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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Reuters is my go to for straight fact reporting.
People need to stop with the "it's all biased, so you can't trust anything" bull####. It's a cop out. There's plenty of quality news sources, just don't choose the ones that shout crazy editorials at you and you'll be fine.
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Bias is insidious how it sneaks in everywhere. Lots of good sources will make an effort to correct for their bias, but even then its hard to entirely avoid. of course that doesn't mean you can't get good news. As you and others have mentioned, those that focus on reporting facts rather than interpreting and giving opinion on them is a great start. You can also check with independent sources to see what bias there is to your news, so you are at least aware of it.
Ad Fontes publishes an interesting media bias chart.
They've got an
interactive version on their site which has more details, along with a
white paper that shows their methodology. Of course even they can't escape bias in their reporting. They use the American Democratic / Republican split to determine what counts as left or right leaning. If you live elsewhere in the world you might find what you consider left or right isn't really represented in their findings.