I like NPR and PBS but am curious if there are other good news sources elsewhere. Particularly elsewhere in the world, outside of the US.
AP and Reuters.
AP and Reuters. Currently experimenting with ground.news 'cos most of the US-centered stuff is tainted by polarization
NPR and many decent sources also sources a lot of their news from AP and Reuters. Perhaps some sites have the money for nice interacting graphs or information but I’ll only partake after verifying that information between sites like AP and Reuters.
I think most people would be surprised how much of their news comes from just a few wire services.
What’s ground.news?
A website, go have a look. It afraid happiness of many sources and presents them with their bias and factuality ratings (but I think that’s generally speaking, not per-article)
Make sure to support your local news sources too. Lots of great suggestions here for staying up to date with national and world news, but your local newspapers serve a valuable role in keeping up to date on what local governments are doing in your communities, and holding them accountable.
Tough one. My local paper is a right wing propaganda sheet.
When I last subscribed they were also barely competent. I ended up reading it just to catalog the spelling and grammar mistakes.
I eventually ended the subscription accidentally. The paper would stop showing up, and I’d get a call from the subscriptions department asking if I wanted to keep receiving it. I’d say yes, and it would start showing up for a few more weeks, then stop again. Went through that process about three or four times before they stopped calling to ask if I wanted to receive it.
It took another month or two before I realized that the credit card that I used for the auto-payment for the subscription was one that I had lost and gotten reissued with a new number. By the time I realized what the problem was, I decided that it was for the best.
Oof, yeah that’s a good point. My county has a decent one and I’m happy to support them, but I wouldn’t pay for it if I was in your situation either.
Ironic cause, even if it’s a good news source, most people here would be unwilling to pay or disable their AdBlock to support it anyway
For an independent US news source, Breaking Points is a good option. They get a lot of criticism from both the right and the left, which lends credence to their claim of being balanced. If you don’t like one of their host’s take on an issue, just wait for the other one to start talking. A good way to hear opposing viewpoints all in one place.
I’m sorry, I misread your post. I’m trying to delete my response but I’m on mobile and it’s not going through
Please don’t delete
Who am I kidding? If it doesn’t show up in my lemmy feed I don’t even know it happened.
[Readtangle.org](Tangle News). It’s independent, and non-partisan. Good for getting out of your news bubble without becoming overwhelmingly frustrated by the other side. And doesn’t resort to hyperbole and clickbait.
CBC and BBC are prob my two most read sources
NPR and PBS are always where I start, but the BBC is also good. I also have an electronic subscription to the Washington Post.
How do you about Washington Post being owned by Jeff Bezos ?
I’m not happy about it, but based on what I’ve seen, and what other journalists have said, Bezos has not generally interfered with the Post’s editorial decisions. They still publish stories that are critical of their boss, which is encouraging.
The only problem I have with that is how quickly Bezos dropped the issue when the house of Saud chopped up one of his employees (Jamal Kashoggi).
I thought there was going to be someone with the resources to actually resist Saud’s evil empire, but I think he got scared when he realized how much money they have.
The Guardian and BBC for home news and then links here, Mastodon or wherever else seems interesting. I have Google News installed which is shit but points me to some good quality American or Australian sites. And if I switch my VPN to a different country that can be interesting although it means relying heavily on Google Translate
I get France 24 in English via antenna and feel like the coverage is less sensationalized than US based sources. Maybe they have hot takes on French politics but I feel like I can keep up generally with world politics and avoid too much US saturation (though they still cover the US disproportionately).
ground news and tldr news
I like Al Jazeera. They have quite the interesting history as well
Lemmy, YouTube (Phillip DeFranco), and word of mouth IRL
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I’ve been enjoying allsides.com. They provide a nice overview of events and show multiple angles.
Improvethenews.org is similar, but I don’t know enough about it to validate it.
