With everyone with an internet connection capable of putting information online and calling it news, I'm curious as to what sources other people go to for their news? On the flip side of that, what news sources do you avoid like the plague? I know some people say that RT is a biased news source (although I still enjoy some of their articles) and I'd love to hear more about what news sources need to be taken with a grain of salt.
I usually get my info on American politics from foreign sources like NHK World, BBC World, or the Economist. I feel like if they are leaning towards a particular bias, it affects the story less because their slant is on a different axis from the standard Right vs. Left you usually get here in America if that makes any sense.
I love NPR, Al Jazeera English, BBC, NYTimes, and Politico for my daily news binge. Stuff like Foreign Policy for longer articles and more depth. I really, actually, like reading things like RT or even press.ir. You can't interpret a lot of it as the same level as BBC or NYT, but works as a great way to see what certain government's policies are, how they are relating it to their citizens, and sometimes will show you things you wouldn't see otherwise. Al Jazeera sometimes falls prey to being silent on Saudi indiscretions (via it's Qatari roots), so press.ir was showing much more footage from Bahrain's uprisings last year. I do not check them often, or would ever quote them, but it's usefully to look at them from time to time.
In the UK generally it's the Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph, the Sun, etc. It is a subjective term but I'm talking sensationalist or more agenda-based publications which seem to dig deeper for pageviews or simply have writers who write with an obvious slant. The Guardian I find actually does this too a lot but it's left-leaning, however I just find the quality and intelligence of the writing generally considers other viewpoints and doesn't feel quite as forced as previously mentioned.
I dislike 'the news'. It's just full of horrible events I don't need to know of. Right now, the BBC most popular includes: - Tea workers burn boss to death
- Global Notable deaths of 2012
- Heartbroken at christmas murder
- M6 car crash family Not to mention things such as the recent shootings and the like. It's just full of abhorrent things that no-ones needs to know about. Of course I don't constantly avoid it, it often has stories that do require knowledge of or events of genuine interest. There's just so much rubbernecking, there's no need for it. However, to answer your question I generally use: BBC, The Guardian and NRP.
As a UK resident, Huffington Post provides a real insight into US and world affairs. If I hear about something, it is there first. I like the metro, mostly because its free, and its an easy read, but I find a publication which puts technology and gaming after "weird" a little less trust worthy!
It worries me a bit to think that someone outside of the US is getting their view of us from the Huffington Post. It would equally disturb me if someone outside the US was getting their perceptions from Fox news. Both are extremely biased. Check out NPR http://m.npr.org/
Thanks for the lead. Just added NPR on Google Currents, so I will definately be following it.