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posted by Fnord666 on Friday December 28 2018, @05:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the who-do-you-trust? dept.

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?


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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 28 2018, @06:35PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 28 2018, @06:35PM (#779415)

    I’m British so it’s almost de rigeur to use the Beeb as a (if not “the”) news source.

    It’s clearly so vomit-inducingly PC, that it hurts. (Check it out, there’s always one LGBTQA-Z story on the front page. And they go on about women/black rights disproportionately. I had to stop listening to Radio 4, because the PC-to-actual-news ratio was so high.)

    I also understand that it promotes a western-ish view of the world (with self-hatred/post-colonial guilt drizzled on top).

    However, I generally trust the stories it puts out. Yes it may have filters, biases and blinkers on, but I don’t view it as actively lying to me.

    I really wish Wikitribune would pick up a bit.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 29 2018, @04:46AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 29 2018, @04:46AM (#779599)

    It’s clearly so vomit-inducingly PC, that it hurts. (Check it out, there’s always one LGBTQA-Z story on the front page. And they go on about women/black rights disproportionately. I had to stop listening to Radio 4, because the PC-to-actual-news ratio was so high.)

    NPR is the equivalent in the United States.

    Stories are frequently posted about homosexuals, trannies, and illegal aliens. Their "Code Switch" articles are a never-ending torrent of identity politics and race baiting.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 29 2018, @05:06AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 29 2018, @05:06AM (#779604)

      Don't forget a constant forcing of the "climate change" angle, sometimes obviously discomforting their interview guests in having to take a public position on a political hotbutton while not having strong personal convictions on the subject.

      There are fires every year in California, is there really a connection to climate change? Maybe? But there still will be fires every year in California.