6 Unbiased News Sources You Should Consider

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https://www.makeuseof.com/top-unbiased-news-sources/

There are a few additional news organizations in the world that deserve mention. They didn't make the first list because, at times, bias might appear in their reporting, and C-Span and Pew Research aren't specifically news organizations. However, both deserve mention as fantastic factual resources you can use to delve further into and learn the truth behind many of today's news stories.

C-Span. C-Span lets you watch government hearings and other events direct, allowing you to hear what your politicians are saying without the interference of a journalist's pen. You'll find it surprising how much certain journalists twist what is said during an important hearing, all to fit in with the bias of their news outlet or personal political outloo
The Financial Times. As one of the oldest broadsheets in the world, the Financial Times maintains an excellent reputation for delivering impartial news relating to economics, politics, business, and more.
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. With a strong focus on investigative journalism and long-form news articles, you can count on the Bureau to deliver fact-based reporting.
Christian Science Monitor. Despite a name that would make you expect it to be a bastion of Conservative news reporting like The Blaze, CSMonitor is a refreshingly honest and impartial news source. You'll find stories here that attack or support government policies from both sides of the aisle
Pew Research. If you want the pure facts and figures behind the articles, you need to head to Pew Research, the "non-partisan think tank." Pew Research consistently publishes unbiased research into news, politics, technology, media, and much more. If you start reading their reports rather than the news, you'll understand more about the bias found throughout the media, allowing you to make informed decisions about where you read your news.
The Economist. The Economist covers an array of political, economics, tech, and media commentary both online and in print. According to the About page, The Economist attempts to blend right and left, "drawing on the classic liberalism of the 19th." The combination certainly works, as The Economist frequently features as one of the least biased news sources around.

[intheflow]

1. No news source is unbiased.

Humans report the news, humans edit it, humans print it. Humans are chockfull of biases. A better way to phrase it would be trustworthy news agencies. I'd add to your list ProPublica and Democracy Now! as trustworthy places to find truth.

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2. AT least follow the money.

Big News, like the networks support big business for a reason. $

[wnylib]

3. I'd leave out Democracy Now for straight facts without bias.

Goodman has a strong far left bias and a tendency to sensationalism.

[erronis]

15. I really liked Democracy Now back in the early 2000s

Amy Goodman is a very principled reporter but very biased. I'm totally liberal but can't read a news site that won't admit fuck-ups amongst her personal heros/heroines.

[vanlassie]

18. Amy Goodman is biased the way Democracy has a liberal bias.

Thank you Steven Colbert.

[maxsolomon]

24. No, that's not it.

Democracy Now is just biased. I still listen to it as it offers a perspective no other program does.

[rainy]

29. "Truth has a well known liberal bias!" Steven Colbert

[erronis]

4. Wow - totally disagree with MakeUseOf's choices.

Most are business-oriented sites. Of them, Reuters might be the least biased but there's obviously going to be reporting on business-centric issues versus societal, etc.

How can they not include ProPublica, for example?

The Guardian is probably the best world-class news reporting organization.

BBC is OK.

[liberalla]

8. Completely agree on the Guardian. I was surprised it wasn't included.

[Easterncedar]

13. Me, too, so here's the rec from us!

The Guardian is well worth the subscription.

[Abolishinist]

19. Intereting timing, less than an hour ago I was on the Guardian website

and they were asking for donations to help support their efforts. I've always found them to be a reliable source, and given the current state of affairs I decided to sign up for a monthly donation.

[Bev54]

14. I agree with you, I would only go with maybe one of those

And the rest of my time will go with those independents that have given us truths. The guardian, although check who they get their quotes from sometimes it is republicans and in the case of Canada, conservatives. Propublica and Empty Wheel will give facts backed up by evidence, whichever way it leans. There are others as well.

[erronis]

16. EmptyWheel if you really want to get into the weeds and have lots of time.

Read her (and Rayne, etc.) every day.

[Bev54]

36. Yes, I do as well although I have not read any of them since

The election. Just cannot stomach anything to do with Trump right now. I am sure that may change in the coming months but right now I will concentrate on my own country, Canada. I do however recommend her, if you want in-depth truth and I like the fact that she will call the media on lies that others won’t or don’t know the truth.

[niyad]

22. According to his bio, gavin phillips specializes in technology.

[PedroXimenez]

31. does that mean he's AI?

this site looks like one that if i found out it was AI, i would not be shocked.

[niyad]

34. According to his bio, he has been writing for over 13 years, so, who knows?

[angrychair]

5. Don't know about the Economist

It endorsed VP Harris days before the election and then within a couple weeks after the election it attacked her as a bad candidate.
Hardly unbiased behavior.

[CousinIT]

6. Followed all on Bluesky. n/t

[CapnSteve]

7. I would add The Guardian Weekly...

...62 pages delivered to my door each week. Hard-hitting and well sourced stories, great opinions, puzzles and even a recipe!

Support (good) print media!

[Jacson6]

9. There is no such thing as unbiased news.

All humans have a bias. The WSJ is the newspaper for capitalist pigs like Murdoch, Trump & Musk, for example.

[multigraincracker]

11. Their editorial page is way to the right.

News is much more center.

[DBoon]

32. capitalist pigs need accurate information to make the most money

"alternative facts" are how they confuse the plebeians

[usaf-vet]

10. There are 2 papers I try and read everyday. The Guardian US edition and recently Ground News both are subscription based

The Guardian US version: https://www.theguardian.com/us.
Ground News: https://ground.news/

Ground News uniquely presents all sides of the same story — Left, Center, and Right. It gets a strong influence from AI (Artificial Intelligence) to analyze and rank all sources of the same story.

In addition, it has a unique feature called the Blindspot.

The following is Ground News' explanation of the Blindspot: Stories disproportionately covered by one side of the political spectrum.
https://ground.news/blindspot

[multigraincracker]

12. Yesterday I caught some Ground News.

Thanks for link.

[erronis]

17. Thanks, I'll give it another look.

I've seen a few sites that claim to take a broad view of current issues. Of course all of them are aggregators (perhaps with the AI-du-jour).

Another: https://www.readtangle.com/

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21. Looks like $8, subscribers.

[niyad]

20. Apparently, gavin phillips field of expertise is technology. To say WSJ

is unbiased is. . .questionable. And to equate the Guardian with the blaze and the daily mail is BS.

[paleotn]

23. BBC

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27. That and the Canadian Network.

None of them are perfect, and neither am I.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

25. Ground News makes the effort.

https://ground.news/

They provide different sources for each story.

[WarGamer]

26. The Economist is truly A+

[SKKY]

28. CS Monitor has been my first stop since 1988...

...when a college professor made us subscribe to it. It is one of the only legit, non-biased news sources around. CNN and MSNBC are my side pieces, but CS Monitor is my bottom.

[larwdem]

30. Cool

[DBoon]

33. We don't need "unbiased" news

We need news that is solidly anchored in facts

[erronis]

37. Totally agree. But how to verify the sources of those facts?

In the end we need to trust someone/something to present the current state of affairs as they exist.

In the past we had a history of reporters and news organizations that generally seemed to get things right. But with the shifting ownerships, naming, funding sources, external influences, etc. I wouldn't necessarily even trust Walter Cronkite if he appeared on CBS right now.

[Blue_Tires]

35. Did he really have the goddamn WSJ at #1? 🤨