discovers--news --caught my attention:
"...My browsing pattern could be characterised as 'bimodal': graze mode and discover mode. You could think of this as 'I don't know what I want' and 'I know what I want' modes.
(snip)
I rarely start any such grazing journey at traditional big media news sites. I use the blogosphere as my filter. If it hasn't been linked to, it probably isn't that interesting.."