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I recently saw Don McCullin's documentary on netflix. Where he touches upon the notion of independent press dying. This got me wondering , does any one really read newspapers (or magazines to gather news) these days ? Are there any which are "Independent".

Edit : Oh crap! can a mod please move to GD!
 
Most of them lean one way or another. Some of course do a much better job of being as center as possible with their political spectrum or just stick to more factual reporting rather than opinions pieces.

It's up to the reader to make sure they inform themselves about the issue from as many sources as possible and make up their own educated opinion on the matter. Truth is normally somewhere in the middle and while DM readers get all the bad rep I find some of the left wing people who read newspapers like Guardian and Independent (awful bait style social media by the way) like it's gospel are just as bad in my eyes. Both groups are impervious to facts and reason which makes them just as bad as each other in my eyes.

I never actually read newspapers and we never have in my family so most of my news comes from online news sites and weekly publications. As above I actually like to read a few articles from different sources on the same issue if it interests me and it's normally a mix of UK, US and even Russian media in some cases.

EDIT: Thought I was in GD when I replied to this heh
 
On current events i prefer to check out what different sources say and assign some sort of relative perspective.

I do however still buy Anglers mail. There is something enjoyable about reading something like that from paper over a phone screen. Especially while sitting by a lake or river in the fresh air.
 
I sometimes read the papers in the works restaurant. I don't buy them, or read them habitually.
 
I read the Times every day and still subscribe to a few magazines. World news coverage is very good in the paper.
 
Aside from being stereotyped according to which paper(s) you choose.... Whatever papers you read, you will be misinformed and if you don't read any, you're uninformed.

If it's important enough to require my attention, I'll find out along the way.
 
Newspapers hell no. But then not really interested in normal news.
Magazines I still like. Internet might have everything on there, if you know what your looking for. Magazines I still find far better for a general interest.
 
I flick through the Metro paper every morning on the train. I have watched it go from fairly poor in the early days to covering some interesting things to recently degrading into a celebrity ridden tabloid rag.

As for a paid paper, no all my news comes via the radio, podcast, TV and online.
 
Journalism will just evolve and adapt no matter what happens to the big media businesses. You have to look at the history of journalism to see that modern day media empires are relatively recent. Everything was a lot more local and small fry compared to these days.

If the big media names die off, then new media companies will take over with new different business models.

In a lot of ways the internet has made journalism redundant because information can be copied and sent around without much difficulty.
 
I don't read the papers much these days because of the internet, but I'm lead to believe the FT is good in that it doesn't tend to have the political bias or affiliations other papers have, and strives to give both sides of each story so they don't end up misleading investors.
 
StriderX said:
Smart folk (not brain dead) don't bother id imagine, as its 100% sensationalist rubbish.
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This. The second I open a paper I'm in full cynic mode, I can't read an article without wondering what the motives are behind the article or what it's hiding.
 
Me personally, no.. But I think the most common place for them now is tubes/trains where they're free and just left there. Rarely see anyone buy them these days
 
I used to read the Telegraph online during the week and in print at the weekend a lot but it has really gone down hill. Conrad Black was a crook but with the exception of news about Israel the paper was very independent and genuinely investigative and he allowed a large degree of editorial freedom. The new owners are a disgrace the volume of paid for content is an embarassment. They chase every SJW led headline and are puddle deep in their reporting. It's not truly a conservative or Conservative paper these days. There have been numerous cases of reporters being leant on not to report stories involving advertisers and there are very few decent opinion writers anymore. It's kind of sad really.

The Indy descended into student rag levels of partiality years ago when every second frontpage was on global warming.
The Guardian was and still is the in house mag of the snobby hypocrticial left but occasionally voices some really ecellent investigative reporting.
The Times, no idea haven't read it for years.

Personally I think the newspaper industry is treading a tightrope of commercial pressures. But online news is barely better and often suffers from far worse instances of confirmation bias.

Then again maybe the same arguments have been rolling around for decades.
 
I'll put my hands up and admit to reading the DailyFail online on my lunch break, but feel horrible every time. Their headlines make me cringe and their reporting is just lousy, plus they have so many hidden agendas it's a wonder they actually manage to ever 'report' any news. I mostly like it as the whole 'paper' is displayed on one page, plus the sidebar of shame is always entertaining.

I used to only read the BBC news site, but have found recently they're moving towards primarily video content which frustrates me no end, as A; my internet is rarely good enough to load videos, and B; i'm often in an office with co-workers who won't want to listen to news reports while working.
 
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