Where do you get your news from?

DareGod

Personally my main source of news is The Journal.ie, but that's out of an addiction to the site rather than because of it being of value. It's atrocious. How exactly do you get a job as a "journalist" on that site, collect ten crisp packets and send away? I swear, most of their "articles" have been thrown together by their employees while sitting on the loo. I'd rather admit to working for The Sun than for that heap.

Next up we have Sky News. More trash, although the reporting style isn't quite as bad. But still, trash, and only good for a general sense of the main incidents throughout the world that day. Well, the ones Murdoch wants us to hear anyway, right after his minions have put their spin on it.

Finally, RTE News. It seems to be of a higher standard and less trashy, so I trust it more than most. Not that any one news source is to be trusted.

Where do you get your news from? I need recommendations.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Various sources. I hear about most big breaking news stories on here as I don't use things like Twitter.

ardinn

After Hours

recylingbin

An oul lad in the pub. He even let's me know whether its a disgrace or a good thing. Usually a disgrace.

Andy-Pandy

The Guardian, huffington post, boards.ie and breaking news. In that order. I check the first two every morning first thing.

Skylinehead

BBC News is number one usually. World news is so much better than Irish news, and they're one of the best at it.

RTE is the crappy Irish version of that.

Indo sometimes for the entertainment value, but I'm under no illusions - it's crap.

Then the Guardian, as long as I stay away from the opinion pieces.

ScumLord

Intense dairy fuelled dreams. I'm not sure if I'm getting the news from this planet though. I had this dream last night that this fella called Enda called all his voters whingers and then laughed at them while nuking their planet from orbit.

Lady is a tramp

Boards, Independent, and the Daily Mail (not sure which of the latter two I'm more ashamed of. )

Ruu

The Daily Prophet.

Sunnyisland

All sorts types and sizes .

Harry Palmr

That monolith, I touch it every morning.

PARlance

I generally stay away from the news, by and large, it's depressing. If something important happens, you tend to find out.

I read the Sunday Business Post every week and that's mainly work related.

After Hours answer: Your Ma.

recylingbin

Harry Palmr wrote: »

That monolith, I touch it every morning.

I hear those things are awfully loud

Akrasia

I use the feedly app on Android. I get the news I care about and put all the celeb gossip and other nonsense on ignore

RobertKK

Twitter - various sources as I follow a lot of news media.

On radio - Newstalk and RTE.

On TV, RTE, BBC, CNN, Sky News, CNBC, Fox news, France 24, RT.

Then Google news, if I want to find out what is happening somewhere not in the news.


Yesterday on twitter came across a news item saying Saudi Arabia has nuclear weapons for the past two years, as it was said on Saudi TV.
Yet nothing in the mainstream media.

By having various sources, you can come to a more balanced opinion. You often hear of stories before they break and become more mainstream news.

RTE and Newstalk followed by news feeds only get the papers on Saturday now, although I do and get a good English newspaper now and then and occasionally I get the Economist.

lc180

Diane from Accounts

ancapailldorcha

Primarily The Economist. I also use the BBC and Guardian's websites.

NomadicGray

DareGod wrote: »

Next up we have Sky News. More trash

That's an insult to actual trash

Robsweezie

facebook and twitter mostly, I don't often visit any news sites.

on tv I have a glance at rte six one every few days.

for the major stuff its sky news, like world disasters, celebrity deaths etc.

I never read the paper nowadays.

Iwasfrozen

An poblacht and rt. Exclusively.

Junkyard Tom

From various locations, on a wax-sealed scroll, delivered by a trusted associate on horseback.

LordSutch

Local news RTE, Newstalk.
World News BBC News, Sky, RT.

DareGod

BBC sounds like it might be good.

I've heard a lot of good things about The Guardian, but are they true?

I'm trying to break my read+refresh+read+refresh habit, and keeping the junk sites away from my brain should assist with that.

Akrasia wrote: »

I use the feedly app on Android. I get the news I care about and put all the celeb gossip and other nonsense on ignore

Interesting! I'm going to check this app out now.

DareGod

Oh, also, there's a news site called The Real News which claims to be completely independent and has no advertising, government funding or corporation funding.

It probably won't give you the news that your friends and colleagues will be posting about on Facebook or waffling on about at the water cooler, but it'll probably give you actual news that matters. Worth checking out if you're interested.

colossus-x

I think Sky News is a lot better than it's being credited for. Sky News is every bit as good as BBC News. They have a 'tabloidy' look and feel to their output but for live events they are excellent. They are always very up to date with political events. I love their newspaper review and I quite like their presenters in comparison to other outlets that come across as a bit stiff and pompous.

El_Duderino 09

Guardian is great for analysis and context of events rather than breaking news. Sky news is only headlines without any analysis so you could pick up as much information by listening to propel chatting on the bus.

I have a financial times subscription through work. To be fair it's the best news source by a long way. Short and to the point. No celebs, no sport, no rubbish. News and analysis or gtfo.

MadDog76

My wife ........ she knows everything. :rolleyes:

ygolometsipe

reddit.com/r/news
reddit.com/r/worldnews

mainly because the comments help me identify the bullpoop from the
fact.

