What newspaper do you read? Do you believe its true?

Question

I've read people on here put others down for the paper they quote as though their info source has a monopoly on the truth.

Which do you trust and which do you think are rubbish?

Answer 1

Theres no such thing as a 'reliable source' so it doesnt matter what paper you use to quote references or post links to articles you've read

Answer 2

I have a little personal experience with the newspaper trade.
I do not trust any of them.
If it doesn't matter, then I will accept their story at face value.
However, when people on here try to point to a story and create grandiloquent theories based on it, I laugh in their faces at their naivety

I read the Sun, the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph when I get the chance. I tend not to buy them myself, but there are always copies hanging around at the office.

I get my information from multiple sources... often from the Internet or television, before the newspapers

I use the same rule of thumb for Internet and TV stories that I use for newspaper stories - DO NOT TRUST

I wouldn't use the Daily Express, the Mail or the Mirror in ANY context............... unless, maybe, I had run out of toilet tissue

Answer 3

I personally read the Sun and the Mail, the Sun for light reading and the Mail for something a little more serious. Like politicians, you cannot trust any of them, one wants to sell papers the other their party or themselves. The little distortion either way can make a story sell-able, or in the case of a politician just avoiding the truth or an answer. The only thing you can really trust newspapers for is their display of the female figure and these days with retouching and what you you, you cannot trust this.

Answer 4

I read about four newspapers a week, some are area papers mostly advertising. I try to get an idea about the area housing for sale, the local news and some idea what people think. I don't crow about what I know, only to have an idea of what's going on, I think it's part of my job as a modern human.
It bothers me about the arctic and the meltdown, the shootings around the country, the teen-age problems and, I like to keep up with it.
I don't take it all as "truth" to many corners in some stories but, it's good to know.

Answer 5

Generally speaking the broadsheets are more informative and less sensational than the red tops and I find it hard to take any 'newspaper' that features scantily clad models seriously.

I get the Saturday Guardian, pick up the London free papers to read on the bus, listen to the Today programme, watch the news on the TV and read up on anything I'm interested in on the internet. I don't think it's wise to trust any one source of media for information about what's going on in the world as they are all biased in one way or another!

Answer 6

I read the Mail On Sunday, its not a bad read, I get the Information I want to believe, and discard the rest, I have NO interest in what Madonna is doing this week, or in any so called `Celebrity`, their lives do not impact on mine, they have too much money, and most have no talent whatsoever, check out the real issues in the real world, and not the make-belive world of the idle rich, but remeber at all times, do not believe 100% in ALL you read.

Answer 7

A lot of people bad mouth the mail. I have been accused, many a time, of reading it. Actually, I don't read any as a source of info. I buy the Mirror every day, but only for the crosswords.

Answer 8

I read the Guardian on social care day - Wednesday, and I tend to trust it as I mainly read the job section - you never know when the perfect post will be advertised!

(some of the articles are good and easily verifiable if you work in social care)

Which are rubbish? The obvious ones are the Sun et al but the Daily Mail is truly shocking for lies and the Express is barely any better.

Answer 9

I buy the sun but I only look at the pictures. No newspaper tells the truth, same as no news report tells the whole story on TV. The truth is out there but nobody knows where for sure.

Answer 10

Don't get the papers as much as I used to, given the choice I go for the Independent. On a Saturday probably the Telegraph, not for the politics though.

Answer 11

I don't ususally read any newspaper, only the local weekly. If I do buy one to read on a journey, it is the Mail because I find it is more in tune with my political and moral beliefs. I take everything I read with a pinch of salt though.