News covering current affairs is inherently political.
Places for true un-politicized news about the US?
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Re: Places for true un-politicized news about the US?
#12Forget about nonpartisan. Everybody has a bias.
Most "real" news doesn't happen everyday. If you follow it less often you'll miss out on most fake stories and the ones that matter will still be around.
If you really want to follow the daily rumor mill you can try Twitter. Don't follow too many people and you will develop a sense for who's got good calls and who's total noise. Also many people will actually link to authoritative evidence/source, unlike most news websites that don't want you to ever leave their domain.
Generally speaking for everything that news outlets cover Twitter should have better coverage as that's where all the journalists hang out in the first place. For things that don't get covered, don't expect Twitter to do much better.
Re: Places for true un-politicized news about the US?
#13Read politicised news, and actively separate the facts reported from the editorial stance: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23858477 "If you agree with it, it's truth. If you don't agree, it's propaganda. Pretend that it is all propaganda. See what happens on your analysis reports."
In that case then maybe the question "Where can I find news that requires the least amount of cognitive load to consume?" is more appropriate... this is also a little defeatist.
Defeatist, maybe. But short of finding an outlet whose editorial slant matches one's preconceptions, I can't imagine doing better. https://ria.ru will reliably run the russian slant. https://apnews.com will reliably run the US slant. https://www.bbc.com may be relatively neutral on US politics, but internationally it reliably runs an anglophone slant. I don't read chinese, so I don't know what their equivalent may be, but I'll bet it runs a chinese slant. (a while ago, I found a website that seems to be running the north korean slant, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23738281 . Even the Amish had, at one point, http://www.thebudgetnewspaper.com . It may be a little while before they notice it's down.)
Re: Places for true un-politicized news about the US?
#14As already mentioned, basically every news organization has its own bias.
However, I do recommend The Wall Street Journal. They have the biases you’d imagine, but I’ve found that they’re really only overt in the opinion pages. The regular reporting is fairly straightforward, unlike say, The New York Times, which manages to inject its bias into even the most mundane of topics.
Re: Places for true un-politicized news about the US?
#15Politico.com?
I am not American, but follow the politics. The content seems neutral to me but I haven’t really judged it seriously enough.
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#16AP and Reuters seem to be alright in my experience, as do some foreign sources (BBC). AllSides.com provides media bias ratings which pass my sanity filter, although I won't claim to know how trustworthy a source they are. https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-ratings
I don't know how I feel about allsides.com bias ratings. The Economist and The New York Times (news only) appear in the left-leaning column. The New York Times (opinion) appears in the solid left column. Given The Economist's solid advocacy for business and free trade, and Douthat and Brooks and Stephens as NYT opinion writers, I'm positive this isn't even slightly accurate. Treating allsides.com as propaganda, as an…
I'm seeking a website for politics similar to what Patheos does for religion and non-religious perspectives. All the biases are present, but they are more clearly delineated and categorized in different "channels".
Re: Places for true un-politicized news about the US?
#17AP and Reuters seem to be alright in my experience, as do some foreign sources (BBC). AllSides.com provides media bias ratings which pass my sanity filter, although I won't claim to know how trustworthy a source they are. https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-ratings
Reuters is in fact a foreign source (British).