[News] News. Where do you get yours?

[Eeyore]

The only apps I have and sites I look at a lot are:

BBC

Good for general stuff and they try to be impartial but are very Anglo-centric.The coverage of Ukraine is crossing the boundaries of impartiality.

Al Jazeera

Pretty good news source for real news you don't get to hear.

Byline Times

Good insight and perspective into government workings within society.Slightly left of centre despite its impartial claim.

 

[Stat Brother]

No GB News viewers?

If it ain't on NSC.
It ain't happenin.

 

[Medwayseagull]

No GB News viewers?

They are too busy getting ready to wave off the refugees being sent to Rwanda.

 

[Guinness Boy]

I’m a big radio 4 fan too. For sport I do actually rate the Guardian and I read updates on here. But yep, The Guardian was atrocious through the pandemic. I glanced at it the other day and saw this…..


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And decided we have reached peak Guardian and it’s no longer the paper for me

****ing hell

 

[Titanic]

I don't watch or listen to the news on TV or radio.

I just wait for it to pop up in the Tory meltdown thread.

 

[jakarta]

It is not News unless there is an NSC Poll to decide it...

 

[The Clamp]

****ing hell

It really made me chuckle. Like a parody of itself. The Guardian would probably like that description, very meta

 

[Eric the meek]

BBC website for UKnews, Ukraine/Russia, football, weather. I don't care if the articles are a bit late, as it means they have been fact checked. That's a good thing. When the stories do appear, they are generally worth waiting for.
BBC 6 o'clock news and South East Today..
Newsnow - it's just a news aggregator, so I use this to keep up to date on breaking football news, wherever it comes from.
NSC - I've been surprised at how much news I glean from NSC, if only to get the headline and then go and get the detail elsewhere.

 

[Seagull27]

The BBC struggles to break news stories these days unless it has been fact checked first

The fact that this is seen as a negative is a real insight into the state of our media. Better to get an exclusive headline regardless of whether the story is actually true or not. You can always publish a correction later.

I tend to use the BBC as my primary source of news coverage for this reason primarily - they do make an effort to fact check (and state if it has not been), and it is genuinely impartial - as shown by the number of people from both sides of the political spectrum who think it is biased towards the other side. I genuinely can't think of another news site where this is the case.

I'd probably say that NSC is my next source, there aren't many other places where you can get such a breadth of discussion on so many issues from all angles, and it is usually pretty quick on the latest updates.

 

[Deleted member 37369]

Euronews or France24

Used to love having my morning coffee watching Rosie Wright on Euronews. She has a great interview style ... not confrontational like the Kay Burleys of this world ... but she manages to get answers from guests and lets them finish! Sadly she moved to GB News in a different kind of role.

Anyway ... here's Rosie from her time at Euronews

 

[Deleted member 37369]

No GB News viewers?

If it ain't on NSC.
It ain't happenin.

I've occasionally had a quick look at GB News ... they've got a few presenters I'm OK with. Stephen Dixon for example who was at Sky ... he seems a lovely guy but he's quite lightweight.

BUT ... I don't like the style of the programming ... and I really don't like most of the 'presenters' they have on there - like Mark Dolan, Neil Oliver, Darren Grimes, Patrick Christy ... and the awful guest reviewers ... I could go on.

I haven't bought a newspaper in over 20 years. I watch a bit of Sky News in the morning ... but often have to hit the off button on the remote. Rarely watch BBC News on TV. I probably rely more on twitter and follow a small number of people on different sides of the political spectrum that seem balanced ... Sonia Sodha for example.

Another BUT ... I am getting more and more turned off watching the news full stop. Mainly because of everything being so political and about point scoring and sound bites.

I take a step back and think - maybe selfishly - this doesn't directly affect me and so why am I listening to it or reading about it ... when all it's doing is making me angry. It's sometimes not great from a mental health point of view when we have our own personal problems to deal with.

 

[sydney]

Anywhere that naziboy & co. doesn't.

obsessed...

 

[Weststander]

BBC online - picking stories and factual pieces.

BBC R4 You & Yours - a mine of consumer news and stories.

Swerving all TV news, so that I get to choose articles and can delve into facts, thus avoiding editorial choices and their melancholic tone.

Another huge advantage is that I learn just the once. Not a drip drip drip of the very same depressing stories and culture wars.

 

[Surf's Up]

Used to be RT until the Nazis hooked it!!

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Sky news, Microsoft on laptop has lots of F1 stories and football related, some Al Jazeera, little BBC now and of course most up to date and some reliable NSC,

 

[vegster]

The fact that this is seen as a negative is a real insight into the state of our media. Better to get an exclusive headline regardless of whether the story is actually true or not. You can always publish a correction later.

I tend to use the BBC as my primary source of news coverage for this reason primarily - they do make an effort to fact check (and state if it has not been), and it is genuinely impartial - as shown by the number of people from both sides of the political spectrum who think it is biased towards the other side. I genuinely can't think of another news site where this is the case.

I'd probably say that NSC is my next source, there aren't many other places where you can get such a breadth of discussion on so many issues from all angles, and it is usually pretty quick on the latest updates.

Yes, you are correct about the BBC, if only the likes of Dorres, JRM and Johnson fact checked themselves once in a while.... the BBC gets abuse from both sides calling it biased and we are at the stage where they would rather not report some news items to avoid being pilloried. Pity.

 

[herecomesaregular]

I still trust the BBC. They are a bit behind because they prefer verification so I also like Al Jazeera, who are often ahead of them. I can't watch ITV due to all the inflections and opinions given by Tom Bradby, can't stand him. I don't buy a regular paper but when I do I mix it up, Telegraph, Guardian, i, even The Star and Mail sometimes. Often whatever I find left on the train
I'm not ashamed to say I get loads from NSC, it's been invaluable with all the different opinions and links and is also often well ahead for breaking news. Cat related stuff I get from Brighton Cat People, to keep Lottie up to date.

 

[Perkino]

NSC, BBC Sport or the radio

 

[Deleted member 22389]

obsessed...

NSC has turned to shit. Honestly feel like getting my account deleted, as these people make NSC an unhappy place these days.

 

[Robinjakarta]

BBC, Sky, ABC Australia, CNN, Guardian online and various others.