For on-line news, what sites do you avoid and which ones do you seek out as being trustworthy?
Thanks to my position as an editor on SoylentNews, I've had the privilege of viewing story submissions which have referenced a veritable plethora of different sources. It has been a privilege to serve you these past few years. My goal has been to provide stories that cover a diversity of areas but always with an attempt to provide level-headed background. I strive to avoid shrill in-your-face!!!!elevnty! diatribes. To invoke a common mis-quotation "Just the facts, ma'am." Full confession: I'm not above posting an occasional funny or feel-good story, either.
Over time, I've come to learn that some sources are more reputable than others. News outlets are comprised of people who have their own biases; some try to remain objective whereas others use their position to push an agenda.
For example, I've learned here that RT is a mouthpiece for the Russian government (A modern-day Pravda, if you will).
The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), on the other hand, is funded primarily through a television license costing £147 per year per household. But, it has received a funding boost from government to expand its global reach.
Fox News has had complaints about its content and has had its share of controversies. But even some commonly-held beliefs about Fox News have proved exaggerated and not fully supported by the facts.
ScienceDaily, phys.org, CNET, Quora, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), ESA (European Space Agency), Spaceflight Now, weather.gov, and Hurricane Prediction Center are just some of the sites that I have found especially helpful.
So, I turn to the SoylentNews community:
Bonus question: What would you think of a news story on SoylentNews whose only supporting link is CNN? Fox News? Breitbart?
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday December 28 2018, @06:31PM (4 children)
You know, you could save yourself a lot of trouble and just admit that you took the blue pill...
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday December 28 2018, @06:44PM (3 children)
I don't do drugs, man. You can ask my compadre, Bob Bitchin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY8IQnHFKTA [youtube.com]
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday December 28 2018, @07:25PM
Hey, you wanna get high, man?
Does Howdy Doody got wooden balls, man?
Actually all that boilerplate "left/right" stuff you posted up there is an anti-drug. A real downer, man... Just fogs the brain
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 29 2018, @09:06AM (1 child)
I have a sneaking suspicion you drink some form of alcohol on occasion, probably caffeine as well.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday December 29 2018, @09:31AM
How insightful. Are you psychic? Oh, wait, I've stated as much many times in discussions here. So much for that - you thought you had an idea, but it wasn't even yours. It just walked in one ear, and out the other, and you thought it was yours.