Ashur Cabrera šŸ¦ā€ā¬›

šŸ™‹ Where are you getting your trustworthy, fact-based news these days?

No wrong answers, but as a citizen of the U.S. Iā€™m personally curious about:

ā€¢ News about the U.S., from an outlet that isnā€™t owned by a billionaire (U.S.-based or otherwise)

ā€¢ News about countries other than the U.S.

ā€¢ Industry- or beat-specific news, whatever that means to you, from indie outlets

Thanks! šŸ’œ

Mar 8 at 1:45amWeb
Show threadSam StephensonMar 8
@ashur Financial Times subscriber since 2020 - it is expensive but trustworthy. They have good email digests, you can subscribe to topics youā€™re interested in, and they have an RSS feed with headlines for every published article
Show threadJason GarberMar 8
@ashur I read Talking Points Memo most days. I do also enjoy Heather Cox Richardsonā€™s ā€œLetters from an Americanā€ despite it being on Substack.
Show threadPhil NelsonMar 8
@jgarber @ashur Seconding HCR, she is great
Show threadCory Dransfeldt Mar 8
@ashur Usually The Intercept, Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, 404 Media and Iā€™ll scan NPR and the headlines from Kagi News
Show threadCory Dransfeldt Mar 8
@ashur Ken Klippenstein, Techdirt (lately), Pro Publica, Texas Observer and The 19th are also good. Unicorn Riot had good coverage of Minneapolis, WTF Just Happened Today is good for overviews too.
Show threadRob FahrniMar 8
@cory @ashur This is a great list! I read most of them too, but there are new ones too!
Show threadJason GarberMar 8
@cory @ashur +1 to Klipp, Unicorn Riot, and WTFJHT.
Show threadwaferbabyMar 8
@ashur The Guardian for mainstream media, and my wife for reality via her trusted sources.
Show threadEdward LoveallMar 8
@ashur https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/
Political News for Normal People.

Your essential guide to the shock and awe in national politics. A sane, once-a-day newsletter helping normal people make sense of the news.

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?
Show threadtheAdhocracyMar 8

@ashur Philip DeFranco on YouTube does 4+ videos a week, largely focused on the US news cycle (either internal news or US relevant global). Been watching for over a decade, still worthwhile, now very well fact checked and fairly fair. Can also be watched as a podcast https://m.youtube.com/@philipdefranco

Also BBC International (much less bias and spin than UK specific website, coming from a Brit), Financial Times, and Private Eye (much more UK focused, but does cover global news, and utterly trustworthy).

Philip DeFranco

New Daily Videos Every Single Day Except Saturday!

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Show threadNora Reed Mar 8
@ashur i like source nm
Show threadCourtney RosenthalMar 8
@ashur I'm liking Guardian and AP for US news. OPB for state news.
Show threadPeter DrakeMar 8
@courtney @ashur Also Oregon Capital Chronicle.
Show threadHerman_SMar 8
@ashur I watch mostly Aljazeera these days. They have some issues as well, but I found them a lot more balanced than most.
Show threadMatthew MillerMar 8

@ashur

Last Week Tonight, the Daily Show, and Have I Got News for You (US version).

(I mean, not actually exclusively. Also NPR supporter and 404 Media subscriber. But it's nice to have a little for the insanity.)

Show threadkrys/midi theriansymbolMar 8
@ashur
it's really not great, but al jazeera is pretty ok for world news. no US bias, anyway
Show threadAstroMancer5G (she/her)Mar 8

@ashur

Here are mine:
@democracynow
@novaramedia
@electronicintifada.net
@teleSURtv
@cgtnafrica
@ErinInTheMorn
@physorg_space
@insidehighered
@mongabay
@globalwitness

Show threadFlaming CheetoMar 8

@ashur pro publica, npr/PBS, reuters, slate, editorial page of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

This one'll sound weird to anyone old enough: USA today and the other formerly Garnett papers. They're a public company with a lot of institutional investors but no single controlling interest to serve.

Show threadMatt CarlsonMar 8
@ashur Several places, but The Economist is one of them. Hereā€™s a writeup on their ownership. https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/Who-owns-The-Economist
Economist

Show threadBenderIsGreat34Mar 8
@ashur @Binder BBC, CBC and I find A Different Bias on YT very good. A northern English chap who is probably 1000x more trustworthy than any of the mainstream media. I followed his reports on Brexit back before Trump sucked all the oxygen out of the room. https://youtube.com/@adifferentbias
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