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Message started by Needles on 10/18/25 at 16:18:48

Title: News sources
Post by Needles on 10/18/25 at 16:18:48

For those of you who are wondering how to pick FACTUAL news sources, I found this. I've pretty well been using these for a long time. If your news source conflicts with these, it could be sketchy.

Here are the three best news categories and specific examples, chosen for their high factual reporting and low partisan bias (per media ratings and academic consensus) to fulfill the criteria:

The Three Best News Sources for a Healthy Democracy

1. The Global Newswire (Criterion 1 & 2)

Focus: Provides the raw, unedited, and highly factual account of events, stripped of most domestic political framing.
Source Rationale (Objective Alignment)
Associated Press (AP) & Reuters These organizations are foundational news agencies whose primary business is selling news feeds to thousands of media outlets worldwide. Their content is rated as having very high factual accuracy and the least partisan bias by multiple media assessors. They are focused on fast, neutral reporting of measurable facts (who, what, when, where).

2. The Independent Fact-Checker (Criterion 2)

Focus: Dedicated entirely to the rigorous, evidence-based verification of political and viral claims against objective reality.
Source Rationale (Objective Alignment)
FactCheck.org & PolitiFact These nonpartisan organizations (often signatories of the International Fact-Checking Network - IFCN) exist solely to address your Criterion 2. They publish detailed research, transparently identify their sources, and analyze claims from all sides of the political spectrum against verifiable data (economic reports, government documents, etc.).

3. The Public/Academic Broadcaster (Criterion 1 & 3)

Focus: Known for balanced reporting, fostering deeper analysis, and providing a platform for diverse, if non-antagonistic, debate.
Source Rationale (Objective Alignment)
PBS NewsHour & BBC News These are public or public-chartered broadcasters (BBC is internationally the most trusted source). They are consistently rated as having minimal bias and high factual reporting. They excel at providing in-depth context and often structure their political coverage to include multiple, informed perspectives, which aids in fostering the capacity for good-faith discourse (Criterion 3).

To achieve a well-informed state, a citizen would use the Newswire to learn the raw facts, the Fact-Checker to verify specific claims against objective data, and the Broadcaster to understand the context and different policy arguments surrounding those facts.

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