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Ask HN: Is there any open news platform?

• wonderofworld 8y ago
  I find they all eventually are tainted as they are on a path of profitability or sustainability and that comes by way of ads funded by companies and billionaires.
• type0 8y ago
  Wikinews is one- not sure how good it is though.
• lj3 8y ago
  Are we talking general news or tech news? I have a hard time finding non-biased news sources. Oddly enough, 4chan is the best source of news I've found. These aren't bad either: https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste.rs/ https://technews.infogalactic.com/ https://technews.infogalactic.com/ https://news.infogalactic.com/ https://news.infogalactic.com/
• ankit219 8y ago
  There is one in India called 'The Wire' which is run as a non profit. It is mostly India centric, and run by an editor who earlier was (in)famous for his supposedly leftist ideologies. They have been in operation for more than three years, and have grown solely from the donations of the readers, and no ads or funding from anyone else. Quality wise: They believe they are the fourth pillar and should be critical of govt actions at a time where other outlets are not really doing it. I dont like their coverage of Science, Technology or sports, but that maybe because I usually get better insights from wired and others. They are really good when it comes to analyzing the political aspects, or sociology (again, subjective) and I liked their articles on foreign policy fallout, and how they were able to predict the fallout of India's diplomatic actions, which no one else did. (not vouching for them, just mentioning my experience.) link: thewire.in
  • methusala8 8y ago
    This particular news platform is notorious for publishing fake news and goes out of its way to push its leftist ideology.One can read the litany of lies published by this platform in the link below. [1]https://www.opindia.com/page/2/?s=wire https://www.opindia.com/page/2/?s=wire