Where to find decent, unbiased news?
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#3Everyone has a bias. I've been seeing a lot of rueters recently.
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#4There is also the idea (that I think is a responsible thing to do) that will have to tell people you are talking to that you may not have looked in to whatever they are bringing up and you are not really the person to expect informed conversation from. Some people will continue talking about it and it's up to you whether or not you want to try to engage in the conversation beyond the courtesy acknowledgments. However, I find it a disservice to myself and the people I am talking to to try and interject an uninformed opinion or data point.
Ultimately, focus on those things that are important to you. Do your homework on those things. Recognize when you do and don't know something and don't be afraid to stop talking when you don't know something. Be willing to stop and listen, and don't go in to a conversation that you are informed in expecting to change minds.
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#6Best case?
High clarity programs will differentiate fact and opinion clearly. Seek these. You will get many facts with only moderate effort.
Ideally, the people who produce high clarity programs will also make their bias clear and be truthful about it.
Anyone doing those things is a good source for news. This is true even when your preferred bias clashes with theirs.
Many focus on bias when we all would benefit much more from a focus on clarity and truth in bias.
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#7It does not exist. Choose media with a consistent bias and you will rarely be surprised by lies, especially if you diversify your sources and pull from across political and economic spectra. For US news, you're better off with foreign coverage than domestic, but it might be upsetting if you are nationalistic (I would imagine that holds true everywhere).
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#8AllSides also has a mobile app that works fairly well.
As others have stated, there are no unbiased news sources. Seeing the takes from different sides shows the biases and helps you keep an open mind.
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#9You will never find unbiased news. What I recommend doing is trying to understand the bias of the journalists that you read/watch on a regular basis and to follow some from several different sides. You have to treat news articles almost like a court trial. The typical routine in the US is that there are two sides presenting a story, and when applicable there is evidence/data/reports/etc. It's a lot of work to review…
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#10https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news provides news stories aggregated from major news sites with the news sites ranked by their bias level: far-left, left, center, right, far-right AllSides also has a mobile app that works fairly well. As others have stated, there are no unbiased news sources. Seeing the takes from different sides shows the biases and helps you keep an open mind.
As a rule of thumb you can say that if it's allowed on /r/politics then it fits neatly into the regressive left's small space of approved opinions.