December 30, 2025Dec 30 21–40: High Reliability / Mild Bias 'Mostly facts, lightly seasoned.' These mix strong reporting with mild ideological tone. Excellent sources if you cross-check between left and right. Most Factual / Moderately Biased but Reliable The New York Times (news division) – strong factual record, slight left skew. The Washington Post (news division) – similar to NYT; high factuality, liberal framing. The Guardian – investigative depth, consistent transparency, mild-left bias. Al Jazeera English – broad international scope, slight-left lean. Time Magazine – centrist-left commentary with high factual accuracy. Axios Pro / Markets – concise policy and economic data reporting. The Atlantic – analytical essays, centrist-left orientation. The Conversation – academic experts; mild-left framing but well-sourced. MarketWatch – business reporting, slightly right of center. Fortune – corporate/economic focus, factual with moderate right lean. Reason – libertarian-right; strong sourcing on civil-liberty topics. Foreign Affairs – high factual depth, elite-policy orientation. Scientific American – evidence-based, slight left cultural tilt. Nature News – science reporting; near-centrist factual outlet. New Scientist – accessible science journalism, low bias. Politifact / FactCheck.org – dedicated fact-checkers; near-center. Council on Foreign Relations (CFR.org) – non-partisan policy research. MIT Technology Review – tech and innovation coverage; centrist. Harvard Business Review – management/economics; centrist-right. Bloomberg Opinion (analysis section) – fact-dense commentary, mild right skew.
December 30, 2025Dec 30 41–60: Reliable but Framed 'Still good, but watch the spin.' Traditional networks and business outlets that stay factual but use framing to fit their audience. Best for quick updates, not raw data. High-to-Moderate Reliability, Mild Partisan Lean CNN (News reporting, not opinion) – factual base with moderate-left framing. CBS News – legacy network, high factual accuracy, slight-left lean. ABC News (U.S.) – solid verification standards, mild-left skew. NBC News (News division) – similar to CBS; dependable sourcing. Sky News (UK) – generally balanced, centrist-right tilt. The Times (UK) – fact-checked reporting; conservative editorial page. USA Today – mainstream centrist with concise national coverage. Politico Europe / Playbook – detailed EU reporting, mild-left bias. VOA News (Voice of America) – U.S.-funded but highly factual international desk. Deutsche Welle (DW English) – German public broadcaster; factual, slight-left. France 24 (English) – consistent, low-bias reporting, left-of-center frame. RFE/RL (Radio Free Europe / Liberty) – reliable, Western-leaning perspective. The Telegraph (UK) – right-of-center; reputable but ideological framing. Business Insider (News) – market-focused, mild-left bias. Yahoo Finance / News – aggregates reliable wires; centrist. Quartz (QZ) – data-driven global business news; minimal bias. The Japan Times – English-language Japanese daily; centrist. Straits Times (Singapore) – regionally reliable, government-aligned center-right. Nikkei Asia – factual economic coverage; pro-business tilt. South China Morning Post (HK) – strong factual base; mild pro-Beijing bias noted.
December 30, 2025Dec 30 Author 7 minutes ago, LosLobo said: Courtesy: ChatGPT 5.0 Source: https://adfontesmedia.com/reuters-bias-and-reliability TOP 1–20: Gold Standard 'Where facts start.' These outlets are the global benchmark for accuracy, sourcing, and correction transparency. They separate news from opinion and rarely get caught amplifying falsehoods. Top 20 — Most Factual / Least Biased (Oct 2025) Reuters – global wire service; minimal bias and high factual accuracy. Associated Press (AP News) – cooperative wire agency; rigorous standards and neutral tone. BBC News – public broadcaster; transparent sourcing and balanced reporting. Bloomberg – financial and global news; data-driven coverage with low bias. The Wall Street Journal (news division) – strong factual record; slight right-center lean. USA Facts – non-profit data site; evidence-based and non-partisan. Pew Research Center – research organization; survey-based, neutral analysis. Ballotpedia – reference source for elections and policy; consistently neutral. Financial Times – international business outlet; center-right editorial tone. The Economist – global affairs weekly; analytical and classical-liberal framing. NPR (News desk) – public radio news; fact-checked with slight left lean. PBS NewsHour – public broadcaster; in-depth, non-sensational reporting. The Hill – U.S. political coverage; centrist and policy-focused. ProPublica – investigative non-profit; document-based, high verification. Axios – concise political and business news; minimal bias. Politico (news reporting) – political journalism; balanced sourcing and factual. Christian Science Monitor – long-form reporting; moderate centrist perspective. Bloomberg Law / Government – legal and policy news; fact-dense reporting. TechCrunch (analysis only) – technology and startups; accurate and data-based. CNBC (news reporting) – business and markets; center-right factual coverage. Having the BBC at number three says all that's needed to know about this list. AI Overview The BBC was sanctioned by the UK's media regulator, Ofcom, for a "serious breach" of broadcasting rules after it failed to disclose that the 13-year-old narrator of a documentary, Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, was the son of a Hamas official.
