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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:
- What biases have you found with MSM (main-stream media)?
- what 'news' sites do YOU avoid? Why?
- where do YOU find trustworthy, unbiased, fact-supported news?
Bonus question: What would you think of a news story on SoylentNews whose only supporting link is CNN? Fox News? Breitbart?
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday December 28 2018, @06:34PM (1 child)
I really don't have trouble sifting out the good and the bad on BBC.com. They are usually good, but sometimes they go off the deep end, like on niche subjects.
Washington Post has exclusives that are impossible to ignore sometimes. But their paywall is pretty bad. Archive.org will sometimes have it but otherwise it won't load consistently.
RT is situational but a hard pass most of the time.
I think Science Magazine [sciencemag.org] does a pretty good job. Sure, they will make you cringe sometimes, but on the whole they have some good stuff, as well as some news about science institutions (such as institutions joining the open access movement).
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(Score: 1) by Sulla on Friday December 28 2018, @07:06PM
You can get around most news paywalls with the toggle reader view with firefox.
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