El_Duderino 09

colossus-x wrote:

I think Sky News is a lot better than it's being credited for. Sky News is every bit as good as BBC News. They have a 'tabloidy' look and feel to their output but for live events they are excellent. They are always very up to date with political events. I love their newspaper review and I quite like their presenters in comparison to other outlets that come across as a bit stiff and pompous.

They give a tiny bit of information and repeat it so many times that you might think that's all there us to know about the story. In fact they barely skim the surface of any if the issues they touch. The newspaper review is an apt analogy fir the whole organisation. Imagine the headline was the whole story and they will explain that headline 5 times, but they won't go into any real detail.

It's not as bad as Fox News but the format is the same

Cee-Jay-Cee

My mum.

She rings me anytime anything major is reported on the news, be it someone famous dying or some natural disaster etc although I have had to previously warn her not to ring me with political news as I simply couldnt care less.

Permabear

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suicide_circus

http://www.kcna.kp/

North Korean Central News Agency is best Korean central news agency

beach_walker

DareGod wrote: »

I've heard a lot of good things about The Guardian, but are they true?

I gave up on it tbh. First I just couldn't face the opinion/analysis pages. Mounds of guff with the occasional goodie. Then you have to take into account their various axes-to-wield when reading the straight forward reports. Not worth it. Their football coverage is good though but I make do with MOTD for that!

For myself, it's usually BBC, RTE and Indo/Times sites for online sources. Will buy the Economist somewhat frequently for a bit more depth.

Capt'n Midnight

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

An poblacht and rt. Exclusively.

suicide_circus wrote: »

http://www.kcna.kp/

North Korean Central News Agency is best Korean central news agency

News was much better when Press TV was on the satellite http://www.presstv.com/

Sometimes it's easier to filter news when you know the agenda

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Facebook updates or front page of after hours.
Couldn't be dealing with actively seeking out nonsense about murders, Muslims or Ebola. Current affairs don't really interest me.

Capt'n Midnight

colossus-x wrote: »

I think Sky News is a lot better than it's being credited for. Sky News is every bit as good as BBC News. They have a 'tabloidy' look and feel to their output but for live events they are excellent. They are always very up to date with political events. I love their newspaper review and I quite like their presenters in comparison to other outlets that come across as a bit stiff and pompous.

Nah it's tabloid. First with the news because other organisations check their facts. Generally slow to report updates during UK elections which should be fish in a barrel stuff for a UK news organisation.

On a good day SKY might match a bad ITV News At Ten.
But ITV also do Channel 4's news and SKY have nothing that comes close to it or BBC's Newsnight.

Really really irritates me that so many public places show SKY News. RTE and BBC both have news channels

AvyStreet

Reddit, yahoo, sometime sky news though I know thats not the best place.
Various online papers - I take a peek at the Guardian and Telegraph.
The independable for a ever so slightly biased report when I must.

Custardpi

Since "news" sites are mostly click-bait, agenda driven trash these days you have to read a wide variety of them & try to filter out the noise. I'd read the Irish Times, Guardian, the UK Independent & sometimes the Irish one for news. I occasionally read some of the mainland European papers like Libération or El País if there's a really interesting story in their country. For analysis of world affairs I quite enjoy The Daily Beast & The Atlantic.

Bigus

I get my bad news from the mainstream media , radio and TV

I get my really bad and disgusting news from newsprint , which I have not bought in 4 years , but I can't help picking up a free newspaper read in a take away or pub or strangers house.

And i get interesting and sometimes uplifting positive news stuff from my actual real friends and work colleagues ,

, but the internet beats all for day to day reality updates on news /wars/economics/ social / science /and god knows what ( relationship issues )from my cyber acquaintances on boards and their informative links,

which is way more up to date and relevant then the MAIN STREAM media's hyper negative, sensationalist morbid crap, which is finally being found out, and being killed off , through disasterous sales and falling advertising revenue.

beach_walker

Tbh the only actual papers I insist on getting in a physical format and am somewhat loyal to are the local ones. I think it's important to know what's going on in your locality and there's a lot of stuff there that's not gonna be online. Plus you get the mad stories

rainbow kirby

Guardian, NYT, Irish Times, BBC.

Graces7

Only online, no radio or TV or papers. Two sites; radiokerry online for local news an breaking news for the rest. Rarely open the item, just read the headlines. It is enough and sometimes more than enough. Read re the dog the cops in the UK RAN OVER deliberately and FEEL SICK and angry .. will not go near the site again today...

thattequilagirl

Hard news from the Irish Times, the Indo and the BBC. Features/opinion from those plus HuffPost, occasionally the Guardian and whatever else pops up on my social media/boards.

I was thinking lately, my dad has gotten 90% of his news for the last 50 years off the same source - the 6.01 news. I think it's good we have so many options these days to broaden our minds.

Darkglasses

BBC news app and Boards for national and international news. Local paper for..local news.

Paddy Samurai

Mainly BBC news,followed by Irish times and Irish independent,I also check out reuters and washington post weekly.
Der Spiegel (english version) is top notch and has some great in depth articles about whats happening in the world.

The One Doctor

I avoid news. Not to be ironic or cool, just because I hate it. My fiance and I call it 'The Bad News'.