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Where do you get your news? TV? Online? Papers? Social media?

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tanith Thu 26-Sept-19 15:58:01

BBC in the morning on tv, then online newspapers and the bbc online I only buy a newspaper once a week.

Amagran Thu 26-Sept-19 15:52:45

BBC radio and TV, newspapers, mainly Guardian but use MSN to access articles in other newspapers at home and abroad.

My Tory friends won't watch BBC news because they think it is biased towards the left and my Labour friends won't watch it because they think it is biased to the right! hmm I reckon the BBC must have it just about right then!

Day6 Thu 26-Sept-19 15:41:16

Oh and I check Twitter on my phone a few times during the day (briefly) for breaking news or developments and the opinions of those I follow.

Day6 Thu 26-Sept-19 15:37:25

I read a variety of papers and articles online, including the Telegraph, Guardian, Spectator, Private Eye. I only buy newspapers at the weekend these days.

I will switch over rather than watch BBC, Sky or Channel4 news coverage on TV .It's all EU biased.

I listen to the radio too, so get brief news headlines if I'm on a music channel. I'll follow up the stories online. Cannot listen to Radio4 any longer, either.

LondonGranny Thu 26-Sept-19 15:24:07

Forgot to mention Private Eye. It often breaks important news before anyone else does. They knew Robert Maxwell was a crook long before anyone else cared to mention it. They got sued countless times for telling the truth about him.

Gonegirl Thu 26-Sept-19 15:11:51

On here mostly. Cba to read papers.

I might occasionally pick up half an item on the Today programme, but it's soon forgotten.

Twitter's good for it.

mcem Thu 26-Sept-19 14:34:11

All of the above. Print newspapers less and less.

Scribbles Thu 26-Sept-19 14:29:41

LBC radio at breakfast time; random radio news bulletins during the day; MSN, the Independent and local news sites on my tablet.

Grannybags Thu 26-Sept-19 13:45:38

BBC news for breakfast, then radio 4. With everything going on at the moment I check with Sky news on and off during the day

Cherrytree59 Thu 26-Sept-19 13:44:44

Online

Maybelle Thu 26-Sept-19 13:42:35

Tv in the morning, then update at 10pm on the tv again.
No newspapers or social media news

LondonGranny Thu 26-Sept-19 13:28:01

Also the fact I can enlarge print online with the Ctrl= keys pressed down together is great. I have to wear my extremely strong sewing glasses to read the local paper.

LondonGranny Thu 26-Sept-19 13:24:09

Oh, I also read book, film & TV reviews in papers online. The Guardian usually because it's not behind a paywall or part of the 'premium' content like, for example in The Telegraph. I like the Guardian's cryptic crosswords too. I occasionally bung them a donation too because it's only fair.

MiniMoon Thu 26-Sept-19 13:17:46

Radio and BBC News app.

I've been trying to avoid the news recently, but it has a way of creeping up on you!

LondonGranny Thu 26-Sept-19 13:17:18

BBC online, mostly, but I buy a real paper copy of my local paper. I've stopped listening to news because I can't bear it when I hear Trump's voice. There are journalists I follow on twitter too although I don't tweet myself.

Sussexborn Thu 26-Sept-19 13:10:24

All of the above! OH even used to buy newspapers on holiday! Now he just stands in the shop reading them until I spot him and drag him away.

Wobbles Thu 26-Sept-19 12:54:38

Generally online from BBC and Sky websites then watch 6 or 10 o'clock BBC news.
Momentous news days I watch BBC, Sky or Euro news channels.

boheminan Thu 26-Sept-19 12:52:35

newspaper

Riverwalk Thu 26-Sept-19 12:48:02

Radio 4, online newspapers, and BBC website.

LaraGransnet (GNHQ) Thu 26-Sept-19 12:43:07

Just a quick poll. Do you tend to read the news on one medium? Or do you tend to watch the news in the morning on TV and then get updates on your phone throughout the day? Or do you prefer to buy the papers? Do you rely on social media for real-time updates?