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Originally Posted by nelsonone
Agree with you there LiL.........the time elay to print media is almost making it obsolete.......but it is a pleasant experience sifting throug the morning paper over breakfast.......I'll probably do it until the day I die........if it lasts that long..........
Google news is fab too....and I'm on in at least 3-4 times a day......
As for mags......apart from architectural and designs mags I really like Vanity Fair for its in depth articles and mix of politics, the film + music + computer industries,big business and world topics .........
some of these particularly on the political front have revealed some information which has virtually bought down governments......deep throat, Nixon etc........the writing is always of excellent quality but politics varies between the writers.......Christopher Hitchens to the far right and Bob Woodward out towards the left.......with plenty of others more towards the middle...........its a great read.....and the pictures from Lieberman, Ritts (RIP) etc are always brilliant..........anyone else a fan?
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Didn't get round to replying to this first time round, but today perfectly highlights my view on web/tv based news services.
The fire at Istanbul's Ataturk airport. I first heard about it sitting in front of the pc with BBC World on telly. I then had to endure at least the next hour with endless repetitions of the same rubbish, constantly interrupting the following programmes with updates, that had no actual updates or new information.
Don't get me wrong if it wasn't for the TV/Web I wouldn't have known about it so I do appreicate the immediacy of it, it's just that it seems it's an endless race to pull out the nearest "expert" on the subject and ask their views about something that they know nothing about yet either.
Within a 20 minute period we went from a potential terrorist attack to a short circuit and they were even talking about an ultra flammable roof on the cargo building.
There was an article in the bkk post recently about this very phenomenon of having to be the first to have the latest news, but when you go back and re-read what was actually said at the time, most of it was absolute rubbish.
I think ultimately it's a balance between getting up to date news against getting accurate information whether that is a few hours or the next day later.
My biggest worry was that they interrupted an interview with Pele saying England were going to win the WC - maybe we won't now
Oh, back to the mags people read...one of my favourite is Nat Geo, love the articles and the photography is almost always amazing. Read once that the photographers will sometimes take 5 or 6000 shots to get the dozen or so that you see in the mag, and will even take multiple trips to go back and get the right shot!