Where do you get your news from?

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Ever since I've had my children, I feel like I've been living under a rock in terms of following the news and knowing what's going on in the world.

I'd like to read a broad range of news articles, from many different perspectives. Can I ask, as well as the mainstream newspapers, where else do you source your news and how reliable do you find it? Hoping to find some to follow! Thanks 😌

Recently I've been watching Channel 4 news (relatively neutral); other news sources I look at regularly are the Guardian and the Daily Mail, to get both ends of the spectrum (I've never been keen on the Mirror, I can't put my finger on why, and I cannot bring myself to "read" the Sun despite the fact my parents swore by it). In general I find the stories in the Guardian are better researched and link to original sources; it's very obvious the Mail mainly uses press agencies now.

I also like to look at other sources like Al Jazeera, The Atlantic (though that's more essay like and Trump hates it), The New York Times and the Washington Post. I used to enjoy Radio 4 but it has annoyed me so much the last few months if I'm going to turn to the BBC for news now it tends to be either the World Service or local stations.

I used to admire the Independent for their utterly neutral political stance, but they are very bland.

My tuppence ha'penny worth!

Oh, and I don't look at all of them every day - I'd never get anything done!

I like the 'i newspaper' its factual and unbiased. I expect you can get it online too.

I read my local newspaper online regularly. Then I have notifications to my phone from bbc news and a subscription set up to the Times.

Apart from that, Facebook (obviously not the YouTube links, but actual news) and Most Active here!

Anyone that describes ANY news outlet as neutral or unbias are naive. Everyone is pushing some sort of agenda. Best thing is to look at many different sources, like a PP says.
I read Guardian, The I, Telegraph, Mail. But I also listen to a lot of YouTube talk shows - Talk Radio and The Spectator always have interesting discussions / interviews.

Keep an open mind and don't listen to everything mainstream media presents.

LBC (especially James O'Brien), Ch4, Newsnight, the Guardian, the Mail (for an alternative view) and the Washington Post.

Oh, and the NY Times today - funnily enough

The Telegraph

The BBC

The Daily Wail (to see just how real news can be skewed)

The Irish Times

The Irish Independent

And if you want real opposite ends of the spectrum in the UK that aren't newspapers, there's the New Statesman at one end and the Spectator at the other.

I do have to agree that there is no one completely neutral source of news, though; the best you can hope for is "relatively". ;)

This 2018 source is a little dated now but I've not been able to find an updated version yet. www.marketwatch.com/story/how-biased-is-your-news-source-you-probably-wont-agree-with-this-chart-2018-02-28

Even the i is now owned by the Daily Mail Group -www.theguardian.com/media/2019/nov/29/daily-mail-owner-buys-the-i-newspaper

And then if you want a bit of a (slightly hysterical) laugh at the news there are publications like Private Eye, or websites like Newsbiscuit, Newsthump, and the Rochdale Herald. I also used to enjoy the Ulster Fry when I lived in Northern Ireland; most of their stories obviously have a local tilt.

Only problem recently, of course, is that the mainstream news now reports such bizarre events on a daily basis that it's sometimes hard to tell satire from "reality"....

Years ago I took an evening class that was taught by someone who'd been an editor for the Express for several years. It really opened my eyes to how the press works. And that was long before Cambridge Analytica....!

This 2018 source is a little dated now but I've not been able to find an updated version yet.
I like the idea of the chart, but this one is inaccurate. CNN being practically in the middle is laughable. I suppose it's impossible to make such a chart without one's own bias affecting it.

The Independent are quite obviously to the left too - if they used to be neutral, they aren't anymore.

I agree it's best to take in a range of sources and never kid yourself that any of them are unbiased.

BBC
Guardian
FT (way more accessible than I used to think).

Various international news sites that pop up in my Twitter feed.

@wellwist A lot can change in 2 years, especially if you are in a country where government policy, for instance, is slipping to one side or the other. And it also depends where you personally stand, politically.

