No. of Recommendations: 5
The NYT is a good one. They report negative stuff no matter which party it is. If there's something there, they stick with it. If not, they move on. NPR is excellent. I find the Guardian pretty reliable. Surprisingly, Al Jazeera (English version) is generally accurate (with an understandable slant towards Middle Eastern affairs). WashPo is reasonably good. If something is particularly noteworthy, I'll check multiple sources to get any different angles that might be present to give me a better picture. For business/financial, Fox Business is pretty good (they don't mess around when it comes to money...no 'rah-rah Trump', or anything like that). Some local sources can be good, also, when a story doesn't make the cut at -for example- NYT (i.e. despite their motto "all the news that is fit to print", they really can't do all the news). If an outlet that I've never heard of hits my feed, I'll often check its affiliations and biases (if they aren't obvious by the article itself, which sometimes they are).
I said earlier, I've been considering subscribing to Ground News. I like the feature that they rate the bias of almost every story, and also -presumably based on your article selection- identify "blindspots" for you the reader. I'm certain none of us are immune to blindspots, so that could be useful. They also highlight how stories are headlined; the choice of phrasing to convey different meaning.
I do not do the talking heads on any of the "cable" (not really cable anymore!) news channels.
