Where do you get your news?

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Just that. With the collapse of 'the mainstream media' I just wonder where everyone sees/reads news these days? Does anyone still buy a physical paper and, if they do, do they actually sit down and read it through? Are there many people who never look at, e.g., the BBC or the big newspapers but just at news on Facebook or other social media? News that's served to you vs a news outlet that you have to check in a separate app? Anything that qualifies as a 'local news' outlet? Any dedicated international news? Or, if you don't keep up with the news, was that a choice (too depressing these days, no time, subscriptions too expensive) or something else...?

Yes, I'm a journalist - sorry - but am not selling anything or researching for an article, just wondering for my own interest. I keep hearing about how much misinformation people seem to be getting, and I just wonder where they're getting it and why it isn't balanced by the weight of a 'mainstream' view...?

Sounds interesting, you mean they mark up each article accordingly?

BBC website, Channel 4 7pm news sometimes, and a subscriber to Private Eye.

Bbc radio 4, Channel 4 news, bbc website, sky news

Times, Telegraph, New York Times, The Economist, Guardian, online and others, such as Reuters, if thats where google takes me, especially for international news. I follow US, ME and African news particularly.

Twitter and Insta still good for breaking news and commentary and taking you to other sites.

About once a month buy the FT in paper form! Very occasionally the Guardian.

Plus magazines like New Statesman and increasingly substack for commentary.

BBC 6o’clock or Channel 4 7o’clock news.
I have a Times online subscription. Have thought about cancelling it, but will stick with it for now.
If I’m bored at work, I may click on the Mail online, but it really is a cesspit, so I don’t look at it much.
I used to like Twitter, but musk has ruined it. I did try Bluesky, but found it a bit boring.
Occasionally view ‘The rest is politics’. My Dh buys me the Private Eye annual every Christmas.
And for local news, I look at the local Facebook group. Always good for finding out whose cat has gone missing, what bike has been dumped in the woods and where to get a good Chinese takeaway from 😀

BBC and Guardian for UK, and The Times for the few free articles I can access.
And as I live abroad a bunch of local sites that also touch global news.
I also like the US late night shows for their commentary on American goings on - so not news as such but gives me some info that I don't get elsewhere.

The News Agents podcast most days
The Times headlines only most days
Bbc 10 o clock news headlines only
The Guardian twice a week or so
The Week weekly
The Observer Sunday
Sky app occasionally
Bbc app occasionally

Yes I subscribe to their newsletter groundnews.com I think (they call themselves a news aggregator. They show a selection of stories according to your interests and highlight stories that the left are reporting and the right ignoring and vice versa. And they show which outlets they surveyed.

They often take one story and show the bias e.g. 'man' as subject vs 'illegal immigrant'. The newsletter is free. I think there's a more indepth paid version.

Also mainly use Ground News to get the headlines and link to other news channels