Author Topic: Do you guys read the standard media newspapers anymore? (Read 3698 times)

Slapper · « **on:** July 09, 2018, 04:06:38 AM »

The reason I ask is because I don't see people reading newspapers anymore. Seems as though their self-imposed role of keeping the powers-that-be in check is gone. Their partisanship is now obvious for everyone to see.

I stopped reading The New York Times years ago because I would find four or five mistakes and write to them. Of the hundreds of mistakes I told them about, they only acknowledged one or two.

This past Sunday, while at a Starbucks, the NYT was just there on one of the racks and I opened it... first article, two mistakes.

When and how did it become THIS bad?

oldschoolfan · « **Reply #1 on:** July 09, 2018, 04:07:23 AM »

fuck no, each paper has there own agenda, mostly liberal bull shit.

BB · « **Reply #2 on:** July 09, 2018, 04:20:31 AM »

I read the crime blotter portion of the locals online, then I pop into Twitter. I read the treading headlines, sometimes an article that is linked off a post, but physically buying a newspaper? No, I probably haven't done that in a decade.

Tha Grim Lifter · « **Reply #3 on:** July 09, 2018, 04:26:59 AM »

I just call George Soros directly and ask him what he's paid to have published that day

Fortress · « **Reply #4 on:** July 09, 2018, 04:35:45 AM »

All leftist garbage pushing the agenda.

muscleman-2017 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 09, 2018, 05:23:25 AM »

I only read the paper when I want to see what lies they are telling. To study the enemy.

ratherbebig · « **Reply #6 on:** July 09, 2018, 05:27:37 AM »

news are nowadays available online

please get with the program

muscleman-2017 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 09, 2018, 05:31:32 AM »

You'll observe that many online news sites had to close down their comments sections, because most users were posting about how the stories were lies

Mainstream news really is dead. They LOSE MONEY and are only propped up by government funding as propaganda outlets.

Pet shop boys · « **Reply #8 on:** July 09, 2018, 05:42:39 AM »

I stopped reading/following news in Venezuela ever since maduro took office,

And did the same with USA when Trump took office as well..

Still follow British media though ....but no for long probably

WooOSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Walk like an egyptian

sync pulse · « **Reply #9 on:** July 09, 2018, 05:46:41 AM »

Yes.....

Griffith · « **Reply #10 on:** July 09, 2018, 08:13:55 AM »

No.

Most are owned by the ruling party or their cadres anyway.

deadz · « **Reply #11 on:** July 09, 2018, 09:07:13 AM »

WTF is newspaper, Oldman.

Slapper · « **Reply #12 on:** July 09, 2018, 03:08:46 PM »

Quote from: Pet shop boys on July 09, 2018, 05:42:39 AM

I stopped reading/following news in Venezuela ever since maduro took office

This is precisely one of the news stories I wrote to TNYT about... A few years ago I read that infant mortality rates in Venezuela were "greatly overblown" in The New York Times, so I wrote to them that they weren't overblown at all and that they (as well as the author of the article) were to look at the infant casket numbers that were making their way through the Colombian border because the Venezuelan government 1) prohibited hospitals from releasing infant mortality rates and 2) prohibited any funeral entity from talking about the matter. EVERYONE in Venezuela was forced into silence. Meanwhile, the local Colombian woodworking companies right next to the border were making a killing (no pun intended). It wasn't because the Venezuelans didn't have any money, it was because they were being forced into starvation by an animal of a human being.

There are now recorded cases of cannibalism in Venezuelan jails as well as in remote villages.

People are literally being starved to death by communism.

And what did TNYT have to say about it 3-4 years ago? Not much. Usual socialistic bull shit story. NOW (to save face instead of coming out and apologizing for covering up the obvious) they're putting out 6-page reports, now, that the carnage is close to culminating and the communism massacre is about to take a violent turn. NOW.

Yamcha · « **Reply #13 on:** July 09, 2018, 03:10:00 PM »

OF COURSE I READ THE STANDARD NEWSPAPERS!

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=645741.0

Slapper · « **Reply #14 on:** July 09, 2018, 03:13:21 PM »

Quote from: Yamcha on July 09, 2018, 03:10:00 PM

OF COURSE I READ THE STANDARD NEWSPAPERS!

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=645741.0

Dude, someone has to come out and just go "Time out. Time. The. Fuck. Out!"