December 30, 2025Dec 30 61–80: Opinion Overload 'Facts filtered through ideology.' They publish real stories — then drench them in partisan spin. Useful for understanding tribal narratives, not for sourcing truth. Moderate Reliability / Strong Partisan Framing MSNBC (news & analysis) — factual base, heavy progressive framing. Fox News (Web / Broadcast) — occasionally factual reporting, strong right framing. Newsweek — reliable on hard news, variable editorial quality. The Independent (UK) — factual but opinion-forward; centre-left lean. The Spectator (UK) — articulate right commentary; high variance in fact density. National Review — conservative opinion, usually sourced; limited reporting. Daily Beast — investigative left; occasional editorial overreach. New York Post — tabloid style, factual variance, right-leaning. Washington Times — conservative coverage, selective framing. Axios Opinion / AM — concise commentary; reliable but interpretive. Mother Jones — progressive advocacy journalism; well-sourced but partisan. The Intercept — investigative, strong bias left; occasionally editorial drift. Epoch Times — heavy ideological filter; some factual reporting. Breitbart News — right-populist; high sensationalism, frequent misframing. Newsmax — pro-Trump orientation; frequent factual issues. OANN (One America News Network) — extreme right bias, low sourcing standards. Daily Wire — right advocacy content; some factual reporting, strong framing. The Federalist — conservative commentary; selective evidence use. HuffPost — progressive commentary; reliable sourcing but heavy framing. Salon — opinion-driven progressive site; factual base varies by writer.
December 30, 2025Dec 30 81–100: Disinformation Zone 'Where truth goes to die.' Outlets in this zone repeatedly push conspiracy, propaganda, or deliberate falsehoods. Approach with full skepticism and external verification. Low Reliability / Propaganda or Disinformation Tendencies InfoWars – conspiracy site; false-flag, anti-science content. Gateway Pundit – frequent hoaxes, manipulated images, and fabricated claims. Natural News – pseudoscience, vaccine and medical disinformation. RT (Russia Today) – Kremlin-aligned state propaganda; selective truths. Sputnik News – Russian state outlet; disinformation network. Breitbart Opinion / Activist sections – ideological narrative, weak sourcing. OANN (Opinion & Video) – unverified political claims, retracted stories. Newsmax Opinion / Video – misleading headlines, fact-check failures. The Federalist (Opinion) – frequent false equivalence and partisan distortion. Zero Hedge – anonymous authorship, financial misinformation, pro-Kremlin lean. The Epoch Times (Opinion) – Falun Gong-linked disinformation network. Daily Caller (Opinion) – clickbait framing, poor corrections. Western Journal – high share of miscontextualized or false stories. WorldNetDaily (WND) – religious-conspiracy fabrications. PJ Media – opinion masquerading as news; low verification. The Blaze – ideological commentary, frequent factual errors. Tucker Carlson Network / TCN – op-ed propaganda, debunked claims. Rebel News (Canada) – far-right activism presented as journalism. GB News (UK) – ideological programming, weak editorial oversight. Infowars-affiliated clones & social feeds – aggregated conspiracist reposts.
December 30, 2025Dec 30 2 hours ago, Harrisfan said: The US economy is flying. So what? Presidents routinely get excessive credit when things go well and blame when they don't. But US presidents have limited control over their economy thanks to external factors THEY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER such as Fed independence, global events, business cycles, private sector decisions and technology advances. Of course with Trump he can start to mess things up by interfering with the Fed but that is yet to happen fully.
December 30, 2025Dec 30 Here it is in picture format more suited for some here. No sign of any YouTubers here of course.
