British Media. Let’s have a change please!

I feel that these days we are governed by the press and not politicians. Because we now have 24 hour news, it has to be sensationalised to grab our attention. With newspapers fighting for sales to survive, they are less objective in their reporting ..
They are chasing sales/clicks/exposure.

In case people are not aware you can read any paper on laptop or phone for free if you are on BorrowBox which simply requires a library card/number from your local library.

I feel that thes days we are governed by the press and not politicians. Because we now have 24 hour news, it has to be sensationalised to grab our attention. With newspapers fighting for sales to survive, they are less objective in their reporting, sensational headlines, stories about the royal family grab paying readers.

These days The Times gets more like what used to be called ‘the gutter press’, presumably for financial reasons. As news bombards us all day long, people absorb the predominant views and demand parliament pay heed. Then, conscious of their voters, politicians respond.

I tend to have a quick glance daily at the BBC, The Telegraph and The Guardian to get some balance. It's like reading about completely different worlds. I use Ground News to find blind spots. It shows pieces of news and how often they are reported by left/central/right-leaning media sources. You can clearly see the trends, how some "news" are actually an agenda, only pushed by one side, while there's silence around other topics. I wish the BBC was still reliable, but they tend to bury certain content while clearly favouring certain views.

The BBC is as accurate as it gets, although it does follow the trend and refers to extreme content on other media. Comment on "X" is often referred to, material from AlJazzera is often used with no verification, so a lot of propaganda gets repeated by the BBC. Saying that it's not verified or alleged is not enough, the message is out there and many believe it

Here’s the link
www.pressreader.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoolUuTAcQQuN0Dxede9ASphzjyRTB25MBezzrHVKg-rVN9EieUr

You can download the app from this link and will be able to see if your county council/ unitary council is a member

Fancy that - I live in Surrey and it’s not local libraries who provide the Press Reader App but SCC library who must have some sort of corporate subscription. All I needed was my library membership number - I think I downloaded the app and then just filled in the required bits. I’ll see if I’ve got the link

Try Al Jazeera.

I'm not poking or joking. It's often worth reading.

Tuliptree

I meant to add that it’s easy to distort the truth by the facts that are omitted not just the ones included

O yes definitely, the omission, withholding information
distorting

Casdon

No, you can read a limited number of articles free per month, and I use Borrowbox from the library otherwise fancythat,

Thanks

I dont think my library is as comprehensive as some with it's facilities.

Just thought, I suppose I could join a bigger one.

“” I can gather all the news I need on the Weather Report””

Is there such a medium with a balanced view?
The older wiser more urbane investigative/warzone,
independent, fearless journalists are dying off
as are their equally fearless photographers and cameramen
Foreign Press are restricted,
the cachet of a PRESS badge diminished.
Domestic journalists (I suspect) write as instructed.
They know nothing.
The lack of literacy is dismaying.
I don’t know what the answer is Cossy, really.

If you do trawl through different publications
will you then mentally select the opinion or philosophy
which even unconsciously, matches your own and
dismissing the others? Do we all do this subliminally?

If there was such a publication, how long do you think
it would last? The truth being a random parameter.

We do not know what ISN’T reported on.
I do sometimes feel we are treated like mushrooms.

In this this dire weather a gardening magazine
would give us more useful information than any news source

Tuliptree

Oh yes I’d forgotten the library link -mines called Press Reader and has a huge number of publications available all for free but sadly not the FT.

Oh thanks for this, I’ll try these x

Oh yes I’d forgotten the library link -mines called Press Reader and has a huge number of publications available all for free but sadly not the FT.

No, you can read a limited number of articles free per month, and I use Borrowbox from the library otherwise fancythat,

Like twaddle I just read the BBC website.

Casdon

I like Reuters too AGAA4, and I also rate the Financial Times for news. Both of them have reporters who take a step back from the hysterics of mainstream media, so present quite balanced views of what is really important.

Do you pay for both those sources?

Maybe the BBC ignore it because the DM has made it up or really over egged the actual facts.

Thank you for your well thought out and honest answers.

I guess I’ll stick to several sources and expand the areas in which I search!

The BBC is good but sometimes the Daily Mail covers a story which is quite shocking (they love it) and the BBC ignores it completely. So you're probably best to read more than one because they don't always cover the same stories at all.

I meant to add that it’s easy to distort the truth by the facts that are omitted not just the ones included

I like Reuters too AGAA4, and I also rate the Financial Times for news. Both of them have reporters who take a step back from the hysterics of mainstream media, so present quite balanced views of what is really important.

The thing is though that facts on their own are not enough are they? Context, analysis and interpretation are needed from well informed commentators who have really done their homework.

I find that Reuters tend to publish just the facts without any of their own views.
I still find the BBC is good mostly.

Agree with all above points made. Especially how the media ‘set the agenda’ ie decide what we will focus on/talk about that day. And more importantly, what we won’t. I flit around online sources and watch C4 News ( best of an inadequate lot imo). But best of all is the Financial Times on a Saturday. Some real in-depth journalism and accurate information. If covers a range of topics

I haven't contributed to Twitter (X) for years, but I do read it. I want to find out what's going on outside my bubble.

^My plea is to please have at least one place I can go and read news. both national and international, which is accurate, non-biased and actually “news”!
^

Absolutely!
I have got to the same point.

Though I do console myself that perhaps there isnt as much news as there was? Which would be a good thing.
[Yes I know about wars going on].

I joined tw itter a few years ago.
Rarely go on it now.
I have wondered about changing who I follow.
Would I get to hear more "news"?
I dont know.