Who do you trust?

Poll Poll Who do you trust more?

  • Mainstream media outlets

    Votes: 8 14.0%

  • Alternative/independent media

    Votes: 5 8.8%

  • None

    Votes: 40 70.2%

  • On the fence

    Votes: 4 7.0%
  • Total voters
    57
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Chris_D

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 Mostly Holland. Sometimes UK.
A simple question really. But one that has perhaps become more relevant in recent times, especially with issues and aspects surrounding the reporting of information and mis-information related to the current pandemic.

There exists a ‘mainstream media’ and an ‘alternative’ media and both purport to giving the ‘facts’ based on reliable, traceable and trustworthy sources - a basic prerequisite for any journalistic outlet. But sometimes this seems questionable and both sides are sometimes viewed with caution, skepticism and suspicion.

If you’re not quite sure who qualifies as mainstream and alternative media here’s just a few examples:

Mainstream media
https://www.bbc.com/
https://www.theguardian.com/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk

Alternative media
https://www.theexpose.uk
https://www.projectveritas.com/
https://www.corbettreport.com/

Everyone knows how and where to access the mainstream media but if you’re interested in broadening your horizons this article may make for informative reading:
https://eluxemagazine.com/culture/articles/honest-news-sites/

I’m curious how many here place their trust in either, or no side of the media when it comes to reporting on everything, not just about the pandemic.
So who do you trust more? Hence the mini poll.
Voting is anonymous and feel free to abstain if desired. :wink:
 
Chris_D said:
A simple question really. But one that has perhaps become more relevant in recent times, especially with issues and aspects surrounding the reporting of information and mis-information related to the current pandemic.

There exists a ‘mainstream media’ and an ‘alternative’ media and both purport to giving the ‘facts’ based on reliable, traceable and trustworthy sources - a basic prerequisite for any journalistic outlet. But sometimes this seems questionable and both sides are sometimes viewed with caution, skepticism and suspicion.

If you’re not quite sure who qualifies as mainstream and alternative media here’s just a few examples:

Mainstream media
https://www.bbc.com/
https://www.theguardian.com/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk
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There should be an alternative for "none of them"

The BBC used to be the de facto trustworthy media outlet but those days have now gone and the BBC seem to be more interested in making the news rather than reporting it
 
I have noticed that the people who publish news (upday is one) and send headlines to my phone, sensationalise the headlines, and stories, in an attempt to get you to click on them. This, I believe, is down to them receiving revenue from advertising on their pages. In a world where 'clicks' and online advertising is everything, there is not a lot of hope for reliable, unbiased and truthful news IMO.
Still the BBC for me, but they have got a lot worse in recent times, presumably because it is such a crowded and competitive market.
I don't 'trust' any of them.
 
I try to read what is in front of me, listen to what is passing by my ears and then make my own judgements. As for the daily mail. :lol: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :thumbsup:
 
They all have an agenda - and as the vast majority are dependent on advertising the headlines are just clickbait
 
Worst of the lot is the Bobble Hatted internet brigad with Politicians of all colours coming a close second :rofl:
 
I tend to read the Guardian, but like all newspapers and news media they have their own agenda. I find it disheartening that there is no media outlet that does not have an agenda, even the BBC as they’re running scared of Governments. Therefore if you want to find facts you need to go hunting.
 
I read the foreign news about the UK if I want to read what is really happening and what the BBC does not report about.
 
I spent five years doing a job that required critical, objective thinking. This has stuck hard so whatever I read, regardless of author/media outlet, gets processed by my brain looking for what is wrong, what may be right or wrong but has not been properly justified or sourced, and what is incorrectly or illogically argued - even if it's likely correct. I don't much mind what company or individual is behind the article, because I apply the same process to the information and if I feel it's logical and properly backed up with facts then I'll agree with it. I personally think that approaching any news story with a "why might that be misleading or untrue?" mindset is a good idea - not because I'm a conspiracy theorist or paranoid, but because it's about taking a step back and working out what else might be happening that wasn't written down or discovered. I hope that I managed to explain that without sounding like (too much of) a bellend :lol:

The comment earlier about headlines being designed to draw in readership is spot on, but not really the fault of journalists or their employers - it's a consequence of how the content is monetised.

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People tend to read / listen to the media that confirms what they are thinking anyway. If you are left wing then Guardian and BBC are likely sources of your info. For the Right there is the Express and the Mail. I tend to read or listen to various and ask one question, I know what they are telling me, but what about the story is it they are choosing not to tell me.

At the end of each day I currently like to listen to Dan Wooton on GB News. Not particularly because I believe what he and his guests report, but it tends to be more the light hearted or perhaps less serious and he tends to cover issues other new channels shy away from. Not to everyone's taste perhaps but each to their own
 
Nanu said:
If you are left wing then Guardian and BBC are likely sources of your info.
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I don't think the BBC could be considered left wing. I've never read the Guardian, but don't associate them with Corbyn, or Prescott (oh hang on Prescott WAS left wing, then sold out to Blair and his new Labour, as did so many others). A sniff of power works wonders for politicians to jump into any camp.
 
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