What are the best websites for news?
70Breaking News
The best news is breaking news. People read the news because they want to be aware of what's going on - In politics, sports, current affairs, technology, movies, etc. I could just answer the question ( which was - Which are the best and unbiased news sources? ) in two words - Google News
But that would not only be simplistic, it would also be very short, and I need to stretch this hub a bit more. So I'll leave the best news award to Google News, and stick to an analysis of unbiased news sources. Continue reading my 'unbiased' opinion on the best news sources....
Unbiased News
Fair and Balanced
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Apologies to Fox News for titlelifting. But they asked for it. Looking at it from any angle, there's no way you can say that Fox News, or for that matter, the New York Times, DrudgeReport, HuffingtonPost, National Review or the WashingtonPost are unbiased. They're all baised. These are papers put out by humans, and the articles reflect their views. To put it simply, you won't find an unbiased news source.
What you need to look at here is the difference between news and analysis. News is fact, simply reported as it happens. it cannot be biased. The analysis is where things start going south. All you need to so is read the news and skip the bloviating from the MSM ( Mainstream Media ) pundits.
This is why I like Google News. It lists breaking news, categorized and ranked by importance and freshness. You scan the front page, find something interesting, which is news to you, and you read it. Regardless of whether the link is from Fox or the NYT. It's news. You don't have to read the opinion.
For example, whenever a new poll for the 2008 Presidential elections comes out, articles based on the polling data are available on almost every online news source. Which one would you read? National Review or WashingtonPost? Time or Newsweek? HuffingtonPost or Drudge? I say it doesn't matter. Just read the figures. Hillary's up nationally. Obama's up in South Carolina and New Hampshire. Rudy's going up in Iowa. McCain's going down everywhere. That's all you want to know. Who cares how McCain going down is good for Rudy or Thompson is responsible for McCain going down? That's opinion.
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Hope people won't skip over it because its analysis, not news. ;-)
Good writing and open-minded thinkng.
http://Unbiasd.com is good for lots of sources and the ability to rate articles based upon their bias.
In a sense you are right. News is mostly fact if it comes in a simple form of "man gets hit by a car". But even then you have to account for inaccuracies and misleading titles that present uncertainty ex "Yemen rebel leader 'may be dead'".
Google news is the best place to scan for a quick news brief. However, if your looking for something more in depth - an analysis of some sort or an "expert opinion" - then well google may not always be a reliable source.
There probably is a news organizations / blogger / etc that may be the least "biased" but the there will always be some bias. The credibility of what you are reading should always be kept in check (sources, distinction of fact/opinion).
Many people however do want opinion that is unbiased. How can
yet another fence-riding clueless blogger.
Try BBC World Service, Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Stacie Naczelnik 4 years ago
I agree about Google News--it's my homepage. Interesting analysis of news and analysis.