is there any decent newspaper left in this country.

jpk1976 · 15-11-2010 03:16PM #1

the mail/sun/people/mirror and all british imports are out straight away...they are even worse than ours..the indo and the times are passable but seem to have started to channel the spirit of the tabloids....am i asking to much for a newspaper that give quality news coverage?

maxwell smart · 15-11-2010 03:17PM

Is the daily sport still available? Insightful articles throughout.

Sanjuro · 15-11-2010 03:19PM

Print media is dying fast due to the ease of access to the internet and free news. So they need to find new ways to attract readers. This results in a lot of newspapers going for sensationalism and what is more akin to gossip than news. So there are very few decent newspapers left. Personally, I avoid all of them.

Not to mention political party affiliation affecting subjectivity.

Cian92 · 15-11-2010 03:37PM

The Examiner? Well sometimes...

thebigbiffo · 15-11-2010 03:39PM

what's wrong with the times?

Dunjohn · 15-11-2010 03:39PM

I'm living in an Indo household but I've long since noticed a gradual lean towards tabloid reporting and extremely leading, biased articles. I've always kind-of seen the Times as being much better, but rarely get it. Please don't tell me that that's going the same way.

OutlawPete · 15-11-2010 03:41PM

The Metro.

Jamiekelly · 15-11-2010 03:43PM

The Sun is a excellent and insigh.....
Sorry I couldn't go through with it

thebigbiffo · 15-11-2010 03:44PM

also, it's a bit of a myth saying newspapers are f'ucked - especially in this country. circulation of most papers have seen a small decrease but you'd have to expect that in a recession and with emigration the way it is. overall, newspaper sales are holding up strongly in ireland compared to many other countries...

Kimono-Girl · 15-11-2010 03:44PM

the examiner is ok i guess...

PeterIanStaker · 15-11-2010 03:50PM

Buying newspapers is ingrained in the habit of older Irish people, just like going to mass and voting FF. That, sadly, is what keeps the sales up.

onlyrocknroll · 15-11-2010 03:54PM

Dunjohn wrote: »

I'm living in an Indo household but I've long since noticed a gradual lean towards tabloid reporting and extremely leading, biased articles. I've always kind-of seen the Times as being much better, but rarely get it. Please don't tell me that that's going the same way.

I get the Times and haven't seen it move in this direction at all. Wish I could say the same about the Examiner but it's become ever more progressively tabloid like since it went national IMO. Still the second best paper though.

The Indo is awful these days IMO. Any newspaper that printed the pictures of the Pwc girls is the lowest form of gutter rag that I can think of. I hate when newspapers pretend to be outraged by something, but are actually engage in it themselves.
ie. 'Isn't it so sexist and degrading what these male employees have have done' and then they publish the girls photos themselves, far more sexist and degrading than the original email.
Revolting.

Nodin · 15-11-2010 03:55PM

maxwell smart wrote: »

Is the daily sport still available? Insightful articles throughout.

I was hoping to do page 3 in that.

Ok I'm a 41 year old man, but that shouldn't disqualify me, going on what they put in.

PeterIanStaker · 15-11-2010 04:00PM

Nodin wrote: »

I was hoping to do page 3 in that.

Ok I'm a 41 year old man, but that shouldn't disqualify me, going on what they put in.

Every page in the Daily Sport is like page 3:D

aDeener · 15-11-2010 04:03PM

The Examiner

Limerick Dude · 15-11-2010 04:06PM

Must say I enjoy the Sunday Tribune, wouldn't have much time for any others.

aDeener · 15-11-2010 04:07PM

Limerick Dude wrote: »

Must say I enjoy the Sunday Tribune, wouldn't have much time for any others.

but by purchasing it you are contributing to the independent

jpk1976 · 15-11-2010 04:16PM

reading a physical newspaper is one of lifes little pleasures that i am not willing to let go..from ink on the fingers to chewing the top of the pen while trying in vain the even start the cryptic crossword,to finding a year old paper in the boot of the car and skimming throught it just to see how different things have turned out..its so much better than online media.
i usually default to the indo but it has become more sensationalist to appeal to a wider audience....i guess it anything but a red top though....

Liam Byrne · 15-11-2010 04:17PM

Examiner here too.....used to read the Indo until I realised I could make up more credible and interesting stuff myself!

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 15-11-2010 04:18PM

Just read the Times online these days

I'd like to extend the question to include magazines

mikemac · 15-11-2010 04:19PM

The Examiner, that's a Corkmans paper

We'll have none of that

Setun · 15-11-2010 04:20PM

The Guardian is good, especially online - but they're kind of "hating on" Ireland at the moment, so perhaps not...

Liam Byrne · 15-11-2010 04:21PM

feelingstressed wrote: »

The Examiner, that's a Corkmans paper

You should read better newspapers to keep up-to-date.

- Used to be Cork
- Expanded to be Munster (dropping the "Cork" in the title)
- Now nationwide and far less Dublin-focussed than other so-called "nationals"

enniscorthy · 15-11-2010 04:24PM

wexford echo

mailforkev · 15-11-2010 04:24PM

Don't buy newspapers but if I did it would only be the Irish Times. It's all online though so no need to buy it.

The Indo/Sindo are the worst of the worst. They try to cover the tat (X-Factor/Alison O'Riordan/burn the rich) they print with a veneer of respectability, at least the Red Tops have a touch of honesty to them.

Examiner seems to be second best. All the others are many moons away.

Dunjohn · 15-11-2010 04:36PM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

- Now nationwide and far less Dublin-focussed than other so-called "nationals"

This is what I like about the Examiner, but the problem is that they just switch the focus to Cork rather than removing it entirely.

mikemac · 15-11-2010 04:39PM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

You should read better newspapers to keep up-to-date.

Think you missed the smiley at the end of the post

relax

funkyjebus · 15-11-2010 04:42PM

stopped reading our papers years ago. read the guardian and throw an eye on the times and indo for more irish news if i can bear it.

Biggins · 15-11-2010 04:43PM

Have online subscriptions with the Times Ireland/England.

Don't buy newspapers very often now, if at all. I don't generally trust them and are full of sensationalism for profit and/or tabloid summed up items (I like detail) that usually is biased one way or another.

Ectoplasm · 15-11-2010 04:49PM

I get most of my news online now from various sources (including AH

) but if I'm going to buy a paper these days, I'll get the Sunday Business Post.

mathepac · 15-11-2010 04:53PM

Daddio wrote: »

The Guardian is good, especially online ...

Without the guardian, the daily wailings, sindo, etc there would be a paucity of post on boards.ie. Have a look at the threads started recently (I'm paraphrasing here)

Eddie Jordan refuses to have 6 ft poppy stapled to his forehead - F1 supporters (Chas & Dave's fan-club) infuriated!
3 or 4 Z-list birds claim to have changed religions - is this a record or the emergence of the burqa as a fashion-accessory?
Former UK drugs czar publishes report - we must change our laws!
boards.ie posters use accurate, meaningful and grammatically correct thread titles - daily wailings refuses to hire them!
Exclamation marks banned in boards.ie posts - after-market key-board sales plummet!!! (briefly)

(note: only the changes have been named to protect the incensed)

is there any decent newspaper left in this country.

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