Re:Ask HN: What news sources do you trust?
by raxxorrax on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @06:24AM
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None, although there is a difference in the levels of my disbelief. I always try to check multiple sources and if it is possible multiple languages too. I do think many journalists, particularly in online news, let themselves be inspired by each other or just copy press releases from large agencies. Not their fault, it is mostly because of economic pressure, but this is the current reality.
But even the news sources I trust most are prone to errors. We also have a lot more opinion pieces. I like to read them too, but along many papers you can see a lot of uniformity, even if the authors at least try to hide it in subtext. That can undermine trust in news publications because I believe this to have an influence on general reporting.
But even the news sources I trust most are prone to errors. We also have a lot more opinion pieces. I like to read them too, but along many papers you can see a lot of uniformity, even if the authors at least try to hide it in subtext. That can undermine trust in news publications because I believe this to have an influence on general reporting.