The Independent Reviews 

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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don't go near the free for a year or £1 option subscriptions. Apple and The Independent auto renew without emailing in advance and then say they can't refund the £99 charge (because it's been process... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Because any topic regarding crypto sells they talk about it all the time yet they are completely clueless! Anything they say is usually about 7 days too late (even years old when they spread FUD rega... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

headline in google news, went to article,started watching 6 minute video re story, got served ,no forced, to watch no less than 18 ads interrupting the playback. do you know how frustrating i... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The Independent has become a joke. Biased journalism, constant misinformation and lies and to top it off, a 2 tier comment section. You're free to spout any hate speech against Trump, but say anyt... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

What the hell happened to this…

What the hell happened to this newspaper. It’s just went totally rubbish. News made up, no fact check in their articles and just rubbish writing article after article, had to remove it from my news feed.. Just as bed as Metro and the Sun..👎

December 13, 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

More ads than news

Website unnavigable due to constant pop-up ads. Now looks like a phishing site that poses cyber security risks.

December 1, 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Signed up for the Indie Premium app but…

Signed up for the Indie Premium app but discovered it's not the paper I remember. Aimed at a young demographic, very little serious culture coverage, lots of celebrity just like most of the others. Tried to get a refund after 2 days but they refuse. Their reply does reflect their T&Cs but thought they could be a bit flexible, given that it's not what I want.

November 30, 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Pathetic

Pushes lie after lie after lie.

Hates Britain. Hates white people. Hates democracy. Hates free speech.

Typical globalist propaganda rag.

November 19, 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not Independent

The paper is far from being ‘independent’ and is overtly and consistently against the current Government with a penchant for hyperbolic, super-critical lefty headlines (for example in relation to the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit). There needs to be much much more balance and moderation in their reporting. I no longer view The Independent as a reliable, fair and balanced source of information and objective commentary. This is a pity as there is a space to be filled.

October 23, 2020
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Sits between BBC News and The Guardian

My three main online news sources from "left" to "right" are: The Guardian, The Independent, BBC News.
The Guardian website is very good, and the articles can generally be trusted and accurate. BBC News looks a bit like clickbait these days, and headlines are rarely critical of the government, but it helps give balance.
The Independent sits between the two. The website is pretty horrid with all the ads The structure doesn't make it easy to differentiate between their articles and clickbait (-1 star), so I block these (don't judge). The articles are usually well written and balanced. It would be easy to see them as left biased, but I think anything centrist looks left biased to a Daily Mail reader, of which there seem to be quite a few giving single sentence, 1-star reviews. Ho-hum.

October 9, 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Smear Merchants

Dirty little smear merchants. Better off reading the Sunday Sport.

They are part of the problem and not the solution.

September 19, 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They said that the attack on Andy Ngo…

They said that the attack on Andy Ngo was justified!
Nobody should be attacked for their political leaning or opinions, they use to do that in Germany pre WWII and we all know what happened after that.
A newspaper that supports violence is a propaganda machine, not a news source.
Only someone who knows they can't win a argument with common sense and logic will turn to violence and/or insults.

September 9, 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Every Article has 0 comments now.

Nothing current about Julian Assange's trial, no way to comment on any articles. funny that.
I wonder why?
(The Independent’s largest shareholder Evgeny Lebedev has been made a life peer after being nominated by the prime minister Boris Johnson for his work in the media industry)

September 8, 2020
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

The Independent is like Marmite

The Independent is like Marmite - you either love it or hate it. It's intended to be a paper for intelligent people with an open mind. It covers topics not covered elsewhere and often challenges the mainstream view.

Far right-wingers and government apologists will hate it, everyone else may learn something from it, even if they don't agree with every article.

The Voices section (by guest writers) is of variable quality.

Their website does have some issues. If you're not willing to fork out £1 a week for subscription, the adverts are quite intrusive - breaking up the main text. The comments section frequently has issues (you quickly learn to copy and paste your comment, as sometimes it takes a few tries, and learn how to reset your browser's saved files and images). It hasn't worked at all for 5 days since it's supposed revamp. It also attracts various extreme trolls posting racist/sexist etc comments, often under multiple names (probably some of those giving it 1 star ratings below) but moderators fairly rapidly delete once reported.

September 3, 2020
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