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Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by mattlondon »

andrepd wrote: post #25
nannal wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd advise steering clear of anything related to UK politics published by the BBC. There's been a clear pro-right trend for a number of years evident most clearly during the most recent election and Scotland's independence referendum of 2014.

Not to mention the appalling coverage of Jeremy Corbyn.

What was appalling about its coverage? Any sources or evidence? From what I understand they go to great lengths to remain as impartial as possible so curious what it is in particular you are referring to?

Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by blowski »

nannal wrote: post #22
BjoernKW wrote: post #12

The BBC has a wide range of podcasts (available internationally), including ones about geopolitics and science. Due to the nature of the medium and the BBC's generally more serious and composed disposition these podcasts tend to be about actually relevant information rather than the outrage-inducing, largely irrelevant rubbish commonly fed by "Now ... this" media.

I'd advise steering clear of anything related to UK politics published by the BBC. There's been a clear pro-right trend for a number of years evident most clearly during the most recent election and Scotland's independence referendum of 2014.

In my experience, everybody complains that the BBC is biased, which probably means they're fairly neutral.

Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by Fishman343 »

arethuza wrote: post #26
nannal wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd advise steering clear of anything related to UK politics published by the BBC. There's been a clear pro-right trend for a number of years evident most clearly during the most recent election and Scotland's independence referendum of 2014.

The BBC received far more complaints on coverage on the recent election from Conservative (right) supporters than any other group: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/dec/31/bbc-election-c... The right wing in the UK is usually the group most critical of the BBC (AKA "Brussels Broadcasting Corporation"). I would agree that the coverage during the Scottish referendum in 2014 was biased but I think that this is beca…

In the post-trump era, right wing complaints against an organisation aren't necessarily a sign that that organisation is doing a good thing. Complaints from the factions in power in the UK at the moment are usually just a sign that their actions 'arent right enough' rather than not being right wing full stop.

Also, the BBC News wing has separate management, some of whom were appointed during Cameron's time in office. So the drama and comedy produced by the BBC can be independent of its news editing.

Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by akuji1993 »

I pretty far left, even for European standards, so this is my news:

- https://morningstaronline.co.uk/ (UK Left news)

- https://www.theguardian.com/international (Int. News)

- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world (Int. News)

- https://taz.de/ (German left newspaper)

- https://www.sueddeutsche.de/ (German centrist)

- https://www.theregister.co.uk/ (For IT news)

- https://techcrunch.com/ (For Startup News)

- https://www.nytimes.com/section/smarter-living (For Lifestyle articles)

Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by jknoepfler »

sunkenvicar wrote: post #21

American: https://foxnews.com Russian: https://rt.com Canadian: https://thepostmillennial.com

How on earth can anyone present fox news as a serious news site? It's the living incarnation of for-profit shock journalism. It doesn't even pretend to have actual content. (I'd be just as irritated if someone said comedy central... Which is probably slightly more accurate, but still utterly idiotic)

Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by jknoepfler »

akuji1993 wrote: post #30
molteanu wrote: post #17

https://www.rt.com/

Love how people downvote RT but upvote BBC. Take any media outlet with a big grain of salt. Al Jazeera is also a good news source, when you are intelligent enough to question motives.

One of those is not actively supressed by a dictatorship.

Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by mark_l_watson »

kristopolous wrote: post #28

I try to avoid it. It's too much of a time sink and there's almost zero pieces of actionable information. I know it's offensive to claim it's merely entertainment but in concrete terms there's no material difference resulting from tuning into daily banter that's any different than watching some serial drama on television.

I agree with you. I get an email USA news summary from The Guardian in the morning and a few minutes looking at that is suffices. I like democracynow.org also but only give that a good read a few times a month.

When a US politician does something I find offensive, I do take a few minutes to check to see if they are running for re-election in which case I try to donate $5 to their opponent. Otherwise, I am happy being “apathetic” to politics.

EDIT: I volunteer one day a week at my local food bank, and that helps tie me into local events and what is happening in town. Local news is the most important news to me since I have virtually no effect on the world outside of my local community.

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