Is the news relevant anymore?

nudist

Do people still watch the news/ read newspapers anymore?

FreudianSlippers

Is the news still relevant? Of course it is.
Are newspapers still relevant? No.
Is the news on TV still relevant? Depends on which one you watch, but my feeling is it is only relevant if you are so ignorant and stupid that you need to be spoonfed your viewpoint that matches your "side" in the argument (a la Fox News).
I like to he told the story and hear neutral opinions on the situation and let me come to my own conclusions. I think BBC World does this very well tbh and Al Jazeera does it quite well too tbh. There is also a good Russian news channel I saw recently in Chicago in my hotel that was good. Cannot remember what it was called though.

Rabies

read a paper maybe once a week.
Check it online 2-3 times a day.

News papers are for yesterday's news.
Internet for current news and articles that lead to other news related items of interest.

Lizzzard

Rabies wrote: »

read a paper maybe once a week.
Check it online 2-3 times a day.

News papers are for yesterday's news.
Internet for current news and articles that lead to other news related items of interest.

Ah, but yesterdays news in full in the paper as opposed to 'breaking news, but we haven't got much details' on the internet. Although I do like clicking those related articles.

CorkMan

No it isn't relevant.

*Keeps Babestation on*

FruitLover

nudist wrote: »

Do people still watch the news/ read newspapers anymore?

Old people.

Canis Lupus

I like to watch Euronews everyonce in a while. It's terrible how our news is so US/UK. Outside of France/Germany/Burlesconi (sp?) I'm embarressed to say I couldn't name another EU PM or anything of importance happening in the EU at the moment.

New years resolution: Educate myself more about Europe.

bonerm

I find it irrelevant, not because it is in itself irrelevant but because moreso you're just getting some 'version' of the truth. It's a waste of time to listen to disinformation.

It takes time for the facts to settle and something resembling the truth to emerge. You're almost guaranteed to not get it in 24 hours. This is why I'm becoming increasingly interested in history and less interested in what happened yesterday.

I always go think back to 9/11 and the PLO being the first group mooted by Sky News for having been behind it. This sort of reportage is (to a greater or lesser extent) being force fed to us 24 hours a day just to fill column space and airtime.

mike65

I find I listen/read/watch less and less, its just stuff thats happening. It'll happen if I'm aware of it or not.

Brandog

I've also found that the quality of journalism is slipping in regards to international and European News while the domestic reportage certainly improved.Still the Irish times is the best for lighting the fire when i've ran out of zip,the others just smoulder as opposed to setting a blaze

Biggins

nudist wrote: »

Do people still watch the news/ read newspapers any more?

Yes, its relevant.
Depending on whats happening, such events decides who our country is gong to be effected, how much economically it might be going to cost us, how it might have an effect on our health or on future generations alone.

Is news relevant?
Yes, because watching news and learning of the above possible changes through it, we can adapt, save or even at times survive something that might be oncoming (and we that watched the news been forewarned) and live long enough through preparation, to live and protect ourselves and the ones we love.

Does anyone watch it?
Yes, those that wish to be educated. Those that wish to see a broader picture of the world in all its colours and not just simplistic black and white. They watch it in interest not just to see history in the making sometimes but also to try and participate in it by their new knowledge of something that is happening. People watch it too even if only to be able to hold a conversation over a pint in their local and not come across as the town dumb-ass!

Not to watch/hear/read the news occasionally is possibly bad for individuals.
It keeps them by lack of knowledge, an ill informed voting body, out of touch with the realities of whats going on around them, for example: even by their later vote, they can make further wrong decisions sometimes based on too old a piece of news and ideology (be it political, religious based, etc.) that now has moved on. There are many aspects that can be added to this...

Quick example of how news is relevant - also how it can directly effect us: news this morning from China is that they are reducing export quotas of "Rare Earth" (they produce 97% of the world demand for this item).
(The more rare an item is, the more expensive it gets!)
You might ask what the flip is that and how does it effect me! What relevance in news, is that to me?

Well the next time you decided to buy a Playstation, a flat screen TV or some electronic item, the some internal components might have had to be previously manufactured at a greater price before being inserted into your purchased product - and that means your going to be possibly hit in the wallet for that item you wish to buy more so.
Now by watching the news you can learn why you might have to pay more and be able to decide better if to make that purchase, wait till this item (Rare Earth) becomes more available thus price drop or you can possibly stay uninformed and just do some small towned, closeted ranting about how a local shop is just trying to additionally rip you off!

News is relevant in that it informs, educates and helps you make decisions - better ones hopefully. Thats the short version.

The above is just a summarised opinion answer. Hope it helps.

S.R.F.C.

It wouldn't be news if it wasn't relevant!

angel01

Can't recall the last time I bought a newspaper. I read them all online these days and check Sky News on the telly from time to time.

With the internet, I honestly don't see the point in paying for news that is old hat so quickly..

Run_to_da_hills

Use to get the Times and Herald regularly, they became too pricey for every day reading.

Now just the Times on a Saturday and the odd time if there is a spectacular or scandal in the news.

pablomakaveli

I still like reading a newspaper. Though i suppose they will eventually die out.

As for TV i think Sky News sums up everything thats wrong with the modern news channels.

mike65

News is little more than a consumer item these days. The 24 hr channels have killed it. The amount of time the BBC spends pimping its own programmes on its news channel is embarrassing.

Seloth

lol when skynews were insinuating Sinn Fein were the primary protesters and trying to overthrow the country I found it too be just as bad as FOX.

Its very relevant and when people dont know basic things I'm honestly shocked!Its how its being spread thats becoming sort of a problem.

Mr Benevolent

I don't watch TV or read newspapers. The only time I'm aware of news is seeing it on AH, and I ignore those threads.

TeddyTedson

When I had a job back in the olden times I used to read the paper because that's all everyone else did. Found it so boring. Not trying to be mean but I really don't care about some random murder or perv ect. The only decent thing in them is the sport and sudoko.

Mike 1972

i get most of my news online or from radio (BBC R4 mostly)

I have niether the time nor money for newspapers (especially at weekends) but on occasion I might get the (UK) independent.

Azhrei

I watch RTE News online every day. I think it's possibly the furthest a news programme can get from the likes of Fox/CNN/Sky/whatever. I wonder if the monotone the newscasters deliver the news in is intentional. It seems about as non-biased as a news programme can get.

af_thefragile

You do need to catch up with the lies from time to time...

Badgermonkey

I listen to BBC Radio 4, Five live & World Service.

Some of the best news and analysis around

Journalists like Rhod Sharpe are a joy to listen to.

mikemac

I remember a time when the Irish Independent had a good reputation as a newspaper

Well that's certainly changed over the last few years

I do like their website though and how you can get links to local newspapers all over the country

Stokolan

I gets all the news I need from Boards.ie

And everyone knows unless it shows up in After Hours its not real news!!!