I've started using AP as my main news source after trump's attack on the outlet.

[erronis]

I had been using Google News but found I needed to block so many outlets that spouted right-wing trash. I also couldn't care less about pro sports or trivia news (hollywood stars, etc.)

I do always read The Guardian and ProPublica. Empty Wheel and many blogs. Reuters can be good but focused on business.

But I want a concise way to see what is happening in the world (first) and the US (second). AP seems to give me this ability.

Appreciate anybody else's opinions!

Edited to append:
Just saw this from The Guardian:
Revealed: Google facilitated Russia and China’s censorship requests
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/15/google-helped-facilitate-russia-china-censorship-requests
(https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220033260)

Edited after researching the AP:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press

The Associated Press (AP)[4] is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are distributed to its members, major U.S. daily newspapers and radio and television broadcasters. Since the award was established in 1917, the AP has earned 59 Pulitzer Prizes, including 36 for photography. The AP is also known for its widely used AP Stylebook, its AP polls tracking NCAA sports, sponsoring the National Football League's annual awards, and its election polls and results during US elections.

[osteopath6]

1. Nice!

I tend to read all of them and amalgamate the data into something truthful. Almost all US and world news have a bent/tilt (lets call it what it is, a bias) so finding authoritative sources is growing harder.

I tend to apply the disinformation rubric and other resources, including "the gentleperson's guide to forum spies" along with the numerous leaked GCHQ documents which detail methods those governments and organizations use to deceive us.

As far as I can tell, all of the for-profits are bought and paid for by monied interests. The public funded ones are mouthpieces, scribes, who sit at the right hand of the king and report their dictations. They'll give you the "official" word which is another way of saying "partial truth/completely untrue but what we want you to believe."

I personally prefer leaks. They give us the closest thing to unfiltered insight, without any of the spin or blatant untruths (again, lies)

STRATFOR briefings are wonderful but cost around $700 a year for a membership. It is provided through work but they don't allow copying 😔

[erronis]

4. The disinformation is why I dropped the NYT and WaPo. I don't like being lied to

and being treated to Kremlin/big-business talking points.

I like the way you approach this - seems quite analytical. And we need to be able to update our filters as the outlets can/will change.

[osteopath6]

11. Same here, erronis!

Totally echo your sentiments RE: NYT and WaPo, you're right, adjusting our own filters and realizing that a "breach" is only a breach until we mitigate is great insurance against disinfo 😁

The hardest part for me was to accept that some of these outlets "got" me in the past, and I tended to want to blame myself alot. I really had to sit down with those feelings and deconstruct why I felt so guilty. I think its that it they can get me once, they can do it again. It makes you want to shut off and stop intaking any new data. But honestly, that may be the ultimate goal of Kremlin/RW/Monied/other bad actor to begin with.

You called it, just taking your time and thinking about the content was a big step forward. I used to feel whatever the article was trying to impart without first thinking it over logically, but this seems to be how disinformation gets in

Its a shame the greatest tool for free expression and information sharing has been used to such an end 😔 The information space/web isn't supposed to be a military domain (altho is certainly treated as one) or a playground for testing new ways to mass-trick people.

I love how Estonia have had held the keys all along. Pardon the pun, client side SSL keys 😁 Someone smarter can explain it better, but instead of a server only proving its identity to you, you also have a corresponding key on a cryptographic device like a CAC/smartcard that is issued by the state much like passports which is used to also verify your identity to the server

[erronis]

12. Interesting. I'll digest a bit more.

I do understand Estonia's model which is admirable while being so close to the beast. But, then, all of us in the US are now involved with our own version of the beast.

[BootinUp]

2. When it comes to any major news org

You are going to get a mix, some you won’t like, some even bad. I think AP’s stand in the recent instance is a good reason to give them a try though. I have 2 scripts one at USA Today the other in a city I don’t live in but they have a very good editorial board and Will Bunch on their opinion page. Not sure how long I will keep either.

[Blue Full Moon]

3. Same

Also using Reuters.
Newspapers in English around the world.

https://www.thebigproject.co.uk/news/

[erronis]

6. Great! Thanks for that resource - https://www.thebigproject.co.uk/news/.

[erronis]

8. Interesting - TheBigProject News page doesn't list the AP.

Oh, well. The AP is relatively new - founded in 1846 and winning 59 Pulitzer Prizes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press

[LeftInTX]

5. In the last several years, AP has been very good.

I've been surprised.

[FakeNoose]

7. Yes AP News is quite informative

Also I get several "breaking" news emails per day, probably more than I have time to read.

[dalton99a]

9. AP is solid.

[multigraincracker]

10. Thank you, just bookmarked their page.

[Bumbles]

13. Thank you, erronis, for your recommendation about AP,

and to all others who had added to the resources. It's so important to keep the real news flowing.