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Re: Ask HN: What good alteratives are there to Google News?

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Post by Finnucane »

lj3 wrote: post #29

A better question would be what good alternatives are there to news in general. When I see the same headlines with the exact same wording across many different news outlets, I begin to wonder why anybody trusts anything the media has to say about anything.

Presumably a lot of stories are being run from wire services-AP and Reuters. Most news organizations don't have resources to originate every story.

Re: Ask HN: What good alteratives are there to Google News?

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Post by lisper »

scottdevries wrote: post #27

I’m surprised Blendle ( https://blendle.com ) hasn’t been mentioned yet - you end up paying a small amount for each article, but I’ve found the quality of curation pretty decent, but not perfect yet. You have to apply for beta access, but it didn’t take long for me to be accepted in. It’s probably more of a marketing beta program, to feel exclusive.

+1 from another happy blendle user.

Curation is a valuable service. It's worth paying for.

Re: Ask HN: What good alteratives are there to Google News?

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Post by MikeGale »

I haven't recently found a news organisation that is consistently rational and has done their homework. Given that news is still worth reading, in moderation.

I roll my own sources including: 1. A variety of newsfeeds through a desktop reader. (Can be improved by writing your own rating system.) 2. A list of news sources on a web page, this evolves. (Would also benefit from code that throws out the things I'll never read.) 3. Blendle. 4. People I correspond with (they dig out good stuff, I reciprocate). 5. Less obvious (to some) news sources like HN... are on that web page list. ...

Google used to do custom feeds defined by an arbitrary search string, that had some power.

There are tools out there that help identify material worth reading (DNN's etc.).

I find likes and dislikes are often valueless even if you "assume the opposite".

Your most important weapon may be the realisation that most journalists are under extreme pressure and don't do their job at even a basic level. Makes it easier to quickly ignore the garbage..

Re: Ask HN: What good alteratives are there to Google News?

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Post by Hnrobert42 »

MikeGale wrote: post #34

I haven't recently found a news organisation that is consistently rational and has done their homework. Given that news is still worth reading, in moderation. I roll my own sources including: 1. A variety of newsfeeds through a desktop reader. (Can be improved by writing your own rating system.) 2. A list of news sources on a web page, this evolves. (Would also benefit from code that throws out the things I'll never…

I find the print version of The Week to be surprisingly consistent in their balanced review of high quality news sources. Sadly, the online version is a bit click-baity, but the print version is amazing.

Re: Ask HN: What good alteratives are there to Google News?

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Post by bradgessler »

https://legiblenews.com/

It scrapes headlines from Wikipedia once per day at 8p PST. It's encrypted. There's no ads. It loads fast, as-in one request. Your activity isn't logged.

I built this because I got tired of all the shitty tricks news websites play: obnoxious ads, "breaking news", auto-play videos, pumping megabytes of crap into your browser, lack of privacy, and lack of citations.

Legible news is boring. It's non-addictive. If you click on a link you might accidentally learn something about the historic context of a news story. I don't log anything because I don't care. Daily headlines delivered in one HTTP request (look at it in an inspector) over a CDN. It's fast. I hope you like it, but if you don't no worries, I built it for myself.

Re: Ask HN: What good alteratives are there to Google News?

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Post by Jackalopiate »

robert_jensen wrote: post #38

I have been working on a news aggregator site- https://news.r1b.solutions/ github- https://github.com/r1b/news-wires

I love it! Simple, informative, and just what I've been looking for in a news site. Expect some ETH coming your way ;)
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