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opinion on news sources

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Politics & Debate
im just wondering what the general view is on news programmes, and which are seen as good / bad.

what do you reckon? bbc/ itv/ channel 4? any other channels? what about other media?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    out of the three... bbc best, channel 4 good, itv sucks.

    my personal opinion, but probably also the order of who has the greatest funding. Then again, I've always thought itv was a bit shit all round :lol:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Replicant wrote:
    out of the three... bbc best, channel 4 good, itv sucks.

    Channel4 and ITV news use the same content, they're both ITN.

    For television media, BBC and Sky News are best for domestic and CNN for international. Out of the newspapers Times and Telegraph. The International Herald Tribune is excellent for international news and very impartial.
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    BBC, CNN, Al Jazera, and of course, CCTV. Yay China! (They have some seriously good programs on the one we get here.)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Non-partisan news companys that sell raw news and leave it up to their customers to put their political own slant on the editorial are the best to go for ... certainly online news sources like Reuters are good.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I prefer Channel 4 for daytime news. BBC is best overall, can't beat watching BBC news 24 in an insomniac state.

    ITV is just tabloid-esque shite.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    what i was thinking is that itv is crap, channel 4 is usually quite good, and bbc is the one that trys to be unbiased on what it shows. i just feel that the bbc is very selective on what it does actually broadcast.

    and regional news is almost as bad as itv.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Disillusioned wrote:
    Channel4 and ITV news use the same content, they're both ITN.

    just goes to show how much better the presentation on C4 is then I suppose :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ITV is getting like Channel 6 Action News in The Simpsons :razz:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    RubberSkin wrote:
    ITV is getting like Channel 6 Action News in The Simpsons :razz:

    It really is :lol: ITV news is an embarrassment, they should be ashamed.

    I tend to watch the hour-long 6 'o' clock news on the BBC, Newsnight and not a lot else. I hate to miss Look North, I adore Carol Malia :razz:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    BBC has gone down hill since they got that Robinson bloke in, he is far too right-wing tabloid style for my liking........
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    You cant beat Tonight with Trevor McDonnald.
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    RubberSkin wrote:
    ITV is getting like Channel 6 Action News in The Simpsons :razz:

    That is SO TRUE.

    The whole of ITV isn't much better.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    'Welcome to ITV Action News. Tonight. Tony Blair dies ............................................... his hair. There's a huge explosion .............................................. in the price of shares. '
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