Alternative / neutral online news source?

Pawnless Endgame

Pawnless Endgame

Pawnless Endgame

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/inb4 Daily Mail online :D

I've been reading the Beeb for a few years. While I think it's fairly ok / neutral, there is still an element of brown-nosing on whichever gov't is in power. Also, I find that the Beeb uses weasel words - that's putting in extra words that don't mean much. E.g. yes the Italy hotel avalanche collapse was a "tragic event" but we already know that it was a tragedy due to loss of lives. The Beeb also likes to remind us every New Year / Jan that we'll all die early from 'betes type II, lung cancer, AIDs, liver poisoning, dementia, some triggering event and fresh air :p

What sources do you guys read? Do you read more than one source to get more viewpoints on a topic?

My mum is a fairly extreme example in that she reads both the Guardian and the Daily Mail. They're polar opposites on the left-right spectrum.

Personally, I'm thinking of balancing out the Beeb with Reuters UK. I've read a few Reuters articles and they don't seem to have weasel words. They seem a bit more impartial too, more objective, but I know every media outlet will involve some subjectivity.
 
There's too much click-bait these days and the focus seems to be on a "good story" rather than the actual truth.
 
Ars Technica, Space.com, New Scientist, Financial Times, Reuters. That's how you get all "actual" news - I find the BBC, Sky, standard papers have far too much BS news you don't need to know.

Also the rags have a habit of "manufacturing strengthens!!!" or "manufacturing declines for highest rate in 2 years!!!" I'd rather see some graphs.
 
Monkeynut said:
Ars Technica, Space.com, New Scientist, Financial Times, Reuters. That's how you get all "actual" news - I find the BBC, Sky, standard papers have far too much BS news you don't need to know.
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This.

The big media agencies are simply tunnels for NLP. And you are right in saying that they tell you far too much BS you don't need to know. BBC, Sky, Guardian, DM, et al should all be avoided unless you're heavily versed in media psychology and are simply viewing for analysis.
 
A bunch of sources, all under one tab :cool:

And Feedly with other sources in there. I like that more as it syncs with the app, so can continue reading on the go.
 
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Thanks guys - a few others here put Reuters as well, plus several other outlets that I can try :-)

Monkeynut said:
Also the rags have a habit of "manufacturing strengthens!!!" or "manufacturing declines for highest rate in 2 years!!!" I'd rather see some graphs.
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Yeah this. The other one they do is "unemployment figures have hit record high!!!!!!", followed by "unemployment figures have hit record low!!!1111one", then it's swings and roundabouts between the 2.
 
I wouldn't call the BBC biased, it just isn't opinionated and is politically correct. If it is biased then it's slightly pro-government, but that's an artefact of it being unopinionated I think.
 
I find Breitbart quite objective and unbiased.

But seriously, I get my news from a variety of sources. Everyone seems to have their own agenda and reporting the truth isn't always on the top of the list.
 
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