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What are your news sources?

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  • #62
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Wot! No one mentioned "Fox News" yet?
    There is hope yet for the world. :D

    Edit: Sadly maybe someone has. :(
    Bummer.


  • #63
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,331 ✭✭✭RichieC


    Pauleta wrote: »
    Mainly Sky News and Fox News. I use the Irish times website for my token fill of center-left reporting.

    No wonder you haven't a clue.


  • #64
    Einhard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,919 ✭✭✭Einhard


    Biggins wrote: »
    Wot! No one mentioned "Fox News" yet?
    There is hope yet for the world. :D

    Edit: Sadly maybe someone has. :(
    Bummer.

    I know I'm probably committing the boards equivalent of social suicide here, but the "News" part of Fox News isn't all that bad- for an American show that is- and not particularly biased.

    I'm off not to commit harakiri. :D


  • #65
    Pauleta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,778 ✭✭✭Pauleta


    RichieC wrote: »
    No wonder you haven't a clue.
    About what?


  • #66
    Biggins
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    Einhard wrote: »
    ...and not particularly biased...
    ...Unless your a Democrat. Then your a walking target for some terrible material to be spun towards! :pac:


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  • #67
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Pauleta wrote: »
    About what?
    Sadly Fox News has a terrible, terrible name in regarding the truthfulness of many of their stories.
    I can't understate how bad their name is in media circles.

    For simple example (of which there are thousands to be found on the net):
    * Reporter Tony Snow made many "mistakes" (as he later stated) back in 2001 when he claimed outgoing members of President Clinton's staff trashed the White House.
    * Hannity made the same "mistake" when he showed photos that were suppose to be a huge tea party rally but were from a different event.
    * http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/02/fox-reverses-poll-results-to-portray-public-as-anti-union/
    * O'Reilly made a "mistake" when he ran a video of protests claiming they were from Wisconsin but clearly had palm trees in the background. There are hundreds of examples of just such "mistakes".
    * Fox got caught lying about the crowd at Michele Bachmann's healthcare protest, then it got caught lying about the size of a crowd at Sarah Palin's book-signing.
    * Trying to pass off former Rep. Mark Foley as "D-Fla." at the height of his sex scandal in order to have a go at Democrats!

    See here why they cannot operate in Canada (clue: They want the law to be change there that allows lies to be told): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr/fox-news-will-not-be-moving-into-canada-after-all_b_829473.html

    When it comes (all too regularly) to honesty for a lot of stories, their reputation is now worldly seen as dire and desperate in quality.


  • #68
    osullic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 393 ✭✭osullic


    I use The Irish Times website/NHK/The Irish Economy and the Guardian website.


  • #69
    Diabhal Beag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,238 ✭✭✭✭Diabhal Beag


    Wordpress blogs :pac:


  • #70
    CrazyRabbit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    Fox News : The inspiration for the Onion News Network.

    I half expect them to report that Obama is muslim, or that he's not even American.


    ...oh wait.


  • #71
    Krieg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,378 ✭✭✭Krieg


    Since getting an iphone im a lot more in touch with ongoing news
    RTE, BBC, Sky news are the main ones I check. BBC seems to be the best.

    When ever there is major news I use wikipedia, has all the info you could possibly want regarding a news topic


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  • #72
    Naikon
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    I take everything I read with a big grain of salt. Suppose the Irish Times and Examiner aren't poorly researched at least. The rest can be good as a replacement for toilet paper though. Papers such as the Guardian or the Sindo are merely tabloids masquerading as broadsheets.


  • #73
    liah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,750 ✭✭✭liah


    Ah, dude, Biggins, you make that great post about why Fox News is crap yet you have Bild listed in what you read! They're the Fox News of Germany!


  • #74
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    liah wrote: »
    Ah, dude, Biggins, you make that great post about why Fox News is crap yet you have Bild listed in what you read! They're the Fox News of Germany!
    I know. It helps sometimes to keep an eye on them as I do with Fox, to see how the other side is spinning things.
    (Note I include The Welt too, to contrast them)


  • #75
    whydoibother?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 758 ✭✭✭whydoibother?


    I read newspapers online - Irish Times, Indo (occasionally), Guardian, Telegraph, Economist, UK Times and a favourite reminder of my travelling days - The Sydney Morning Herald.

    TV - RTE News, SKy, BBC, CNN and (though I'm conscious that they take a very particular perspective) Fox.


  • #76
    OutlawPete
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    CNN usually.

    You can't help but become aware of news events while online these days also.


  • #77
    Star Bingo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,366 ✭✭✭Star Bingo


    Sky news currently.. worlds largest Pedo Ring smashed; 2/3 from britain.


  • #78
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    the nein 11 forum


  • #79
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Indo,Irish times,rte,newstalk,aljazeera,boards.ie.There the most frequent but i scan lots of news stories from around the world.


  • #80
    Capt'n Midnight
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    TPD wrote: »
    The Onion. If I'm going to be lied to and fed opinion, it may as well be funny :pac:
    I hope you mean the Ugandan Onion

    quality paper


  • #81
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 99,589 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Newsnight / Channel 4 at 7pm / RTE two late news

    ocassionally watch foreign satellites, lost all interest in US news channels,
    must see if there is a list of when foreign language channels have their half hour news slot

    for older stuff
    BBC radio 4 / Fiorsceal / Dispatches etc.

    newspapers - The Irish Times , the others are edutainment at best




    In the past they used to sneak bad news on busy days - so check if anything slipped under the radar with the Tsunami etc,
    another old trick was to release bad news late on Friday, as both Saturday and Sunday papers where done by then and by Monday it's old news


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  • #82
    strobe
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    Reuters, the English Times, Aljazera and whatever google news feed throws up.


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