Is there a reliable news source out there?

Question

what is your news source and why?

Answer 1

I love the BBC broadcasts. The world news takes center stage. I watch at 6pm on a PBC channel. Other than that I have to read everything I can get my hands on including the silted to get to some semblance of reality. For the most part, every news channel in America is owned and operated by a few mega-billionaires who enjoy their power more than the truth. If you can find them, the voice of people who are humanitarians, sensible economists, scientists, and even business persons are there for the reading. I have found little reliability in any political commentary and should think it may become more perverse.

Answer 2

The reliable sources I use for news are: BBC and National Talk Radio.  Too many US reporters and anchors instill their opinion, which is not reporting news.  The American public is not as dumb as they think we are - just report the facts of the news, keep out opinions and stop trying for ratings.

Answer 3

I like NPR and BBC World.

Answer 4

npr (national public radio) they dont report with bias and they cover a lot of world news not just us news

Answer 5

Edward R. Murrow?  But he's long dead...

News aggregation is about the best option.  I use an RSS feeder (I use iGoogle) and add several different sources, browsing all of them.  I try to add more than just 'Democrat' or 'Republican' sources.  I like reason.com, BBC is okay, and I also log onto drudgereport.com.

It isn't possible to read an article that contains no writer's bias, but editorial bias is a different matter.  Every news source pretty much has editorial bias and that is the real problem.

I believe it comes down to most of us want to get either news that we agree with or news that is very controversial (or that we disagree with).  Fox gets makes lots of money because with its perceived Republican slant both Republicans and Democrats are watching it.  A truly editorially unbiased news source would probably be quote boring and contain long articles that are well researched and with lots of facts sited.  They would rarely provide much reporting on today's events beyond straight, boring facts because a proper analysis would take time.

NPR is full of bias.  I was listening an article discussing a proposal in congress to limit the power of unions.  NPR interviewed a lobbyist for unions and a union leader for the article.  Whether or not we should limit the power of unions, at LEAST get an unbiased or opposite opinion somewhere, geez.  This is very typical of NPR reporting.