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Ask HN: What trustworthy sources of general news do you use?

4 points by JacobEdelman 12y ago

What trustworthy sources of general news do you use?

jpetersonmn 12y ago
John Stewart is probably the least biased, most accurate 'news' I run across.
philoserf 12y ago
I like http://nytimes.com/ http://nytimes.com/ despite the paywall. I also use http://news.google.com/ http://news.google.com/ to lead me to news general interest.
JSeymourATL 12y ago
Fark News an amazing crowd sourced aggregator, wide variety of subjects, global sources > http://www.fark.com/ http://www.fark.com/
cubitesystems 12y ago
I use Reddit's Worldnews subreddit /r/worldnews for a nice crowdsourced news source. It will often contain breaking news at incredible paces. The news agency Al Jazeera in English is an amazing news source. They stream 24/7 and it's free to watch. Very daring journalists whom approach the happenings moreso than most other agencies. Very rarely biased. Google News, while old, is still quite good.
Someone1234 12y ago
Al Jazeera English and BBC International. I don't really trust any of the US news channels. Frankly US news to an outsider sounds like raw propaganda most of the time (and that is aimed at the so called "non-bias" news channels in the US, not just Fox News and MSNBC). And the rare times they aren't spreading propaganda, they're seeding fear into the population. The only decent source of news coming from the US is a handful of newspapers and comedians (e.g. Daily Show, Last Week Tonight, etc).
suprjami 12y ago
The Guardian. You can sign up for emails which arrive every weekday morning, summarising relevant headlines. If you like a story you can click it to learn more. This mail arrives just in time for my morning commute so I can read it on the train, or at my desk before I start work.
owenversteeg 12y ago
Reuters is super-unbiased. It does have one bias though, an anti-climate-change bias, which doesn't matter to me as I read more than enough science news to counter that.
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jordsmi 12y ago
Really you need to read a bit of everything. Each news source will have its bias in certain topics, so you can't really stick to one.
logn 12y ago
http://zerohedge.com http://zerohedge.com and http://www.reddit.com/r/worldpolitics/ http://www.reddit.com/r/worldpolitics/ Those two can tend toward overly cynical and conspiratorial but I find it easier to moderate that in my mind than read the totally sanitized stuff in major papers.

4 points by JacobEdelman 12y ago

What trustworthy sources of general news do you use?

jpetersonmn 12y ago

John Stewart is probably the least biased, most accurate 'news' I run across.

philoserf 12y ago

I like http://nytimes.com/ http://nytimes.com/ despite the paywall. I also use http://news.google.com/ http://news.google.com/ to lead me to news general interest.

JSeymourATL 12y ago

Fark News an amazing crowd sourced aggregator, wide variety of subjects, global sources > http://www.fark.com/ http://www.fark.com/

cubitesystems 12y ago

I use Reddit's Worldnews subreddit /r/worldnews for a nice crowdsourced news source. It will often contain breaking news at incredible paces. The news agency Al Jazeera in English is an amazing news source. They stream 24/7 and it's free to watch. Very daring journalists whom approach the happenings moreso than most other agencies. Very rarely biased. Google News, while old, is still quite good.

Someone1234 12y ago

Al Jazeera English and BBC International. I don't really trust any of the US news channels. Frankly US news to an outsider sounds like raw propaganda most of the time (and that is aimed at the so called "non-bias" news channels in the US, not just Fox News and MSNBC). And the rare times they aren't spreading propaganda, they're seeding fear into the population. The only decent source of news coming from the US is a handful of newspapers and comedians (e.g. Daily Show, Last Week Tonight, etc).

suprjami 12y ago

The Guardian. You can sign up for emails which arrive every weekday morning, summarising relevant headlines. If you like a story you can click it to learn more. This mail arrives just in time for my morning commute so I can read it on the train, or at my desk before I start work.

owenversteeg 12y ago

Reuters is super-unbiased. It does have one bias though, an anti-climate-change bias, which doesn't matter to me as I read more than enough science news to counter that.

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jordsmi 12y ago

Really you need to read a bit of everything. Each news source will have its bias in certain topics, so you can't really stick to one.

logn 12y ago

http://zerohedge.com http://zerohedge.com and http://www.reddit.com/r/worldpolitics/ http://www.reddit.com/r/worldpolitics/ Those two can tend toward overly cynical and conspiratorial but I find it easier to moderate that in my mind than read the totally sanitized stuff in major papers.