December 30, 2025Dec 30 11 minutes ago, Palatus said: So what? Presidents routinely get excessive credit when things go well and blame when they don't. But US presidents have limited control over their economy thanks to external factors THEY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER such as Fed independence, global events, business cycles, private sector decisions and technology advances. Of course with Trump he can start to mess things up by interfering with the Fed but that is yet to happen fully. Trump is doing fine.
December 30, 2025Dec 30 Try Ground News. But it does not come free. What is Ground News? Ground News is a platform that makes it easy to compare news sources, read between the lines of media bias and break free from algorithms. https://ground.news/about
December 30, 2025Dec 30 1 hour ago, KhunLA said: Yep ... that's why Trump put DOGE on the case. Exposed quite a bit of it, especially how much was sent to NGOs after his November win, and prior to. For your info Elon Musk's DOGE tally: The federal workforce is down while government spending is up The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — formerly run by Elon Musk — ends 2025 with strikingly divergent results around its two primary goals. On one front, government payroll numbers are down this year by about 9%, from 3.015 million federal workers in January to 2.744 million in November. At the same time, government spending hasn't slowed, despite Musk's promises there. A tool from the Brookings Institution's Hamilton Project tracks government money headed out the door in real time and shows outlays as of Dec. 19 have risen from $7.135 to 7.558 trillion. That's a nearly 6% increase. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musks-doge-tally-the-federal-workforce-is-down-while-government-spending-is-up-192850019.html
December 30, 2025Dec 30 2 minutes ago, CallumWK said: For your info Elon Musk's DOGE tally: The federal workforce is down while government spending is up The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — formerly run by Elon Musk — ends 2025 with strikingly divergent results around its two primary goals. On one front, government payroll numbers are down this year by about 9%, from 3.015 million federal workers in January to 2.744 million in November. At the same time, government spending hasn't slowed, despite Musk's promises there. A tool from the Brookings Institution's Hamilton Project tracks government money headed out the door in real time and shows outlays as of Dec. 19 have risen from $7.135 to 7.558 trillion. That's a nearly 6% increase. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musks-doge-tally-the-federal-workforce-is-down-while-government-spending-is-up-192850019.html For my info ??? ... and Not a fan of politicians, just for that reason, they can't put out a balanced budget. Why it cracks me up when people call me a Trump fanboy But hey, as long as the COLA are in my favor, I could care less about what goes on over there. As I state many times ... "what's bad for the USA, is good for ME ... me me me" Thought that was obvious
December 30, 2025Dec 30 8 minutes ago, KhunLA said: For my info ??? ... and Not a fan of politicians, just for that reason, they can't put out a balanced budget. Why it cracks me up when people call me a Trump fanboy Well, you brought up in your reply to me that DOGE was created to solve the wasting of government money under the previous government, while in reality the waste only increased, and the service provided decreased because of less workforce. No of course you are not a Trump fanboy, you only slag off the Democrats and praise trump on every possible occasion. I have told you before that you should make less use of the cheesy emoji, as it only shows how you make a fool of yourself
December 30, 2025Dec 30 1 hour ago, CallumWK said: Well, you brought up in your reply to me that DOGE was created to solve the wasting of government money under the previous government, while in reality the waste only increased, and the service provided decreased because of less workforce. No of course you are not a Trump fanboy, you only slag off the Democrats and praise trump on every possible occasion. I have told you before that you should make less use of the cheesy emoji, as it only shows how you make a fool of yourself If Trump does something right, then kudos seem appropiate, and I also point out when I disagree with him. Dems ... can't say I've agreed with anything they've done. Or most Reps, or anything of any other administration. Trump almost closing the border & deporting is a good things. Slight tax code revamp, also a good thing. But that's about it. Along with undoing some of 'autopen's' executive orders.
