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I have never read such a sh**ty…
I have never read such a sh**ty newspaper. Contrary to their
name they are not Independent at all!
Compulsive liars pushing there own…
Compulsive liars pushing there own dangerous agendas!
Fake news
Fake news, they spread lies and do not fact check anything. RUBBISH
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..👎
More ads than news
Website unnavigable due to constant pop-up ads. Now looks like a phishing site that poses cyber security risks.
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.
Use to be good a few years ago but now…
Use to be good a few years ago but now heavily politicised, very very heavily biased and all written pushing a narrative, not actual journalism.
Left wing mouthpiece and not to be…
Left wing mouthpiece and not to be trusted.
Pathetic
Pushes lie after lie after lie.
Hates Britain. Hates white people. Hates democracy. Hates free speech.
Typical globalist propaganda rag.
Media bias trash
When you just want to read unbiased news they force there opinion onto you, trash news
This site contains virus and spam
This site contains virus and spam, very toxic, you cannot trust them, they are paid to give you propaganda lies, don't fall for them!
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.
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.
As far from independent as you can get!
Smear Merchants
Dirty little smear merchants. Better off reading the Sunday Sport.
They are part of the problem and not the solution.
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.
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)
Trash is an understatement
Wish I could rate it less. Horrible, trashy website filled with rubbish ads from top to bottom. Disgusting and cheap
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.
Spew fake news.
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