I always struggle with what sources I should be reading for news (particularly political news). I don’t want to read only sources that I agree with, but I also struggle finding news sources that aren’t sensationalist and put forward varied view points. Here are a few of the places I frequent (criticism of these sources or other recommendations are welcome.) I don’t think my political news sources are well varied so any recommendations there would be great as well.

  • hackernews
  • arstechnica
  • the economist
  • axios
  • MIT News
  • Wired
  • Nevar
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    • Niquarl
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      4 years ago

      Also in podcast version for those interested. Honestly it’s been noce sometimes to read those longform stuff. To often we just get news flashes and difficulty to have a broader point of view. I would recommend ready this sort of stuff especially when younger to get a better understanding of your own political opinions sometimes.

    • Niquarl
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      4 years ago

      Also in podcast version for those interested. Honestly it’s been noce sometimes to read those longform stuff. To often we just get news flashes and difficulty to have a broader point of view. I would recommend ready this sort of stuff especially when younger to get a better understanding of your own political opinions sometimes.

    • Niquarl
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      4 years ago

      Also in podcast version for those interested. Honestly it’s been noce sometimes to read those longform stuff. To often we just get news flashes and difficulty to have a broader point of view. I would recommend ready this sort of stuff especially when younger to get a better understanding of your own political opinions sometimes.

    • Niquarl
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      4 years ago

      Also in podcast version for those interested. Honestly it’s been noce sometimes to read those longform stuff. To often we just get news flashes and difficulty to have a broader point of view. I would recommend ready this sort of stuff especially when younger to get a better understanding of your own political opinions sometimes.

  • nutomicA
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    4 years ago

    Keeping it limited to English language news sites:

    • teleSUR News from Venezuela, gives a very different perspective and reports many news from the global south, which are simply ignored in western media.

    • Ruptly If there are protests anywhere in the world, they will have videos.

    • Global Times From China, which will be the biggest economy in a few years. So even if you dont agree with them, its good to know what they are doing, and why.

      • nutomicA
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        4 years ago

        What are you thoughts on whistle blowing sites like WikiLeaks?

        Is it worth reading wikileaks directly? I see now that they have regular posts on their site, but I never read those before.

        Also, SCMP?

        I read it sometimes when it gets linked, but their political views are too pro-capitalist for me.

    • Niquarl
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      4 years ago

      Didn’t know about Ruptly. Thank you for recommending it.

    • Niquarl
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      4 years ago

      Didn’t know about Ruptly. Thank you for recommending it.

    • lordofbud
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      4 years ago

      So even if you dont agree with them

      I mean, they’re a state run media, it’s a deceptive propaganda machine that honest people should find themselves disagreeing with, they’re only useful for knowing what the CCP is doing, and maybe getting a glimpse at why, but usually, the “why” is a lie.

      I’d trust them as much as I trust Fox News to give me the truth.

      • nutomicA
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        4 years ago

        Sounds to me like you made up your opinion without reading a single article of theirs.

        • lordofbud
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          4 years ago

          I made up my opinion after they pushed a narrative in the face of reality time and time again. Like the endless “articles” claiming their forced labor camps are a lie, and their utilization in pushing false calm to the world about covid in the early days.

          They are a state run organization under the control of a totalitarian regime who only pretends to be communist, their “articles” reflect that. As I said, they’re only useful in seeing where the wind is blowing.

  • Halce
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    4 years ago

    My absolute favorites to follow are:

    The Grayzone - it’s Max Blumenthal’s analysis.

    Moon of Alabama - one guy’s perspectives on what to look out for

    The Canary - for the UK perspective on its involvement in the world’s affairs.

    Unlimited Hangout - a more analytical take on long-term established players.

    MintPress News - more about the West’s influence in far-away regions.

    And for technology:

    Techdirt - Crazy legal proceedings, frivolous lawsuits… at times both sad, and very much hilarious.

  • Graveyard Leprechaun
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    4 years ago

    I use literally hundreds of sources for my news. Whenever I come across a new news source, I always see what Media Bias Factcheck has to say about them, and base my decision to rely on them accordingly.

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          • ProfessorYakkingtonOP
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            4 years ago

            I am…I am seeking out recommendations that might be outside of my current media bubble so that I can read more “broadly” and form my own opinions – which seems like using my brain to me :) The point of this thread is to hear what others find useful and what others are reading. Though, I take your point that you shouldn’t just blindly read what others read.

              • ProfessorYakkingtonOP
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                4 years ago

                @poVoq@lemmy.ml I miss understood your original comment. Thanks for the clarification. I agree , you should think critically about everything you read. I do think there is utility in hearing suggestions from others and viewing aggregations of sources – as long as you come in with a healthy degree of skepticism and try not to be intellectually lazy.

    • ProfessorYakkingtonOP
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      4 years ago

      awesome, I’ve not seen this site before. Being able to filter by political spectrum is cool – I will definitely add some of these to my rss feed.

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  • forgotmylastusername
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    4 years ago

    I use traditional mainstream news sources. I don’t subscribe to the ridiculous way of thinking with this “fake news” mindset that has swept social media. Yes journalists can have biases but that’s fine when taken into consideration. Quite frankly that mindset nothing but a way to polarize the population.

      • forgotmylastusername
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        4 years ago

        No, I don’t follow what’s going on in Syria.

        Is this the part where I’m supposed to do my own research and then stumble upon extremist literature and then become woke.

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  • Shortstack@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    My main news sources are primarily NY Times, npr and a local city paper.

    It’s not a particularly varied list but I reached a point during the pandemic where I just couldn’t handle the firehose of low effort journalism doom and gloom anymore. Opted to choose a couple of quality, relatively neutral sources and cut out the reddit feed. Npr is left leaning in their content and nytimes feels slightly left leaning on their journalism pieces, but based on the political op-ed writeups on the front page that I rarely read it looks right leaning

    Initially I paid for a nytimes subscription until I found that I could get a library card from a sort of nearby large city in my state through a statewide reciprocal library card program, at which point I found that better funded library offers a free subscription to the nytimes to any cardholder, so that’s how I get access now. I find their higher quality of journalism to be like a breath of fresh air after getting hot boxed every day from the low effort shit that reddit fed us

  • MerrySkeptic@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Here’s a good discussion on why you should vary your news sources along with some charts to show how sources vary and specific examples given. Maybe you can find what you’re looking for in there.

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  • AgreeableLandscape
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    4 years ago

    Read as diverse a portfolio of news sources as possible and use your critical thinking. Also, read news that’s local to where something is happening: if you want news on China, read at least some articles from a Chinese news outlet, even if you have to use machine translation.

    It’s not easy though, and personally I also struggle with this.