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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Do you read the news?

Do you believe what they tell you?

After a family run in with the press many years ago I don't and don't trust them either

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By *illy IdolMan
over a year ago

Midlands

Very rarely. Just find it all very depressing so have decided ignorance I's bliss

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don’t read the news

Don’t watch it on the telly box

Try to avoid newsy type internet content

I’m only really aware of the shit going on in the world from conversation, and the occasional snippet I may catch while going about my daily life.

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By *ealMissShadyWoman
over a year ago

St Albans/ Welsh Borders

Nope, I avoid it like the plague

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By *ora the explorerWoman
over a year ago

Paradise, Herts

I get all my news from Tom

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By *hrek101Man
over a year ago

Herts

Not on purpose, only catch snippets when listening to the radio

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like to know what's going on in the world, even if it's depressing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I frequently check various news channels. Old habits……

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

First thing I do when I wake up is read the BBC news

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I get all my news from Tom"
Brilliant this made me laugh out loud.

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By *ose-tinted GlassesMan
over a year ago

Glasgow / London

"I like to know what's going on in the world, even if it's depressing. "

Same here. I need to know who to be angry at, and why.

Ignorance isn’t really bliss. It’s just ignorance.

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By *ellhungvweMan
over a year ago

Cheltenham

I tend to follow the news from about a week ago - by then all the noise has disappeared and you start to get some consistent facts.

If something massive happens I will hear about it quickly but, in reality, nothing of importance changes very fast.

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden

"First thing I do when I wake up is read the BBC news"

Even before checking out Fab?

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

"First thing I do when I wake up is read the BBC news

Even before checking out Fab?

Yes !

Then I do Wordle and Quordle and message the scores to my mum

Then I go on Fab

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By *obilebottomMan
over a year ago

All over

If it's important, it will come up on here

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

I like to know what's going on but it's very bias and doesn't give a full picture.

It's spoon fed what we get to see and what we don't

Mrs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I read the news every morning. I like.to know what's going on the world.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nah

‘fact checked news’ ‘fake news’ ‘reliable sources’ it’s all a load of bollocks

I got rid of all my news apps - feeling much more grounded and neutral

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Nope, I avoid it like the plague "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I like to know what's going on in the world, even if it's depressing.

Same here. I need to know who to be angry at, and why.

Ignorance isn’t really bliss. It’s just ignorance."

Twitter and BBC news on my phone first thing. Channel 4 news at 7.00.

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

Yes read it and watch

So I believe, we'll most of it is based upon a opinion in some cases so I make my own opinion. Just because something may have happened doesn't mean it's the truth as that is what a reporter does and just like the weather man/woman can get it wrong

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

"Yes read it and watch

Do. not so I believe

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"Do you read the news?

Do you believe what they tell you?

After a family run in with the press many years ago I don't and don't trust them either "

I do. Probably more out of habit than anything else. I see the headlines and sometimes read more but increasingly treat it as agenda led story telling entertainment than information or news, and trust very little.

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By *enrietteandSamCouple
over a year ago

Staffordshire

I stopped reading the news many years ago and I’ve never looked back.

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By *ink vixenCouple
over a year ago

Medway

I cut all news out of my life ten years ago.

I’m very good at it now.

Best thing I ever did.

What use is it to me knowing ten kids died in a bus crash in Tokyo or that some religious nut job is threatening to blow some shit up?

Fear and sadness is all they’re selling.

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By *ittlemissFlirtyCouple
over a year ago

Southampton

I can't be doing with all the fucking misery in the world

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

I get my news from the radio. It’s short, concise and less doom mongering.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

I read, listen to and watch the news. I don't trust just one source after a friend of mine was killed when I was in my early twenties in a car accident involving a famous person. The press got nearly every detail about her wrong even the local papers. If they can't get the basic details of one young woman's life right they're not going to get the big stuff correct

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By *uri00620Woman
over a year ago

Croydon

I had a feature written about me last year in a paper. The editing and final product was embarrassing and made me sound like a complete moron. I understand the reading level of the paper is below 10 years so I get the need not to isolate their readership but still.....

