Newspapers - phone hacking, euro crisis - are they relevant?

[0a]

I used to buy a newspaper every day. With recent stories like the phone hacking and the Euro/Greek debt crisis, by the time i read The Times it is out of date.

I'm now getting my news from Telegraph.co.uk, guardian.co.uk and Guido, along with the PH news section of course. If a story interests me I will search on Google news to get the full picture.

Where do you get your news from, and do you agree that newspapers have seen out their useful life now I can access news from the pub on my iPhone?

[Puggit]

I'm the same as you.

But papers aren't completely dead. You can't access 3G on the train from Basingstoke to Waterloo, or in the tunnel. So there I pick up a free Metro

[0a]

Puggit said:

I'm the same as you.

But papers aren't completely dead. You can't access 3G on the train from Basingstoke to Waterloo, or in the tunnel. So there I pick up a free Metro

I was tempted to say that I read physical papers when on the underground. I don't class the Metro as a paper though!

[ewenm]

I think newspapers are at greater risk than books (and lots of people claim the book is dying/dead). At least a book can be a pleasant tactile experience.

[0a]

I'd be interested to know where PHers get their news from - blogs, sites and so on.

[ewenm]

BBC for the headlines (to which I apply a critical-bias filter of course, as I would for any source of "news").

Edit: For local news I use a couple of Twitter feeds - WeLoveBath and NOWBath.

Edited by ewenm on Friday 4th November 16:40

[Simbu]

0a said:

Where do you get your news from, and do you agree that newspapers have seen out their useful life now I can access news from the pub on my iPhone?

I've not read a national newspaper in years. I get most my news from the BBC news site. Very occasionally i look at the CNN website to see what our friends across the pond are being fed as news. I do read the local rag occasionally, since it goes into more detail about local happenings than any online source and I don't like their website.

[Simbu]

0a said:

I'd be interested to know where PHers get their news from - blogs, sites and so on.

A bit more detail for you:

Major news: BBC News website.

Tech-specific news: www.theregister.co.uk,www.anandtech.com

Local rag: Newbury Weekly News

I'm quite cynical of most news sites and will try to only read the facts of news rather than the opinions that reporters will inevitably apply to their stories.

Sometimes if i'm very sceptical i'll go hunting for a verification from another new source. The BBC is usually quite good at avoiding complete BS stories, i just have to apply my bias filter alot!

[Steffan]

The day of the paper newspaper is long gone.

Still interesting for comment providing you are aware of the bias every newspaper shows,

Interestingly the News of the World had dropped circulation from its peak of 6.5 Million to 2 million on less BEFORE the reality of the phone hacking made continuing impossible.

BSkyB and similar are the way forward as Murdoch knows.

Newspapers are really dying on their feet. As communications online improve.

I do not think it is the relevance of the stories that are the problem.

But with the plethora of TV/Radio/Internet news sites updated continuously the old paper format will die out. I think that is progress.

[davepoth]

ewenm said:

BBC for the headlines (to which I apply a critical-bias filter of course, as I would for any source of "news").

Edit: For local news I use a couple of Twitter feeds - WeLoveBath and NOWBath.

Edited by ewenm on Friday 4th November 16:40

You mean you don't read www.thisisbath.co.uk? How else are you going to find out about local kangaroo sightings?

http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/Wallaby-stops-shocked-...

[steviegunn]

Haven't bought a paper in years, all news comes from TV and on-line sources.

Used to mainly watch Sky News but the ridiculous peak time coverage of the dodgy death of a jaded American pop star has driven me away. Bloomberg is good for business news, BBC for World News, Sky still for Breaking News and RT, CNN, CNBC, Fox, ID TV & Al Jazeera for different views on major stories (the latter two tend not to sanitise things when the st hits the fan). Everything else from multiple online sources, from the BBC down to the Telegraph and even The Daily Mash, through various blogs and forums (inc PH of course) and any interesting link found through searches.

[Derek Smith]

I subscribe to The Times online but am about to cancel my subscription. Meant to do it last week.

I have Mail, Guard, Indi and Telegraph on my favourites bar. The only thing resembling a newspaper I buy is Private Eye every fortnight.

I also watch Al Jazeera.net and BBC News. I became familiar with the former a few years agao as my elder lad is a journalist on TV news and would often send me a text to say: See AlJez.

Sky news I find dreadful.