Which news sources do you follow?

Aside from referencing the BBC from time to time mostly get my news from skimming a variety of sources including social media and various forums, etc. then if there is anything interesting or breaking events cross-reference sources.

While I'm not a big Steve Lookner fan there are some people on his channels who seem to have access to details and/or breaking news a good hour or so ahead of mainstream sources.
 
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potatolord said:
Hehe, I often disagree with their editorial pieces, but the quality of their writing and research is fantastic.
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That sounds like proper journalism, so it does still exist, somewhere? I see the majority of MSM as clickbait farms these days, they’ve got to drive traffic somehow, especially the controversial opinion pieces and misleading headlines.
 
Feek said:
/me wonders how many of the people in here have said BBC have also posted in theTV licence thread. That would be an interesting cross-reference ;)
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I'm frankly shocked at how many people still use that pile of lying, woke, brainwashing, bias **** bag of a service that harbours child molesters and cultural Marxists, no wonder Labour are in power.

The Guardian? You might as well Trans yourself now. Owen Jones is disgraceful scum.
 
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shifty_uk said:
That sounds like proper journalism, so it does still exist, somewhere? I see the majority of MSM as clickbait farms these days, they’ve got to drive traffic somehow, especially the controversial opinion pieces and misleading headlines.
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If you've never read The Economist, I'd recommend picking up a print copy or looking on their website.

While it has lots of finance and business news, it's very good on world news, science and culture.

The writing is excellent- it explains background with no assumptions of prior knowledge and presents information clearly. It's head and shoulders above most news providers there.

This is probably my favourite ever article, and sums up a lot of what is good about the Economist's writing and research:
www.economist.com

A statistical analysis of the art on convicts’ bodies

What can be learned from a prisoner’s tattoos
www.economist.com www.economist.com
 
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Pawnless Endgame said:
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The gripe I have about the BBC is the lack of accountability. They're allegendly independent of the government which I guess is fair enough as most folk don't want a state run TV channel. However the licence fee is effectively a mandatory tax so, unlike other news outlets, if you don't like their content/agenda there's no way to not give them your money. It gives te public who are paying the licence fee no say in how the organisation is run. So they aren't accountable to the goverment nor does the licence fee payer have any direct say in how they're run. They seems largely free to push the politics/agenga of whoever is running the organisation which to me seems fundamentally wrong. Feels like the worst of both worlds to me given how many people still view them as an independent and 'free' news source.

I actually think we need more directly funded news outlets by payments/subscriptions perhaps like the Financial Times. I think a large part of the reason our media outlets are so poor is that they simply push content based on either clickbait for attention or promoting the agenda of advertisers and companies who finance them. We're effectvely being fed "news" by those companies and organisations who are funding the news channels.

That model needs to change if we want less biased and more relaible/impartial news outlets.
 
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