When A Big News Story (As We Have Seen Today) Happens, What News Source Do You Go To?

[sp1814]

Do you go to a news channel - Sky News or BBC News? A newspaper site, or one of the new media sites such as Huffington Post?

What governs your decision?

[rockyracoon]

I haven't bought a newspaper for ages.

[PankySmooch]

Sky News, BBC aren't exactly quick of the blocks when it comes to breaking news

[Prudie]

No, ABers are usually far quicker

[sp1814]

Actually Prudie you have a point there...there has been more than one occasion where I've found out about a breaking story from AB, rather than the BBC or any other news source.

[sp1814]

rockyracoon

With the exception of The Standard (which is free outside tube and mainline stations in London), I haven't handled a newspaper in years. I can't remember the last one I bought. I don't even bother subscribing via an app (on my iPad), because content-wise, I can always go to the online site.

I wonder whether in the next couple of decades we will see newspapers shutting down their physical output and going pure online, like the Independent?

[Hopkirk]

BBC are very cautious, so can seem a bit slow on fast moving stories.
They can be trusted though to weed out the inaccurate sensationalisation.

I therefore bounce between them and Sky.

[stuey]

After briefly reading about the local news in the Toronto Sun, I head over to the BBC for World news, and sometimes UK news. I also like the Magazine section, although, over the past few months, it doesn't seem to be as interesting as it once was.

[stuey]

The on-line version of the Sun, that is: I don't buy papers.

[jno]

Bednobs, that's quite right, they do lag behind other sources, but I don't mind; late but right is better than quick but wrong, in my book. It's not about their international reputation, though, the pressure comes from British politicians (mainly the ones in Murdoch's pocket) who express outrage if the slightest detail is inaccurate.

[Old_Geezer]

BBC
Habit that I've no reason to change.

[Cloverjo]

Sky, unless Kay Burley is reading the news. Then I'd go to BBC website.

[mikey4444]

I consider a day wasted that doesn't start with the "Today Program"

John Humphrys rules OK !

Except Sundays, of course, but then we have the excellent Paddy O'Connell, and "Broadcasting House" ( followed by the Archers Omnibus ! )

[ToraToraTora]

BBC news + Sky News Mainly - Because they are the closest we have to impartial.

[ummmm]

BBC News for me too.

[douglas9401]

I go to the one showing the most video captured by the public on their phones.
You can't beat the same shaky images replayed every two minutes intespersed by inanity from an ill-briefed talking head with a thing for sad dogs.
Next is the BBC.

[lynbrown]

Radio

[Peter Pedant]

very obvious in this episode

that we were saturated with 'wood' - people running hither and thither and other people weez fransh accents saying ' boooom booom ! '

and we cant really see what is going on

and someone in a uniform saying portentously:
we dont know if it was a hand grenade killing five people or a kid letting off a banger .....
and then he hits the deck shouting RUUUUUN !

[Gromit]

Yesterday I was reading another news story on the Daily Telegraph website when a newsflash came up, so I followed rhat link. There wasn't much info, so I tried the BBC website, which was equally short of detail.

I have grown to dislike rolling news channels with a vengeance. This was confirmed with the 10 minutes I tuned into BBCNews24.

For the rest of the day I used the Reuters app. Not the quickest, but easily the most reliable and unsensationalist.

[webbo3]

Sky News, the only time I watch the Blatantly Bias Corporation is for the local news.



Dave.