I want to make the best effort to find news sources that aren’t heavily biased nor full of shit. ProPublica has been recommended. How do you all feel about Reuters, Associated Press, National Public Radio and BBC? Please, recommend any other news sources. Thank you.

  • FBJimmy@lemmus.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    For me in the UK:

    • BBC News is okay, but it can sometimes tie itself in knots trying to be it’s definition of “unbiased” and gets slated by both the left and right for it. There was a specific controversy recently where they were accused of bowing to the government.

    • I like The Guardian. It’s left-leaning in it’s opinions, but not to the extent of overly spinning the truth.

    • In the last few days I’ve actually been trying out Al Jazeera. Early days, but I’ve been very impressed by how ‘dry’ their articles are - very matter-of-fact without spin, unlike the usual Western style.

  • Iced Raktajino@startrek.website
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    2 months ago

    How do you all feel about Reuters, Associated Press, National Public Radio and BBC

    Recommend them all. They’re pretty unbiased and highly credible. I’m also a monthly donor to NPR :)

    I tend to just stick to the wire services (Reuters, AP) and fill in with NPR/BBC and some local news stations that aren’t owned by Sinclair. I tend to avoid any and all that have clear bias or try to appeal to emotion. I just want the verified facts.

    For topics related to technology and privacy, TechDirt is pretty solid. They don’t pull punches and are very well researched.

    I’ll edit this comment if I think of any more specific ones.

  • Kwakigra@beehaw.org
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    2 months ago

    The Financial Times. It’s the newspaper used by capitalists the world over for reliable business news which they can use to inform their business decisions. It can’t be bullshit or very powerful people would lose a lot of money. I look over a few news sites every day and pretty consistently the first several contain what capitalists want you to know and the FT is what the capitalists themselves want to know. They assume their audience is capitalists so there isn’t any need for bullshit propaganda, just the real business news. It’s probably the most objective look into the events which will end up driving the rest of the news. The opinion columns are predictable though, being a capitalist circle-jerk.

    Edit: The site is paywalled and subscriptions are deliberately more expensive than the average person can afford. I like archive.ph .

  • ninjaphysics@beehaw.org
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    2 months ago

    Can’t say enough good things about Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman and their incredible team. Wish I would have known about them sooner since they’ve been around a few decades. I get my news every day from them via listening to their radio broadcast/subscribing to their email list cause I can’t stomach watching the news if it’s not The Daily Show or Last Week Tonight (not news ofc). Their site has a ton of amazing content and it’s free. Highly suggest donating to them if you can: https://www.democracynow.org/

  • LassCalibur@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Wikipedia actually! I’ve been reading Portal:Current Events almost daily for years unless I’m in a self-care mode. The editors seem to choose sources of original reporting about the topics fairly well and the timeline lets me go back and skim everything that happened during a news break.

  • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 months ago

    My go-to is The Guardian. It’s not perfect, but it’s reporting is usually well done and fairly comprehensive.

    • LukeZaz@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Seconding this, but worth noting that I’ve heard several times (and I vaguely recall witnessing examples) of the Guardian being pretty transphobic. Not too surprising with them being UK-based and all, but still a sad exception to their general reliability.