Where do you go to find relatively unbiased news?

[meldroc]

Let's face it: The mainstream media - cable news channels, radio news/talk stations, newspapers, etc. can no longer be considered trustworthy sources of news. They're all owned by the same cabal of right-wingers, and those right-wingers get a veto on what stories we get to see. When Judge Taylor ruled that Bush's NSA warrantless wiretaps were illegal, the news stations all became the John Karr Channel.

Lately, I've been going to various blogs to try to balance things out, get news on the stories that really matter (and therefore don't get airtime.) But of course, most of the blogs have their own biases.

So I'm not sure where to go to build a picture of world events that isn't too terribly distorted by various biases. How do you solve this problem?

[grytpype]

1. Just read DU and Raw Story.

[Glorfindel]

2. National Public Radio - it's not perfect, but much better than MSM

You're absolutely right; even formerly reputable newspapers have become Repuke rags, unfit even for toilet paper, and network news, including the cable channels, is unwatchable. If I want drama, screams, threats, interruptions, rudeness, shouting, etc., I'll rent some horror DVD's. If I want opinions, I come to Democratic Underground and hang out with the remaining sane persons in this country. :toast:

[Sir Jeffrey]

3. Relatively unbiased...

http://news.bbc.co.uk

Also, if you get BBC America, the World Report is excellent.

[nam78_two]

4. The internets-here, there everywhere on the internets

A whole lot from DU

also TPMcafe, The Guardian, WaPo, NYT, gregpalast.com,dkos (I self select through those)


So in summary, I self-select from the lefty blogosphere and nominally decent papers ....

I used to be one of those people that read the NYT end to end before the whole Judith Miller flap...
Not anymore...and then Times Select made Krugman inaccessible.

I ain't paying a cent that can go towards the likes of John Tierney (:puke:) or David Brooks...

[ThomWV]

5. Olbermann

[Ilsa]

6. The News Hour With Jim Lehrer on PBS. nt

[sandnsea]

7. The original source

Try to find the actual speeches, hearings, documents. After that, read material that you know is biased that way when biases leak into news reports you can figure out where they came from. I don't think there is such a thing as unbiased news, and facts aren't worth too terribly much if there's no human element attached to them. Once you delve into the human element, you've got bias.

[annabanana]

8. yup

There really is no sure shortcut to being informed. Being an American Citizen is hard work.