What are your preferred news sources? (lemmy.world)

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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.

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[-] dojan@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

None. Ignorance is better for my mental health right now.

Like yeah, I obviously know that people are horrible and that the world is burning up, but I'd rather just not have to read about children being murdered and put into dumpsters, buildings being bombed, wars being waged, forests burning, coral reefs dying, etc. It adds nothing of value to my daily life.

[-] RoyalEngineering@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Same. Can’t change something out of my control 1000 miles away, let alone 10.

[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

I blocked out the news in 2016, anything really significant filters through to me anyway so I'm not missing anything I really need.

[-] dojan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Right? Corona was pretty hard to miss for example, but there's been so many significant, really atrocious things that have happened since 2016 and a bunch of them get forgotten so quickly after.

[-] Ocelot@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

AP and Reuters.

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

AP and Reuters. Currently experimenting with ground.news 'cos most of the US-centered stuff is tainted by polarization

[-] Jeredin@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I think most people would be surprised how much of their news comes from just a few wire services.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

What’s ground.news?

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

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)

[-] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

NPR and PBS are always where I start, but the BBC is also good. I also have an electronic subscription to the Washington Post.

[-] FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

How do you about Washington Post being owned by Jeff Bezos ?

[-] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] strawberry@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] strawberry@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

Please don't delete

[-] cedarmesa@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 7 points 1 year ago

I like Al Jazeera. They have quite the interesting history as well

[-] Bye@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I used to like them, but then a month or two ago they ran an op ed on their front page that was basically “how dare you teach my children that gays exist, that violates my religious freedoms, we don’t have gays where I come from”.

On the front page.

[-] thelastknowngod@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

The NYT has had pro life op eds too.. It's important to understand where the other side's dumb arguments come from so you can more easily defend against them.

For me, I try to follow a bunch of sources with differing views.. PBS and NPR for mostly middle of the road American news. The Times for left leaning, WSJ and Bloomberg because it's the closest thing to right leaning that isn't batshit crazy. Al Jazeera, BBC, and the Japan Times for international news. A few Turkish and Georgian sources because it's where I've been living for a couple years. Then just a lot of tech industry specific stuff because it's my field.

[-] lackadaisy@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] lackadaisy@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Who am I kidding? If it doesn’t show up in my lemmy feed I don’t even know it happened.

[-] Rylyshar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The Guardian has excellent coverage and stories for the world and for US. I read stories about stuff going on here in America that I don’t see in other sources! Plus it’s not paywalled, although you should contribute or subscribe.

[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

ground news and tldr news

[-] Okokimup@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

[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.

[-] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

CBC and BBC are prob my two most read sources

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I like Reuters and Bloomberg for simple summaries without opinion.

[-] HipPriest@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] kemsat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Lemmy, YouTube (Phillip DeFranco), and word of mouth IRL

[-] 2khz@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I’ve been enjoying allsides.com. They provide a nice overview of events and show multiple angles.

[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Improvethenews.org is similar, but I don't know enough about it to validate it.

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

!worldnews@lemmy.world, and other news communities.

[-] ReallyKinda@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

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).

[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I use Google News for the most part. It's not a news source but an aggregate of multiple sources. The most important thing I think is to consider the source. Is what I'm reading presented as fact or opinion? Is there a dateline? Is this their reporting or does it come from a wire service? Does this source cover anything but politics?

[-] beefbaby182@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Been using Google News for awhile. All the benefits of an aggregator without toxic comments and trolling.

[-] Vlhacs@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

I like USA Today. Pretty neutral, facts based, well written articles that covers the gamut of topics I'm generally interested in.

[-] beefbaby182@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm an old school, basic bitch. I prefer to stick to the big ones. Fox, MSNBC, CNN, NYTimes, Washington Post, NPR/PBS, and my local TV stations and newspapers.

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