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Skynews or BBC News 24?

  • 16-01-2013 2:32pm
    #1
    jetsonx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭


    Now every public place in Ireland seems have Sky News.

    In universities, airports, bars, hotels and banks Sky News seems to be the default channel.

    Would you rather just have BBC News 24 - less annoying news flashes, less dramatic and less tainted by corporate interests?


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  • #2
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Inserts hipster "I only watch RT of course" comment here.


  • #3
    Plumpynutt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 648 ✭✭✭Plumpynutt


    Euronews


  • #4
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    RTE News Now


  • #5
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    The Nuacht because I can't understand a word of what they're saying.


  • #6
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    efb wrote: »
    RTE News Now
    Starring international celebrity anchorman Aengus MacGrianna


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  • #7
    Strawberry Fields
    Closed Accounts Posts: 611 ✭✭✭Strawberry Fields


    you've to pay extra for bbc news. Sky comes with the package.
    No brainer for businesses.


  • #8
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,547 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    Not a fan of Sky News at all.


  • #9
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    FloatingVoter wrote: »
    The Nuacht because I can't understand a word of what they're saying.
    Funnily enough I can understand France Vingt-Quatre no problem and never studied French!


  • #10
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    NiallSparky wrote: »
    Not a fan of Sky News at all.

    On a serious note, I bet Kay Burley is wild in the sack though.


  • #11
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Strawberry Fields wrote: »
    you've to pay extra for bbc news. Sky comes with the package.
    No brainer for businesses.

    Wha? BBC News is FTA.


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  • #12
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    I'm in the UK so I tend to hit the BBC news 24 button on tv before Sky , if only to avoid the '' Live ...NOW...in your face '' Hollywood style news like Sky .


  • #13
    Pilotdude5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 619 ✭✭✭Pilotdude5


    France vingt-quatre


  • #14
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    Strawberry Fields wrote: »
    you've to pay extra for bbc news. Sky comes with the package.
    No brainer for businesses.

    What was that about "No brainer"...........


  • #15
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Honestly, both and a few more besides.


  • #16
    Zebra3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,005 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    A-J.


  • #17
    Strawberry Fields
    Closed Accounts Posts: 611 ✭✭✭Strawberry Fields


    mikom wrote: »
    What was that about "No brainer"...........

    I don't have it and I have everything else.


  • #18
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    The Daily Show for US news. Seriously.


  • #19
    Boskowski
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,361 ✭✭✭Boskowski


    I hate the display of news channels in public places especially bars, pubs etc. I came here to have a break from all that sh1t ffs.
    In fact I hate news channels full stop. Their sensationalist faux concerned 24 hour no substance propaganda bullsh1t.
    But to answer your question sky news would defny be at the top of my hated news channel list.


  • #20
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    mikom wrote: »
    What was that about "No brainer"...........
    Strawberry Fields wrote: »
    I don't have it and I have everything else.

    A medical marvel.
    Sky news would love to get wind of this story.
    Add it on "other channels" list....... BBC News 10803 H 22000 5/6


  • #21
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    BBC NEWS every time for me.

    SKY News is just too tabloid-ish and too sensationalist for my liking, although if there is a major world event (twin towers for example) then I wouldn't discount watching the Sky news coverage in addition to other news channels. BBC News being the best in my opinion.


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  • #22
    gallag
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,355 ✭✭✭gallag


    Aljazerra or the beeb.


  • #23
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,088 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Sky News when it launched in 1989 and through most of the 90s would have been my default go to news source, but since they basically became The Sun TV with red banners and NEWSFLASH everywhere, I rarely turn it on these days.

    Probably BBC News then for a non-RTE slant on things/real news or CNN occasionally


  • #24
    smurfs5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 612 ✭✭✭smurfs5


    Funny how people still refer to the BBC News Channel as "BBC News 24". Hasn't been called that in 5 years!! :)

    It depends. When there is a big event happening e.g. London Riots, 9/11, 7/7, I really enjoy the coverage on Sky News but overall, it would be BBC News for me.


  • #25
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    It's all propaganda! I listen to the voices in my head.


  • #26
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    mikom wrote: »
    What was that about "No brainer"...........
    Has someone mentioned Kay Burley?


  • #27
    debabyjesus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 774 ✭✭✭debabyjesus


    Isn't it strange that a foreign news channel is on loop in public areas in this country? Even more strange when you consider that we have our own broadcaster with a bigoted agenda with the 24hr news loop.

    Airport terminals - Sky news
    Public service/Revenue offices - Sky news
    Hotels - BBC news

    That sh it is fcuked up.


  • #28
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Train station- RTÉ NEWS NOW


  • #29
    Lenin Skynard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭Lenin Skynard


    BBC news is dull and lifeless and so are their journalists. Like everything else the BBC does. I'm not a huge fan of Sky News but I much prefer it to the dusty old stiff BBC.


  • #30
    Cungi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 487 ✭✭Cungi


    Needs Poll

    www.kcna.kp


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  • #31
    KilOit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭KilOit


    Plumpynutt wrote: »
    Euronews

    Euronews - No Comment! watch that all day, a picture is worth a thousand words


  • #32
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I'll read the Irish news online, but I generally stick with BBC 24 or CNN on tv.

    Euronews is underrated imo.


  • #33
    smurfs5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 612 ✭✭✭smurfs5


    Lenin Skynard wrote: »
    BBC news is dull and lifeless and so are their journalists. Like everything else the BBC does. I'm not a huge fan of Sky News but I much prefer it to the dusty old stiff BBC.

    What an absolutely ridiculous comment. The BBC is the best broadcasting company in the world IMO. You thought their Olympics coverage was dull and lifeless? Do you think their radio output is dull and lifeless? Yeah right. BBC bashing for the sake of it. Appreciate that you have access to such fantastic output.


  • #34
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    BBC NEWS 24 all the time. Sky News is the Red Top of the televised news channels.


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