What is the most unbiased news source?

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March 26th, 2022 at 10:17:51 AM permalink
missedhervee
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We all know there are biased news outlets today; Fox and CNN first come to mind.

I prefer as unbiased a news source as possible.

When I fire up my 'puter the first source I go to is Yahoo news, they're the closest I can find to simply "telling it like it is" without varnishing or editorializing.

I also like BBC news.

I'd welcome finding other essentially unbiased news sources, if any are out there.
March 26th, 2022 at 11:11:36 AM permalink
terapined
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Quote: missedhervee
We all know there are biased news outlets today; Fox and CNN first come to mind.

I prefer as unbiased a news source as possible.

When I fire up my 'puter the first source I go to is Yahoo news, they're the closest I can find to simply "telling it like it is" without varnishing or editorializing.

I also like BBC news.

I'd welcome finding other essentially unbiased news sources, if any are out there.

I like BBC. Original stories.
I like yahoo but they are just like Google News
Like Google, yahoo doesn't really do any reporting. They are more like Tyler Durden. Using other people's original reporting and posting links.
I'm very tempted to pay for the Wash Post
Another excellent outlet that does real reporting and original stories. The Ginni Thomas texts were not released. Only the Post and CBS got to directly read them and write the story. All the stories I read are based on the Woodward/CBS original story.
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March 26th, 2022 at 12:10:54 PM permalink
Gandler
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The AP and PBS I think are the answers.

I like BBC, but I am hesitant to call a foreign government owned source the best.
March 26th, 2022 at 12:26:19 PM permalink
terapined
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Quote: Gandler
The AP and PBS I think are the answers.

I like BBC, but I am hesitant to call a foreign government owned source the best.

PBS Frontline totally rocks
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March 26th, 2022 at 12:55:34 PM permalink
Gandler
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I would probably add Reuters to my list as well, but it suffers from being behind a paywall. My first instinct is to list news sources that are not behind a paywall.

Of course, some argue that paywalls make them more reputable, as they have less reliance on advertisement and sponsors (though I more often hear this argument applied to podcasts that refuse to do ads or sponsors, and only sell subscriptions, though its a similar principle with news sources). Though plenty of news outlets rely on both subscriptions and ads, so take that for what you will. And, government owned sites may be the only source that does not need to do either.

AP is kind of unique being a gray area, a nonprofit, that does have some ads, but makes most of its revenue selling the rights to private newspapers to use their stories in designated markets (so I think using the AP direct as a Source has to be near the top). (At least "unique" as far as an American organization, that still exists, I know historically there were more, and they still exist in other countries, however, even of those foreign ones that still exist, they are behind paywalls which include Reuters, so that still gives an AP an additional edge in addition to being American).

C-SPAN may be close or at least was at one time, even if its more domestically focused (though recently it has become more revenue focused with required logins for online viewing, and ads, so it does not reach the top). NPR may also be close on that list (not quite as good as PBS).

I really think AP and PBS are great sources that combine both access, range of coverage, and minimal bias (I don't think anyone can say that any organization has zero bias), so they would probably top my list (for general national and international news outside of any hyper-focused area).

Quote: terapined
PBS Frontline totally rocks

I fully agree, its a great program.
March 26th, 2022 at 4:59:13 PM permalink
JimRockford
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Quote: terapined
I'm very tempted to pay for the Wash Post

If you subscribe directly from Wapo it’s $6 a month for a year then $15 a month from then on. You can subscribe through Amazon and it’s a straight $6 a month indefinitely.
The mind hungers for that on which it feeds.
March 26th, 2022 at 6:31:00 PM permalink
kenarman
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I like RealClear because they have lots of opinion pieces from both sides of the spectrum. Many people on this forum like to claim they are independent and make their own unbiased opinions but never go into any depth on the side they disagree with. I find that you can be much more informed and balanced if you read obviously biased pieces from both sides and then try and suss out the truth.
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March 27th, 2022 at 8:35:11 AM permalink
terapined
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Quote: kenarman
I like RealClear because they have lots of opinion pieces from both sides of the spectrum. Many people on this forum like to claim they are independent and make their own unbiased opinions but never go into any depth on the side they disagree with. I find that you can be much more informed and balanced if you read obviously biased pieces from both sides and then try and suss out the truth.

I checked it out
It's all opinion peices :-(
It's exactly the type of writing I totally avoid when researching news.
Back when I used to read newspapers, the editorial section was a throwaway section for me.
I can think for myself.
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March 27th, 2022 at 8:50:03 AM permalink
kenarman
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Quote: terapined
I checked it out
It's all opinion peices :-(
It's exactly the type of writing I totally avoid when researching news.
Back when I used to read newspapers, the editorial section was a throwaway section for me.
I can think for myself.


That is like deciding what the world looks like when all you have is a porthole to look out of. Go for the picture window TP it will make you think for yourself more than you likely do now when you learn why those you disagree with think the way they do. To paraphrase the pet saying: let your mind wander through others opinions, if you are right you will still be able to get back to your own beliefs.
"but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin
March 29th, 2022 at 8:35:38 AM permalink
rxwine
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I guess Chris Wallace is a socialist. I said the same thing about the problem with news and Duff said it was socialist.

Quote:
In a funny way,” Wallace responded, “I blame my father for this, Mike Wallace and 60 Minutes.”

A shocked Colbert jokingly accused Wallace of throwing his father under the bus, but Wallace explained the negative effect that 60 Minutes had on the news industry.

“It used to be in the old days, and I can remember growing up with my father in the ’70s, that news didn’t make money. It was a public service, and the networks viewed it as a public service,” Wallace said. “And then 60 Minutes came along and showed you could make phenomenal amounts of money with the news business.”

Wallace believes that the desire to chase ratings and make money is what needs to change if the news and the public’s faith in it are to be restored.

“I think when you look at what goes on everywhere, probably particularly cable, and on the left as well as the right, people are chasing audiences,” Wallace said. “So I think that if there was not — if people just accepted, we’re not trying to make money off this, we’re just trying to perform a public service, I think we’d have better news.”



https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/chris-wallace-blames-his-father-and-60-minutes-for-current-distrust-of-the-media/ar-AAVC78g?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=847bd468930b41b5bcf26224c1a87d9e
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