This is just insane. Not information, it's intentional misinformation.

Primemuscle · « **Reply #15 on:** July 09, 2018, 03:31:34 PM »

Quote from: Slapper on July 09, 2018, 04:06:38 AM

The reason I ask is because I don't see people reading newspapers anymore. Seems as though their self-imposed role of keeping the powers-that-be in check is gone. Their partisanship is now obvious for everyone to see.

I stopped reading The New York Times years ago because I would find four or five mistakes and write to them. Of the hundreds of mistakes I told them about, they only acknowledged one or two.

This past Sunday, while at a Starbucks, the NYT was just there on one of the racks and I opened it... first article, two mistakes.

When and how did it become THIS bad?

Newspapers are becoming extinct. I've maintained a subscription to The Oregonian for decades. It used to be an independent newspaper that is now owned by Advance Publications media group. Its gone from a 7 day a week delivery to 4 days a week. Much of the news is redundant news stories written for publication all over the U.S. Many times I toss it in the recycle without reading it. Each time the subscription comes up for renewal, I tell myself to cancel it, but haven't followed through yet.

tres_taco_combo · « **Reply #16 on:** July 09, 2018, 03:34:31 PM »

wall street journal (hard copy every so often) it is common at many hotels, and i will read it on a weekend here and there

IRON CROSS · « **Reply #17 on:** July 09, 2018, 04:11:56 PM »

YouTube & Facebook

Dave D · « **Reply #18 on:** July 09, 2018, 04:25:03 PM »

Quote from: tres_taco_combo on July 09, 2018, 03:34:31 PM

wall street journal (hard copy every so often) it is common at many hotels, and i will read it on a weekend here and there

Do you find yourself starting conversations with a general "Hello everybody Tres taco combo here", and working this and that into discussions?

If you may need to have an intervention because you're in the beginning stages of AGV (Aquired Goodrum Vernacular).

tres_taco_combo · « **Reply #19 on:** July 09, 2018, 04:39:32 PM »

Quote from: Dave D on July 09, 2018, 04:25:03 PM

Do you find yourself starting conversations with a general "Hello everybody Tres taco combo here", and working this and that into description?

If you may need to have an intervention because you're in the beginning stages of AGV (Aquired Goodrum Vernacular).

far from - i am finance (sales rep) and i find myself out and about in between meetings and i would rather read the paper then scroll on my phone -

the WSJ has some cool random articles too

Parker · « **Reply #20 on:** July 09, 2018, 04:46:34 PM »

Quote from: Slapper on July 09, 2018, 04:06:38 AM

The reason I ask is because I don't see people reading newspapers anymore. Seems as though their self-imposed role of keeping the powers-that-be in check is gone. Their partisanship is now obvious for everyone to see.

I stopped reading The New York Times years ago because I would find four or five mistakes and write to them. Of the hundreds of mistakes I told them about, they only acknowledged one or two.

This past Sunday, while at a Starbucks, the NYT was just there on one of the racks and I opened it... first article, two mistakes.

When and how did it become THIS bad?

The standards for journalism has gone down. It seems that proofreading, and even using spellcheck is an afterthought. Just take a look the articles online---go to any of them, even CNN. It's pitiful.

Megalodon · « **Reply #21 on:** July 09, 2018, 05:11:52 PM »

I try to anticipate the news Brian Stelter would want me to read and comply with that.

jude2 · « **Reply #22 on:** July 09, 2018, 05:12:59 PM »

Only the sports section.

Dave D · « **Reply #23 on:** July 09, 2018, 05:22:46 PM »

Quote from: tres_taco_combo on July 09, 2018, 04:39:32 PM

far from - i am finance (sales rep) and i find myself out and about in between meetings and i would rather read the paper then scroll on my phone -

the WSJ has some cool random articles too

I was just joking bro, I've watched a couple Goodrum videos and he uses here and there a lot.

Joe Pietaro · « **Reply #24 on:** July 11, 2018, 09:11:36 AM »

I subscribed to the New York Post (the only non-liberal girl rag in my area) for years and loved reading it cover-to-cover. But I found myself skipping it more often than not to save time and get out of the house faster and grabbed the headlines and whatever article piqued my interest online. So I ended up cancelling the hoe delivery. I don't read as much with the online version but get the news.