Turn off CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, CNBC & OANN. Try listening to some foreign coverage on what's going on in our world. You'd be surprised how much interest we bring to these foreign news channels. BBC, Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle -- although they are state run, you'll hear a little bit more neutral coverage of US politics than you will with the US corporate media. Plus you'll also hear information about people and places and things going on in other parts of the world than you would with US-centric news that makes up our major corporate news networks. I intentionally list RT (Russia Today) because it's basically Kremlin propaganda, as unfortunately, all Russian news sources are as they have been slowly taken over by the Putin regime.
How Reliable is Your News Source? Understanding Media Bias 2021 (League of Women Voters): https://my.lwv.org/california/torrance-area/article/how-reliable-your-news-source-understanding-media-bias-2021
How To Detect Bias In News Media (FAIR: Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting): https://fair.org/take-action-now/media-activism-kit/how-to-detect-bias-in-news-media/
The Media Bias Chart: https://adfontesmedia.com/
Some non-corporate media that you should be watching:
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* Secular Talk: https://www.youtube.com/user/SecularTalk
* The David Pakman Show: https://www.davidpakman.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MidweekPolitics
* Democracy Now!: http://www.democracynow.org/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/democracynow
* BNO News (formerly @BreakingNews - Note: @BreakingNews on Twitter is FINALLY back, but it's run by MSNBC) http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/landing
* PBS Newshour: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6ZFN9Tx6xh-skXCuRHCDpQ
* The Philip DeFranco Show (non-bias pop culture & Youtube news) https://www.youtube.com/user/sxephil
* The Intercept: https://theintercept.com/
* You can also subscribe to my Twitter list called "Breaking News" which has all sources of news that is breaking that instant and there is no way to put a spin on it. You can access it and subscribe to it here: https://twitter.com/i/lists/68998895?s=20 (kept curated, pruned and up to date with legitimate news sources for breaking news) Unfortunately, since the Twitter CEO change, you are no longer allowed to view people's list unless you are already a Twitter member, which is unfortunate. But here is a list of the members of my "Breaking News" List so you can see for yourself I've tried to get as much center and non-biased journalism, reporting and wire services. All contributing Twitter accounts to the list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/68998895/members
Investigative Journalism
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* AP Investigations: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-investigations
* Reuters Investigations: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/section/homepage/
* ProPublica: https://www.propublica.org/
* PBS NewsHour Investigations: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/tag/investigations
* Fox News Investigations (ugh, this is disgusting to look at with all it's completely braindead reporting. Try the other sources): https://www.foxnews.com/category/news-events/fox-news-investigates
* CNN Investigates: https://www.cnn.com/specials/cnn-investigates
* The Center for Investigative Reporting https://revealnews.org/
There's also a great new service that is called Ground.News. See https://ground.news/about & https://ground.news/mediaopoly/our-methodology They have a great app which you can download. They sort news stories by biases, either right or left and center. I usually try and stick with the center. However, you can scroll to the right to see more right leaning news sources, and left to see left leaning sources.
They also have a very cool feature called "BlindSpot" that shows you news that isn't getting as much coverage as it should. https://ground.news/blindspot
They also have a new feature for Twitter called Mediopoly that rates Twitter accounts whether or not they are left or right leaning, which you can check out at: https://ground.news/mediaopoly
Download their app! You won't be disappointed. It always shows breaking headlines of what's going on in the world and lets you choose how you consume your media how you want too - although I always recommend checking some of the right and left sources on a single story to see how they play it out.
Android from Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.checkitt&hl=en_US&gl=US
Apple AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ground-news/id1324203419
Enter the code 7751578 under settings to get a free month of their premium service! (Doesn't ask you for CC or any info, it just gives you the free trial and doesn't nag you _too often_)
Below are links to some corporate US media, but I included them just for the fact that some of them stream live 24/7 and if you want to hear a breaking news story, it will often be the best place to turn, depending upon what part of the world it has happened in. It's very hard to bring bias to a breaking news story. It's just about what is happening right at the moment. However, you have to keep in mind certain things when watching breaking news, here is a list:
The Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: https://www.wnyc.org/story/breaking-news-consumers-handbook-pdf/
Image Summary of Breaking News Handbook: http://imgur.com/OWJDFJM
Here are some foreign news sources that have MUCH LESS bias towards America than American media does on itself, as well as hearing news stories from around the globe to stay informed.
