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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 28 2018, @06:58PM (1 child)
There is no unbiased news source There maybe less braised, but never none. You
For me it is the voting method of sites like spylentnews that helps to take the basis out of the news. Now if this site starts to get one way or another then second voting method will come into play and people will just leave. We left one before and we will leave again.
If nbc or cbs or or or. Had a democratic method to vote they would lose the basis right now the comments if any are name calling.
My fav purity home din to watch is sky news via Roku app. I nice to see US piloted with a fun twist of British humor
(Score: 4, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday December 28 2018, @09:22PM
Voting just takes centralized bias and crowdsources a bias instead. Never use a site that doesn't link its sources and always check both the sources and contrarian sources yourself.
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