QUESTIONS
Which news sources do you consider most credible?
From which sources do you get most of your news?
ANSWERS
Carl (conservative): I have essentially turned off any and all TV news since the majority of our so-called news sources have devolved into blatant advocacy journalism. I recently subscribed to The Free Press started by Bari Weiss and feel like it is giving me an objective look at the issues of the day as well as covering stories the "Mainstream Media" avoids.
I also follow various individuals (commentators, journalists, historians, etc) on X.Liz in VA (moderate): PBS, BBC, Reuters, The Washington Post (ignoring the opinion page), Rolling Stone (I know, I would not have said that a few years back).
Geoff Wise (centrist): I trust the facts from most mainstream / liberal newspapers, but since Trump's ascent, I am bothered by their their anti-Trump bias creeping into their reporting, creating a bias in representing the facts. I try to also read Fox News, National Review, etc. to balance out what I'm getting on some topics. I trust local reporters the most for the scoop on local and state politics. I get my news from a combination of my local paper, NPR, and articles linked from X/Twitter posts.
Nina (moderate): I have changed my news gathering pattern over the past few years. After the 2016 election I stopped watching NBC news (and televised news in general) because I think their normalization of Trump helped shape that election. After a few years I started watching television news again (CBS and CNN) but I think that every 24-hour news source is fatally flawed, so I am now sticking to the New York Times, Reuters and Economist written daily summaries. I do see items on Facebook and on my Apple News feed, but try to minimize clicking on them.
Maggie Smith (liberal): My print news sources are the New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Boston Globe. All three provide a balanced view of factual based news stories mixed with opinion editorials. I also subscribe to The Civil Discourse blog by Joyce Vance and Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson. Each of these gives me either a legal viewpoint and/or an historical viewpoint of current events and issues. All of these print sources cite supporting evidence for their analysis and claims.
I watch the PBS News Hour and listen to NPR Morning Edition and various daily programs that are broadcasted on NPR (1A with Jenn White and Fresh Air with Terry Gross). I find these credible as they include expert interviews about a range for topical discussions, supported by expert analysis and fact based opinions.
Dan Mariano (progressive-leaning liberal): I generally regard the Associated Press, Reuters, PBS Newshour and Democracy Now as my primary news sources, with CNN and CBS as an occasional breaking news resource. However, I also use Reddit as an aggregate of a wide spectrum of news sources, from the far-right to the far-left. I also regularly listen to political discussion and commentary shows such as The David Pakman Show, The Majority Report with Sam Seder, Real Time with Bill Maher, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and the rare Joe Rogan Experience podcast depending on his guest.
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