* Al Jazeera English: https://www.youtube.com/user/AlJazeeraEnglish Al Jazeera Livefeed 24/7 English: http://www.aljazeera.com/live/ or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgJtWREOXHA
* FRANCE24 English: https://www.youtube.com/user/france24english - FRANCE24 English Livefeed 24/7: http://www.france24.com/en/livefeed or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwxuzl4ZrHo
* DW (Deutsche Welle) English: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish DW English Livefeed 24/7: http://www.dw.com/en/media-center/live-tv/s-100825 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yt3HsaIEhM
* Euronews English: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSrZ3UV4jOidv8ppoVuvW9Q Euronews Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmxIA8L3Xz8
* BBC News: https://www.youtube.com/user/bbcnews
* BBC News World Service Radio [Audio Only]: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio
* Associated Press (AP): https://www.youtube.com/user/AssociatedPress
* AFP (Agence France-Presse): https://www.youtube.com/user/AFP
* Reuters: https://www.youtube.com/user/ReutersVideo Reuters Live Video is a great source for unbiased news with their quick news briefs of only 20 minutes on their videos page. I recommend checking out their Breaking Views news feed that changes daily and gives you a good summary of the days events.
* Sky News (UK) Livefeed 24/7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y60wDzZt8yg - Main Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/skynews
American News Sources
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* ABC News: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABCNews
* CBS News: https://www.youtube.com/user/CBSNewsOnline CBSN Livefeed 24/7: http://www.cbsnews.com/live/
The New York Times: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheNewYorkTimes
* Associated Press (AP): https://www.youtube.com/user/AssociatedPress
* Fox News Livefeed 24/7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yjWDEqvkJc - Main Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/FoxNewsChannel (Fox News is obviously heavily right wing influenced & an arm of the GOP, but if you are looking for breaking news coverage on an incident that is happening right at the moment, it's an okay place to look)
* Bloomberg News Livefeed 24/7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga3maNZ0x0w
Not news, but still interesting - NASA International Space Station Live Feed looking down on planet Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzMQza8xZCc
* All Live Channels on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4R8DWoMoI7CAwX8_LjQHig
* Google News: https://news.google.com/
* News360 - https://news360.com/home - News360 is a next-generation news reader that gathers news from more than 10,000 different online sources, and presents them in an innovative visual fashion, aggregating different articles and media, and letting you see all sides of a story.
Fact Checking Sites
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These sites look at suspect news stories floating around the web and try and debunk the lies told by the organization or person ASAP:
* PolitiFact https://www.politifact.com/ - Fact-checking journalism is the heart of PolitiFact. Our core principles are independence, transparency, fairness, thorough reporting and clear writing. The reason we publish is to give citizens the information they need to govern themselves in a democracy.
* FactCheck.org https://www.factcheck.org/ - We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.
* Washington Post Fact Checker [BIAS ALERT] (Might require subscription to read, scroll to the bottom to download a plugin that will allow you to read news sources hidden behind a paywall below) - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/
* Snopes https://www.snopes.com/ -
* The Straight Dope https://www.straightdope.com - Fighting ignorance since 1973. (It’s taking longer than we thought.) How did the Straight Dope come to be? It all started in February, 1973, in the Chicago Reader, now a titan of alternative journalism but then … well, a skinny titan. The column appeared without fuss or fanfare. This was Cecil’s preference. He wanted to start off small and then expand. Just like the universe.
A few more suggestions:
http://theantimedia.org/six-news-outlets-following/
http://pontiactribune.com/2015/02/10-news-outlets-corporate-media-doesnt-want-you-to-follow/
Within the US here are a few good media orgs:
The Associated Press: http://www.ap.org/
Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/
The McClatchy Group: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/
Far Left Media Orgs
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With the explosion of alt-right news sources like Fox News, OANN, and NewsMax, it's important to look at the media coming from the left to counter their made up propaganda. It's important to become class conscious dominated by MSM sources that stick you into a bubble of being poverty stricken, lower, middle, and upper middle class and the rich and elite.
Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/
World Socialist Web Site: http://www.wsws.org/
Jacobin Magazine: https://www.jacobinmag.com/
The Socialist Worker: https://socialistworker.org/
Global Revolution TV: http://globalrevolution.tv/
Think Progress: https://thinkprogress.org/
Color of Change: https://colorofchange.org/
Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/
Truthdig: http://www.truthdig.com/
ProPublica: https://www.propublica.org/
Wonkette: https://wonkette.com/
Socialist Alternative: https://www.socialistalternative.org/
I know some may disagree with me, but if you have any other suggestions, or find a broken link HMU on Twitter @pogue25 or leave a comment below.
