I always struggle with what sources I should be reading for news (particularly political news). I don’t want to read only sources that I agree with, but I also struggle finding news sources that aren’t sensationalist and put forward varied view points. Here are a few of the places I frequent (criticism of these sources or other recommendations are welcome.) I don’t think my political news sources are well varied so any recommendations there would be great as well.
- hackernews
- arstechnica
- the economist
- axios
- MIT News
- Wired
As for traditional media news sources: a good idea is to look for ones not targeted at you specifically as you will be able to notice the propaganda parts more easily (or they are irrelevant to you)*. Usually that means looking for foreign news sources from relatively neutral places (Switzerland, Singapur, Japan etc.). English language versions of those have to be taken with a grain of salt again of course, but often they are just translations.
Reading news coverage of your own country from a foreign news outlet can be a real eye-opener on just how much the local media tries to shape mainstream opinion instead of just reporting on news.
*No one is immune to propaganda, and the best propaganda is the one that you don’t even notice.
Thanks, this suggestion seems very practical. I will give this a shot.