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Media/News websites

  • 09-08-2014 6:16pm
    #1
    lufties
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭


    I somehow tend to default onto websites such as Independent.ie and the journal but am utterly tired of these as its mostly propaganda for vested interests and celeb rubbish..Anyone know of 'News' websites that are worth a look?


Comments

  • #2
    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    Definitely not the DailyMail.

    Half the stories are total nonsense and the rest are all about celebrities.

    Avoid at all costs!


  • #3
    Dinosaur Controller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭Dinosaur Controller


    lufties wrote: »
    I somehow tend to default onto websites such as Independent.ie and the journal but am utterly tired of these as its mostly propaganda for vested interests and celeb rubbish..Anyone know of 'News' websites that are worth a look?

    You forgot to mention that almost every moron in Ireland seems compelled to comment on Journal.ie 'stories'.

    Nobody cares what you think. Read the article and f*ck off.


  • #4
    lufties
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭lufties


    AlanS181824 wrote: »
    Definitely not the DailyMail.

    Half the stories are total nonsense and the rest are all about celebrities.

    Avoid at all costs!


    Ya I know that one alright, lots of nice eye candy but not much substance.


  • #5
    lufties
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭lufties


    Dinosaur Controller wrote: »
    You forgot to mention that almost every moron in Ireland seems compelled to comment on Journal.ie 'stories'.

    Nobody cares what you think. Read the article and f*ck off.

    In fairness the comments are the best thing about that site, I don't even bother reading the articles anymore, straight to the comment section.


  • #6
    wazky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    The Cavan Echo.

    Wall to wall farmer clunge and all the tips and tricks on how to make your one euro stretch over the entire week.


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  • #7
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    I get all my news from waterfordwhispersnews.com

    Truthful, factual, and we'll edited.


  • #8
    Davarus Walrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭Davarus Walrus


    The Journal is a horrific site. It takes the outrage of the Daily Mail (with none of the entertainment) and mixes it with the biases of recent 'journo' graduates who think the latest BBQ restaurant in Outer Smithfield represents a nuanced perspective on Modern Ireland. It then allows the Plain People of Ireland to comment. Awful.

    The Irish Times and the Telegraph are the last bastions of their respective belief systems. And even they are having to change.


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    lufties wrote: »
    Ya I know that one alright, lots of nice eye candy but not much substance.
    True, but that's what most people actually want to read, the serious (& often gloomy) real world stuff is just too hard to take in after a busy days work.


  • #10
    lufties
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭lufties


    Deleted User wrote: »
    True, but that's what most people actually want to read, the serious (& often gloomy) real world stuff is just too hard to take in after a busy days work.

    I agree


  • #11
    lufties
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭lufties


    Davarus Walrus wrote: »
    The Journal is a horrific site. It takes the outrage of the Daily Mail (with none of the entertainment) and mixes it with the biases of recent 'journo' graduates who think the latest BBQ restaurant in Outer Smithfield represents a nuanced perspective on Modern Ireland. It then allows the Plain People of Ireland to comment. Awful.

    The Irish Times and the Telegraph are the last bastions of their respective belief systems. And even they are having to change.

    Not much on the Irish times site but might give it a go, I hear the examiner is ok too. The journal makes me want to headbutt my computer.


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