In this post-truth media landscape, what news sources/publications do you use & trust the most, and why?
The environmental sensors on my local network.
Lemmy shitposts
None of them have blanket trust. Read each article, dig through half a pound of bullshit to get to the facts behind the click bait headline. Then see if that makes sense. Seek out second source if the topic requires it.
this. id say always check second sources if you are in doubt.
every media company has its own bias (usually influenced by the owner) and you have to know what they are to understand what they will be manipulating or what agenda they will be pushing along with the actual facts.
factor that in to your reading of the news and you will get a much better view of things.
ABC NBC CBS AP NPR Guardian
Lol
None in isolation.
CBC is a pretty reliable go-to although they’re more than a bit pandering these days. BBC is similar. Al Jazeera is pretty reliable for things not related to Islam and Palestine in particular (although they’re not as biased as they could be). AP is fairly neutral. Aside from that, it’s non-legacy Canadian sources like the Walrus and the Tyee, which all have their problems but are good at exposing reality.
Al Jazeera is infinity more reliable on Palestine then BBC or AP are, though.
NPR, NYT, BBC. I have my criticisms, but seldom are these sources factually incorrect.
As others have said no one source should have blanket trust.
Understanding the bias the source may have by looking up who owns/funds it and understanding how that might skew what you’re reading is important.
For news based on studies I usually will try to directly to the study which should list the methodology which will help show how well done it was.
If I have time later I’ll put together a list of ones I use and what I’ve seen as their biases.
No single source. I like how Verity collates the facts and the spins from multiple sources across the web.
Why should I trust Ground News, a for-profit company, on what the media biases are?
I get what you’re saying. However, their entire business model is predicated on them being impartial. If it turned out that they were biased, their business would collapse.
That’s only true up to a certain size. If Ground News ever grows big, they’ll still retain enough of a user base regardless of what they’re doing. Compare it to e.g. Meta, Google, MS services. Or even X. Many people just never leave once they feel at home there. Meta could do even more disgusting stuff and people would still use WhatsApp, Instagram, and the likes.
BBC and CBC. They’re not unbiased, but I haven’t found any better.
Ich_iel
I don’t trust a particular source. I sorta trust GroundNews to at least show me the bias and give me less-overtly-biased alternatives. Otherwise I am more trustful in general (but don’t fully trust) investigative journalism orgs like ProPublica, independent journalists like Ken Klippenstein, etc.
The Guardian
Peoplesdispatch is one I put high trust into but all reporting is inherently biased and should be read with an understanding of its biases. I also like the Al Jazeera and Jacobin but both of those can be hit or miss sometimes. Especially the Jacobin lmao
Dropsitenews
DemocracyNow!
Mintpressnews
Theintercept
KenKlippenstein
Jacobin
Why? Because they have not spread pro Israel propaganda without doing a minute amount fact checking. Or worse, straight up lying for Israel.
There are a few, such as TheGuardian, which have spread massive Israeli propaganda for a year. They have recently turned around tried to put the mask back on. But they have already shown their true face.
Israel propaganda without doing a minute amount fact checking
sometimes you get some hints they are reporting relatively fairly about stuff you don’t know yet because of how they are reporting things you know. just be careful with not getting too sure you know.
not specifically vouching for any of these outlets either, just highlighting this rule of thumb.
I feel like their bias is to simply not cover things they do not want to show.
But the reason I find them more credible is because they are able to provide sources and not quote their own random anonymous journalists. If I can check the sources I can verify claims.
