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Re: Ask HN: Which is your favorite source of non Tech news?

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Post by manlio »

secfirstmd wrote: post #2

Can't beat The Guardian for solid international and free coverage of important issues. https://www.theguardian.com Al Jazeera English can be quite good (though be wary of some of it's Qatar biases), it tends to be excellent on Africa and Asia. http://www.aljazeera.com/

We also have an open API ;)

http://open-platform.theguardian.com/

Re: Ask HN: Which is your favorite source of non Tech news?

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Post by vonklaus »

For me I try to read state sponsored/official news of several nations in publications like:

- rt

- bbc

- ny times

- xinhuanet

This gives each countries official position and the delta between them is usually useful info.

I also use twitter for curated feeds, which can be useful.

The guardian and intercept are also pretty good. I no longer trust the economist. While obviously biased, I do like ZeroHedge

Re: Ask HN: Which is your favorite source of non Tech news?

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Post by vonklaus »

crypto5 wrote: post #12

> https://www.rt.com/usa/366138-harambe-vote-president-us/ JFYI, Russia Today is a heavy propaganda TV network, sponsored by Russian government.

True. However, it gave a much better view of the election. Wikileaks emails show NYT, CNN, huffpo, The Economist, ect all tailoring coverage for HRC/the democratic party. Knowing this publication is Russian makes it easier to spot bias, than the supposedly more objective outlets. Even polljng data was heavily inacurate.

RT may not be great, but I will never trust the above sources again. I was so disappointed in the coverage of Comey and their united front of pro Hillary bullshit. She rigged the RNC with pied piper bullshit and used leverage in DNC to oust Bernie. All major news outlets were complicit. Except Fox, which is equally shit

Re: Ask HN: Which is your favorite source of non Tech news?

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Post by pessimizer »

nclx wrote: post #5
secfirstmd wrote: post #2

Can't beat The Guardian for solid international and free coverage of important issues. https://www.theguardian.com Al Jazeera English can be quite good (though be wary of some of it's Qatar biases), it tends to be excellent on Africa and Asia. http://www.aljazeera.com/

Thanks! I'll try guardian. Al Jazeera very biased.

The Guardian is also very biased. They're still useful media outlets.

Re: Ask HN: Which is your favorite source of non Tech news?

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Post by mancerayder »

Reuters! Light on unblockable ads, reasonably neutral coverage and very broad coverage. It's my go to.

I pay for the Financial Times, I blame reading Chomsky in college for that. Solid international coverage. Only subscription I have.

Guardian is nauseating at times, but I read it. NYT is a silly paywall. I deemed its flowery essays not worth paying for.

Re: Ask HN: Which is your favorite source of non Tech news?

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Post by secfirstmd »

manlio wrote: post #11
secfirstmd wrote: post #2

Can't beat The Guardian for solid international and free coverage of important issues. https://www.theguardian.com Al Jazeera English can be quite good (though be wary of some of it's Qatar biases), it tends to be excellent on Africa and Asia. http://www.aljazeera.com/

We also have an open API ;) http://open-platform.theguardian.com/

Dam thanks for pointing this out, i never realised this! We might look to build it into our open source security app for journos and NGOs.
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