Do you believe anything you read now

Sunnyisland

With all the hype and spin in the media especially the newspapers can you belive or trust anything that you read now ,I am talking here mostly about the tabloids,Irish sun,star,mail,herald,sunday world etc from football to politics to crime to the x factor, are they just a waste of space.

who what when

In a word, no.

Orando Broom

Nope all spin and PR double-speak. From the Dublin Bus website to the Sindo, bull**** is king.

AntiMatter

I rarely read a newspaper. There's a far better, distilled version of the major news stories, here on Boards. You get to see things from every angle.

msg11

Greed has well and truly taken over. So NO

dr.bollocko

12".
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pickarooney

dr.bollocko wrote: »

12".
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PM for pics.

A picture's worth a thousand words (or 162 words in some cases), Herr Doktor.

seamus

Everything is written with an agenda. Even what I'm typing right now. My agenda is that I want everyone to question everything.

You have to view all reporting with suspicion and always consider that a reporter usually only manages to catch a 2 dimensional view of what they're reporting. Obviously you can classify the extent of agendas depending on paper;
For example, I would consider everything written in the Daily Mail or The Sun, to be about 20% truth and 80% hysteria. The Herald or Independent problem about 60-40. And the Irish Times about 80-20.

But that doesn't mean I inherently trust the Irish Times or distrust the Daily Mail. I just give them differing amounts of suspicion.

Monty Burnz

realies wrote: »

With all the hype and spin in the media especially the newspapers can you belive or trust anything that you read now ,I am talking here mostly about the tabloids,Irish sun,star,mail,herald,sunday world etc from football to politics to crime to the x factor, are they just a waste of space.

This is not a new thing. I reckon that it is you that has changed - the tabloids have always been the same.

And you are right.

I should also add that the Independent and especially the Sunday Independent have been going downhill for years. The Sindo is now so full of agendas, lies, and misrepresentations that I wouldn't use it for bedding if I was a tramp.

kfallon

realies wrote: »

to the x factor

Why, in the name of Jaysus, would I ever read anything to do with the X Factor

Son Of A Vidic

I always add a pinch of salt to everything I read.

bonerm

I believe the crawls I read at the start of the Star Wars movies.

"Episode IV, A NEW HOPE It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire. During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet. Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races home aboard her starship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save her people and restore freedom to the galaxy...."

Cavehill Red

There's as much truth in the tabloids as in any other arm of the Irish media.

I always find it laughable how these threads pop up so regularly, where people seek affirmation from the internet that they are superior human beings because they don't read tabloids.

I mean, it's not as if RTE or the Irish Times are telling you the unadulterated truth, is it? RTE who cut away shamefully from Cowen's bailout speech when Vinny Browne started criticising him? It would have shamed Pravda. The tabloids all covered it, but not RTE.

Or the Irish Times with their 40 page property porn supplements during the entire boom and well into the bust, profiting from denying the reality of the bubble.

Just to take two examples.

Smart people seek their information from a variety of sources, and sift them against each other to attempt to discern the reality of events.

starbelgrade

Cavehill Red wrote: »

Smart people seek their information from a variety of sources, and sift them against each other to attempt to discern the reality of events.

I get my news from AH.

People here tell it like it really is.

thebigbiffo

believe the basic facts as they are reported. the 'filler' is stuff that can lead you astray.

its not a new concept - it's called 'reading between the lines'.

Kimono-Girl

to be honest The Sun is like my favourate gossip mag, its like so cool! and it always like puts a fabulous spin on boring current affairs!*

that and i just love reading those problem pages



*i swear its not just for page 3 that i buy it

starbelgrade wrote: »

I get my news from AH.

People here tell it like it really is.

and they always get the stories first!

Wicklowrider

A few years ago a friend of mine living in the states read an interview with my brother that was printed in a magazine. The interview was two pages in a leading entertainment mag over there. I told my brother and he told me he had never spoke to the magazine. My friend came over on holiday and brought the magazine with him.Sure enough, there was a two page interview regarding a job he had done (he is a tattoo artist) It was done in a Q & A format and anyone who knew my brother would know he didn't say the things in the article. After that I never believed anything they printed unless I was able to verify.

AntiMatter

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

I always add a pinch of salt to everything I read.

I now have a vision of you sitting hunched over your newspaper, salt shaker in hand, sprinkling a little pinch on every article you've just read

Biggins

If its in the tabloids, no.
If its in scientific or historical journals, probably.
If its in the BBC news, I'm tempted to.
If its on the local/national radio news, I'm sceptical.

If its Fox news, ha-ha. You have got to be kidding me!
No way, not a chance, na-da, hell would freeze over before I would! :pac:

Kimono-Girl

Biggins wrote: »

If its Fox news, ha-ha. You have got to be kidding me!
No way, not a chance, na-da, hell would freeze over before I would! :pac:

have you been outside :eek:

4zn76tysfajdxp

dr.bollocko wrote: »

12".
:cool:
PM for pics.

This is what he sent me when I PM'd him. :mad:

yermandan

starbelgrade wrote: »

I get my news from AH.

People here tell it like it really is.

This is the same for me.

I dont trust anything I read from any publication or anything I hear from anybody on news channels or the like.

Its quite a frustrating thing and I'm not sure how i'm gonna make sense if it!!

Biggins

Kimono-Girl wrote: »

have you been outside :eek:

Yes, and I have to say its lovely here in the Bahamas.
I'm surfing from the beach ya know!

Lemegeton

nope its all bull**** and severely biased. mainstream media is hore****e

Ghost Estate

I don't believe any of the stuff I read on boards.

orourkeda

Reading is for losers.

Riding is better

Biggins

orourkeda wrote: »

Reading is for losers.

Riding is better

Do both.

Read a lot, learn a lot, earn serious money from that and its application...

You will never be short of riding experience again!

Elevator

realies wrote: »

With all the hype and spin in the media especially the newspapers can you belive or trust anything that you read now ,I am talking here mostly about the tabloids,Irish sun,star,mail,herald,sunday world etc from football to politics to crime to the x factor, are they just a waste of space.

no and I've been aware of their bullsh1t since early 2000's

bonerm

orourkeda wrote: »

Reading is for losers.

Riding is better

So do you believe anything you ride now?

Duggy747

If something is of interest to me then I end up having to check multiple sources since some news media seem to like leaving out various points to paint a different picture.

Though I do enjoy the tabloid's use of phrases and words to blow an article out of proportion when reading. "Turn-off-your-brain" news

strokemyclover

I think it should be every man's ambition in life to be described as a "Love Rat" in a tabloid newspaper.

That's all they're good for tbh!

u140acro3xs7dm

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

I always add a pinch of salt to everything I read.

You would need to with this weather we are having