So no. I don't. They even got some of the facts wrong.

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"I had a feature written about me last year in a paper. The editing and final product was embarrassing and made me sound like a complete moron. I understand the reading level of the paper is below 10 years so I get the need not to isolate their readership but still.....

So no. I don't. They even got some of the facts wrong.

Which implies they got some right. Result!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes, every day. I believe the basic premise of what has happened but not the political slant. That's why I look at multiple sources (never the BBC, who are just lost now).

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By *m3232Man
over a year ago

maidenhead

Only on my phone and make my own mind up based on 90% is bullshit

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By *ilsaGeorgeCouple
over a year ago

kent

I used to take a keen interest in the news and politics. Over toast and coffee in the morning I would read: The Guardian, The Independent, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Guido Fawks political blog, and Breitbart London and Europe. What became apparent is that the news on the left is every bit as partisan, unreliable and inherently biased as the news on the right. The only difference is that the news on the left pretends that it isn't (or they did pretend back then). I got sick of it in the end. All of it is unreliable, and you have to read the same news across a bunch of outlets and then guess at the actual truth. These days I sometimes browse Unherd, and Spiked-online. But for the most part, I avoid the news. It's more entertaining reading the Lounge here

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I used to take a keen interest in the news and politics. Over toast and coffee in the morning I would read: The Guardian, The Independent, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Guido Fawks political blog, and Breitbart London and Europe. What became apparent is that the news on the left is every bit as partisan, unreliable and inherently biased as the news on the right. The only difference is that the news on the left pretends that it isn't (or they did pretend back then). I got sick of it in the end. All of it is unreliable, and you have to read the same news across a bunch of outlets and then guess at the actual truth. These days I sometimes browse Unherd, and Spiked-online. But for the most part, I avoid the news. It's more entertaining reading the Lounge here

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

Absolute bollocks, don’t believe a word of it.

The mr

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By *inger_SnapWoman
over a year ago

Hampshire/Dorset

No, don't watch it anymore, far too depressing and most of it has no immediate impact on my life. I can't be worrying about what's going on in some far flung foreign country, I'm more concerned about what's happening on my doorstep and in my community.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

I listen/read news daily. I don't believe all of it though.

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

"I get all my news from Tom"

I get all my news (about man eating pythons and escaped crocodiles) from Tom

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

No news is good news unless its snooze

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By *crumdiddlyumptiousMan
over a year ago

I follow loads of news twitter accounts from all over the world to try and get both sides of the story, I was pissed off when they banned RT

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By *ylonseeker2023Man
over a year ago

Harwich

"Yes, every day. I believe the basic premise of what has happened but not the political slant. That's why I look at multiple sources (never the BBC, who are just lost now)."

Interesting comment.

I try to catch the news at 18.00 hrs and then at 22.00 hrs but BBC and the ITV as I too do not like the BBC's biased style. I believe they will mostly catch the important events but their style of reporting isn't what I would expect of them....

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By *ylonseeker2023Man
over a year ago

Harwich

"Yes, every day. I believe the basic premise of what has happened but not the political slant. That's why I look at multiple sources (never the BBC, who are just lost now)."

Interesting comment.

I try to catch the news at 18.00 hrs and then at 22.00 hrs but BBC and the ITV alternatively as I too do not like the BBC's biased style. I believe they will mostly catch the important events but their style of reporting isn't what I would expect of them....

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

I check the news first thing in the morning.

I usually check several different sites particularly if there's a big news story.

My first stop is the BBC only because of the lack of advertising I can't stand the ads and clickbait on so many sites.

But mainly Reuters, channel 4, BBC, and a few others to try and get an a cross the board selection of options.

Never newspaper based websites apart from very very occasionally our local one but it's utter shit.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yes, every day. I believe the basic premise of what has happened but not the political slant. That's why I look at multiple sources (never the BBC, who are just lost now).

Interesting comment.

The BBC bias in terms of who they invite for interview, questions asked of those people and even the topics/events they will cover or not - it's just too much now to overlook.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't watch, listen to or follow the news, just find it depressing when 99% of the time it's just bad news that can't be changed. Ignorance is bliss.

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