What do you use as your news source?

[Andy from Kent]

 

Do you look at Thai newspapers in English or do you have another source?

 

Subscriptions?

[Jingthing]

I don't follow Thai news closely. Mostly get it from here. 

 

 

 

Edited November 6, 2020 by Jingthing

[Andy from Kent]

9 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I don't follow Thai news closely. Mostly get it from here. 

 

 

 

 

Are you saying your news source  is exclusively ThaiVisa?   I'm not limiting news solely to events in Thailand.

 

[Jingthing]

18 minutes ago, Andy from Kent said:

 

Are you saying your news source  is exclusively ThaiVisa?   I'm not limiting news solely to events in Thailand.

 

I thought you meant Thai news because you mentioned Thai newspapers.

 

My primary news source is the Washington Post website which I do subscribe to.

 

I read many sources but I'm particularly impressed with the Atlantic magazine. 

 

Predictably the main tv channels I watch are CNN and MSNBC. I used to watch BBC a lot but currently don't have access. 

 

Also used to watch Fox alot to see what the right wing was up to but it was making me vomit so I stopped.

 

A site I like that directs you to a wide variety of articles and links that you wouldn't otherwise see is digg.com

 

I don't use Facebook for news.

Edited November 6, 2020 by Jingthing

[AndyAndyAndy]

I follow only programming & work related stuff since like 7 years ago. When I cut out all that BS.

 

Rest is what people around me mention in conversation & what I see while visiting random sites like this forum once a month. For example yesterday wife told me there is 'big vote if america king is Trump or white hair man'. I had no idea. There could be next 9/11 or third world war. And if tanks didn't park on my backyard I wouldn't know.

 

It is sometimes happening when reading Wikipedia and I'm seeing plane crashes with 400 dead in 2017, shootings with 80 dead in 2018, and all that stuff and for me it is completely new information.

 

And I couldn't be happier!!! ????

Edited November 6, 2020 by AndyAndyAndy

[scoutman360]

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

My primary news source is the Washington Post website which I do subscribe to.

 

Predictably the main tv channels I watch are CNN and MSNBC. I used to watch BBC a lot but currently don't have access. 

 

Also used to watch Fox alot to see what the right wing was up to but it was making me vomit so I stopped.

 

 

I know, you know. All your preferred news sources are deliberately left wing sources. So you are getting biased news in the favor of your choice.  At least Fox gave you another perspective to ponder, all be it they are the #1 rated news network in the country, by far. 

 

The sad thing is that we no longer have unbiased, neutral, news reporting. We are being manipulated by powerful corporations. I just read today 3 articles posted next to each other on the web. Once said the US postal service found no unreported voting ballets, and it is all Trump hysteria. Another said only 15 ballots were found, and another article said almost 2,000 ballots were found at the USPS in Pennsylvania.  What is the truth? Media has no accountability and will continue to lie to us.

 

As for Thailand, I happen to read Bangkok Post, The Nation, and any other website in English about Thai issues. I enjoy them all. 

[Jingthing]

5 minutes ago, scoutman360 said:

 

I know, you know. All your preferred news sources are deliberately left wing sources. So you are getting biased news in the favor of your choice.  At least Fox gave you another perspective to ponder, all be it they are the #1 rated news network in the country, by far. 

 

The sad thing is that we no longer have unbiased, neutral, news reporting. We are being manipulated by powerful corporations. I just read today 3 articles posted next to each other on the web. Once said the US postal service found no unreported voting ballets, and it is all Trump hysteria. Another said only 15 ballots were found, and another article said almost 2,000 ballots were found at the USPS in Pennsylvania.  What is the truth? Media has no accountability and will continue to lie to us.

 

As for Thailand, I happen to read Bangkok Post, The Nation, and any other website in English about Thai issues. I enjoy them all. 

Actually the Washington Post includes opinion pieces of many different political views daily. 

[OneMoreFarang]

Thai:

The newspaper which we should not mention in this forum

Richard Barrow Twitter (very much up to date for protests, etc.)

 

International:

The Guardian (App with live news)

BBC

Al Jazeera

Der Spiegel

[chickenslegs]

The Guardian (AKA Gruniad for those of us of a certain age). Maybe somewhat left leaning, but as honest as most (IMO).

I still have great faith in the impartiality of the BBC. Despite dissenting voices from both the left and right, I can't think of any news source that is more trustworthy.

For local news I rely on the Thai ladies grapevine (gossip). It may not be 100% accurate, but it's way faster than the internet.

[Airalee]

Weekly World News.  Everything else is “fake news”.

 

 

 

[Laza 45]

ABC & SBS ..Australia..  the BBC...CNN.. Bloomberg.. Aljazeera... are just a few..

[talahtnut]

I  know his problem, my missus has got big feet too.

[thaibeachlovers]

I try not to look at any news media except Al Jazira because they are all beholden to the advertisers.

I have found that not looking at or reading news makes me far less stressed and angry.

What I see on TVF is more than enough.

 

I've been watching several tv news channels with the election in the US, but I'll be happy to stop again once it's over.

[thaibeachlovers]

6 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

I still have great faith in the impartiality of the BBC. Despite dissenting voices from both the left and right, I can't think of any news source that is more trustworthy.