I did say the diagram was the best I could find for now, there are others out there. It's not my chart. One exercise I've found pays dividends, if you have the time (or teaching media studies type sessions) is to take the exact same story and see how, say, the Guardian, Daily Mail, Independent, BBC and Spectator/New Statesman describe it. It's usually quite enlightening.

I should also have clarified earlier that when I said the Independent was "utterly neutral", this is the stance they initially (claimed they) espoused. I can still remember the original adverts.

I grew up in a household where we only ever had the Sun and anything else was regarded as "too highbrow"....I was 18 and at university before I realised it was okay to read the Guardian/Telegraph/Times, and that I could even understand a few of the long words without resorting to a dictionary.... ;)

We read The Times now most weekends (actual newspaper). Also BBC website although I don't find it very good for a variety of news, and don't always agree with what they choose to leave out of the news. Daily Mail is good for reporting on sensitive news that others don't want to get involved with. Al Jazeera tv is interesting for the in depth documentaries about the middle and far East. I don't have any one source that I can use to keep up to date though. It takes dedication to keep properly on top of the news!

I agree with getting a spread of sources, in the UK it's fascinating to see the same story in the Daily Mail vs Guardian, likewise Fox vs CNN in the US.

I also deliberately keep my social media circle wide, if someone posts something I disagree with, it forces me to remember people hold differing views, and it's dangerous to think it's just 'nutters' who support trump or don't understand the difference between 'all lives' and 'black lives' or issues with COVID and different countries' responses.

BBC C4

Plus al Jazeera. Excellent reporting and a more global view.

BBC during covid has felt like propaganda tbh.

I have a subscription to The Times and I listen to Times radio each morning. I used to listen to Radio 4 Today programme, but find it too irritating now.

Radio 4. LBC.Main tv channels.

Private eye, the week, the spectator, BBC and guardian.

Is depends what I'm looking for. If I want to know about a newsworthy event that has occurred I'll go to the BBC, alternatively if I want comment, opinion or in depth analysis I'll go to private eye, the spectator or the week.

Glad you posted this.
I normally check the BBC or watch Sky news but feel they don't cover world stories. Will be great to read other news for a change.

Apple News

I'm really a big fan of this app because you pick all your fav topics e.g. Royal Family, Cars, Eastenders and Lonely Planet (there's tons to choose from and no limit) and it will pull articles from different sources i.e. BBC, The Times etc and show you many articles relating to them - they're also very up to date.

BBC News

CNN - I like to know what's going on in the world

I stopped reading UK newspapers and watching mainstream news channels after Brexit. For my politics fix I now prefer to make my own mind up and get my politics fix straight from the horses mouths by watching the Parliament Channel. And Al Jazeera fills in the rest.

I have stopped buying newspapers - nowadays they are just full of opinion and clickbait. I subscribe to weekly magazines instead. I get: The Economist (good for factual info, lots of data and graphs); New scientist for popular science, including a science perspective on relevant news events. I usually listen to some radio news during the day and follow a few thought-leadery types on Twitter.

I'm pleased to see so many people do the same as me, I read The Guardian and The Mail too. I've recently switched from BBC news to Sky on the TV because of the BBC notion of neutrality and the fluffy nature of the breakfast programme.

I've also discovered Byline Times which I'm enjoying.

This explains why I'm going off the BBC;
bylinetimes.com/2020/11/10/us-election-2020-the-power-of-populist-lies-and-the-bbcs-failure-to-expose-them/?fbclid=IwAR2fg2ImWYGzFf_sGqeEaZc9HsemfcLBXZ5EIvtiuc--jYdLn6D32o8ZcJo

Radio 4 , The Guardian , The Times , Sky news , Al Jazeera, depends what I want to know about, will look at US publications if its about US politics.
Most have some sort of bias, but bias is not neccessarily a bad thing, its a human thing. Being aware of the bias and reading it with that in mind is hard sometimes, especially if it is biased in favour of your opinion