https://www.improvethenews.org/

This is a free news aggregator and news analysis site developed by a group of researchers at MIT and elsewhere to improve your access to trustworthy news. Many website algorithms push you (for ad revenue) into a filter bubble by reinforcing the narratives you impulse-click on. By understanding other people’s arguments, you understand why they do what they do – and have a better chance of persuading them.

You guys don't let a bunch of strangers in the internet curate the news for you, then fight them in the comments?

AP, unless the article is about a protest

Aljazeera, unless the article is about Qatar

Reuters, unless the article is about non-G20 countries

BBC, unless the article is about the UK

CBC, unless the article is about Canada

I listen to NPR Up First podcast. The give you a nice overview in 10 minutes. https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510318/up-first

The streets. You can’t trust newspapers, tv, social media. But the streets, the streets you can always trust.

reddit, lets be honest. we wouldnt be here if that wasnt our main source

https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news

Left, center, and right. Shows all sides.

NPR, Reuters, the AP, occasionally NYT or WaPo, Forbes, Business Insider, various tech blogs, local news channels, etc.

I don't read any news because they are all negative.

The guardian

I don't. I try to life in blissful arrogance despite knowning that the world around me is going to heck. I only care about local news that considers my city.

TikTok mostly, a few SoMe Journalists I follow, like Under The Desk News and Lisa Ren Millard. But also Google News for more wide coverage.

Ground news

Shameless plug, c/moderate_politics :)

I use RSS to aggregate articles from different news sites. my feed's a bit nascent at the moment, though.

I'm subscribed to three publications: The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Foreign Affairs. I regularly read articles from The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Foreign Policy, The Diplomat, and other publications like ProPublica. I also read academic blogs on journalism, nuclear weapons, and other topics. I follow a lot of academics and experts on Twitter to get their hot takes.

I like watching Phillip DeFranco in ~~YouTube~~ Invidious. When covering major stories he is very good at delivering crutial information simply and quickly, and while he does have opinions, they are always very transparent, so you can spot the bias from the facts. Also, he has a habit of correcting the rare mistakes this beautiful bastard makes.

Theory night in Canada podcast

@fantasy95 The threadiverse. I made an aggregator to suit my tastes https://fledd.it/

Somehow I always gravitate to the Atlantic ... so much that I actually felt bad after years of refreshing my browser for free articles, and now I actually pay real American dollars for a subscription.

Also, a few ultra local and free newspapers that with an online presence, especially when I'm in the mood to escape depressing national / international news.

App called ground news. Gives both sides of the spectrum.

I figure anything important I will either hear about or see on ~reddit~ Lemmy.

I listen to a bit of the left and right leaning local talk radio stations. I try to read articles from varied sources. Krystal Ball can get under my skin, but I watch or listen to Breaking Points. If something moves me I try to follow up on the source material. Diversify. Decentralize. Whatever you want to call it. But get your news from several places.

I'm honestly not too picky about my source unless it's a source I know little about and can't gauge their slant or bias, or if they're a known propaganda pusher or right wing fearmonger. Honestly though I've been trying to avoid following the news in general because it doesn't put me in a good state of mind, and usually if it's important enough to know about, I'll hear about it one way or another.

One bad habit I've been trying to kick every since leaving reddit though is trying not to read the comments of any given news article without reading the article, or verifying the known facts. A lot of times in the past, I would see a distressing headline, pick out details from the comments, and form an opinion based on the discourse which is not a healthy way to approach current events. Now if I'm going to get invested in a particular event or situation, It's going to be after I have a good grasp of the details free from influence from the comments on how I should feel about something.

One of my biggest pet peeves though is someone posting a paywalled article, and noone providing anyway to access the article. Too often that would be the article that would hit the front page, which made all the more clear to me that many people were doing the same unhealthy thing I was.

College basketball news: using Google to filter through all the stuff and Twitter

Weather: Twitter

Local news: I was getting it from Reddit but not anymore. now I see some stuff on Twitter but I don’t seek it out.

General news. Whatever pops up on Lemmy

newzit.com for international news, Polsat News for Polish/sport news and Slashdot for tech news. I add them to RSS whenever possible.