Good grief, surely not serious? BBC is as biased against Trump as CNN, in my opinion, but at least they don't spend the entire time attacking him. I've never understood the fascination the BBC has with Africa, of which they spend an extraordinary amount of air time on. Isn't there enough news in the UK to spend more time reporting that?

The only tv news I give any respect to is Al Jazeera, as they don't need advertising, but even they, IMO are anti Trump.

[thaibeachlovers]

7 hours ago, scoutman360 said:

The sad thing is that we no longer have unbiased, neutral, news reporting.

Except, IMO on Al Jazira ( other than, IMO, anything Trump ). They show excellent documentaries too.

Edited November 6, 2020 by thaibeachlovers

[BritManToo]

ThaiViSA of course!

[fangless]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

The only tv news I give any respect to is Al Jazeera, as they don't need advertising

Neither does the BBC!

[Lacessit]

Australian ABC and ThaiVisa for free news. I'm a subscriber to The Age ( Australia ). Don't pay for anything Murdoch owns, it's right-wing rubbish.

[Grumpy one]

7 hours ago, talahtnut said:

I  know his problem, my missus has got big feet too.

Does  he      Does she  

[Grumpy one]

For the general news, a couple of neighbours seem to know all

For the latest juicy bits I use the wife

She has ears like radar for finding all the who's doing who  ????

[userabcd]

Surprised there are no mentions of the daily mail.

[Raphael Hythlodaeus]

ZeroHedge [alternative viewpoint]

Drudge Report [has links to UK and many other news sources]

 

Edited November 7, 2020 by Raphael Hythlodaeus

[Stocky]

• BBC
• Guardian
• Sky News
• AP
• Reuters
• CNN
• Aljazeera
• CNBC
• Fox News
• Spiegel Online
• Thai Enquirer
• Sydney Morning Herald
• China Daily
• RT

 

I don't read all of them every day, but will dip into all of them at least one a week. BBC, Guardian, Sky, CNBC and Aljazeera are daily reading, as is Thai Enquirer.

 

.

 

Edited November 7, 2020 by Stocky

[allanos]

There is a bias built in to all editorial, commentary, programming, "documentaries", etc., be it by the Board (led by advertising revenue), the managing editor (whose own bias will impact content), and the journalist or director (who will write opinion, or create a documentary, according to the slant they are aiming for). It is common cause that most of the main stream media, and ALL of the social media, are left-wing.  Consequently, we can expect to see their biases rear their ugly heads, and in many forms, shapes and guises.

 

As to the BBC, gone are the days when one could rely on the ethics or non-partisan reporting they were famous for.  I login to the BBC website every day, and the bias against Trump (often subtly, but there, nevertheless) is disgraceful.  I have written numerous letters to them on the subject and have yet to receive even one reply or acknowledgement.

 

That is not to say that I look to them for positive comment about the US President.  He seems to be admired and loathed in equal measure all over the world. But, from a once-revered news organ, I would at least expect them to take a neutral stance.  Their commentary around Brexit was in a similar vein, strongly supporting "remain". Now, perhaps they are playing to their audience, but, certainly as regards Brexit, they have been caught on the hop, and seen for what they truly are.

[thaibeachlovers]

6 hours ago, fangless said:

Neither does the BBC!

I'm pretty sure I've seen some advertising on BBC, but I stopped watching BBC years ago as it seems to spend a lot of time on football, yawn, and stories about Africa, a country I have little interest in. The cable tv in Chiang Mai ( WETV ) didn't even carry it- probably too little demand for it.

[thaibeachlovers]

11 minutes ago, allanos said:

As to the BBC, gone are the days when one could rely on the ethics or non-partisan reporting they were famous for.  I login to the BBC website every day, and the bias against Trump (often subtly, but there, nevertheless) is disgraceful.  I have written numerous letters to them on the subject and have yet to receive even one reply or acknowledgement.

IMO it's not subtle at all. It's blatent. Sometimes they get a guest on that has the wrong point of view, and the host is trying to get them to toe the line.

I sometimes watch BBC when Fox has ads and CNN is too hard to stomach.

[fangless]

5 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

'm pretty sure I've seen some advertising on BBC

The only advertising you will see on BBC is for BBC programmes.  Most TV owners in the UK MUST by a TV licence even if they do not watch the BBC just commercial channels etc.

 

Content and ones feelings re bias etc are of course a personal matter.

[thaibeachlovers]

8 hours ago, BritManToo said:

ThaiViSA of course!

That's been my main source of information over the past few years. Mostly the best information is from responses that expand on the OP.

 

IMO journalism is mostly opinion nowadays. It's rare to see an unbiased news article and local tv is so dire I don't watch any of it- don't even have my own tv- waste of time and far too many ads.

Actually that isn't entirely true- I do watch HGTV and Al Jazira on a friend's tv sometimes, but never the news, or the dire programs they have now.

While the election is on, I have been watching BBC, Al Jazira, Fox, CNN and RT, but soon as it's over it'll just be Al Jazira.

[Surelynot]

The Mail

The  Express

The Telegraph

The Sun

 

......only joking

[LALes]

I stopped watching all corporate news.  No Fox, no CNN, no MSNBC, no BBC, no ABC, NBC, or CBS either.  These channels are ok for news that is not political.  As soon as things get political, I go to Youtube for Jimmy Dore, Kyle Kulinsky and The Hill Rising.  RT and Al Jazeera are good from cable.  Stay away from corporate propaganda.