December 30, 2025Dec 30 1 hour ago, LosLobo said: Courtesy: ChatGPT 5.0 Source: https://adfontesmedia.com/reuters-bias-and-reliability TOP 1–20: Gold Standard 'Where facts start.' These outlets are the global benchmark for accuracy, sourcing, and correction transparency. They separate news from opinion and rarely get caught amplifying falsehoods. Top 20 — Most Factual / Least Biased (Oct 2025) Reuters – global wire service; minimal bias and high factual accuracy. Associated Press (AP News) – cooperative wire agency; rigorous standards and neutral tone. BBC News – public broadcaster; transparent sourcing and balanced reporting. Bloomberg – financial and global news; data-driven coverage with low bias. The Wall Street Journal (news division) – strong factual record; slight right-center lean. USA Facts – non-profit data site; evidence-based and non-partisan. Pew Research Center – research organization; survey-based, neutral analysis. Ballotpedia – reference source for elections and policy; consistently neutral. Financial Times – international business outlet; center-right editorial tone. The Economist – global affairs weekly; analytical and classical-liberal framing. NPR (News desk) – public radio news; fact-checked with slight left lean. PBS NewsHour – public broadcaster; in-depth, non-sensational reporting. The Hill – U.S. political coverage; centrist and policy-focused. ProPublica – investigative non-profit; document-based, high verification. Axios – concise political and business news; minimal bias. Politico (news reporting) – political journalism; balanced sourcing and factual. Christian Science Monitor – long-form reporting; moderate centrist perspective. Bloomberg Law / Government – legal and policy news; fact-dense reporting. TechCrunch (analysis only) – technology and startups; accurate and data-based. CNBC (news reporting) – business and markets; center-right factual coverage. BBC at number 3 ,,🤣🤣🤣
December 30, 2025Dec 30 11 minutes ago, KhunLA said: Trump almost closing the border & deporting is a good things. Maybe the Thai government should apply similar rules to people with a mind setting like you
December 30, 2025Dec 30 1 hour ago, Harrisfan said: Trump is doing fine. AS are you at deflecting and ignoring facts.
December 30, 2025Dec 30 Author 1 minute ago, CallumWK said: Maybe the Thai government should apply similar rules to people like you Let's try and avoid personal attacks of other members on this thread please.
December 30, 2025Dec 30 4 minutes ago, CallumWK said: Maybe the Thai government should apply similar rules to people like you NEVER used an agent to stay here. And for a second, I thought you might actually have an intelligent conversation. What was I thinking, and that's your come back ... troll on BYE BYE
December 30, 2025Dec 30 2 minutes ago, dinsdale said: Let's try and avoid personal attacks of other members on this thread please. Sadly, when they know they lost the argument, that's all they got and resort to. Note to self: stop replying to trolls
December 30, 2025Dec 30 4 hours ago, scubascuba3 said: Specialist Doctors Vs YouTubers as an example Better to read what some posters are saying on AN & TT for insights into health and wellbeing. The BBC is bottom of the pile.
December 30, 2025Dec 30 2 hours ago, Harrisfan said: Trump is doing fine. Of course he is doing fine: for himself and his obscenely rich friends.
December 30, 2025Dec 30 1 minute ago, Hawaiian said: Of course he is doing fine: for himself and his obscenely rich friends. Poor people are better off as are the middle class. You have been brainwashed by lefty press.
December 30, 2025Dec 30 5 hours ago, dinsdale said: What Is A "Trustworthy" And "Reliable" News Source? There are no reliable “News Sources”, it doesn’t exist as all have a bias that are from institutional structures intended to form thought and compliance. All the devices that are used for retrieving news information are closed-source walled gardens controlled by centralized corporations. Anything that is disseminated through “news outlets” that have anything to with local or geo politics should be taken with a grain of salt and the use of deduction over time and incorporating historical context. The facts today are tomorrow’s lies. Though in order to get there and understand it, decentralizing oneself first needs to take place.
December 30, 2025Dec 30 many trusty outlets prophet reliably, like the guardian and AP https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2004/feb/22/usnews.theobserver A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a ‘Siberian’ climate by 2020. The findings will prove humiliating to the Bush administration, which has repeatedly denied that climate change even exists. This article is more than 21 years old The drowned world Icecaps will be melting, sea levels will be rising ... If you don't like today's weather, says Tim Radford, then wait for the horrors we could face by 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/sep/11/meteorology.scienceofclimatechange UNITED NATIONS (AP) _ A senior U.N. environmental official says entire nations could be wiped off the face of the Earth by rising sea levels if the global warming trend is not reversed by the year 2000. https://apnews.com/article/bd45c372caf118ec99964ea547880cd0
December 30, 2025Dec 30 32 minutes ago, Stiddle Mump said: Better to read what some posters are saying on AN & TT for insights into health and wellbeing. The BBC is bottom of the pile. Couldn't care less about the BBC
December 30, 2025Dec 30 5 hours ago, dinsdale said: The BBC is often used on here and is deemed to be trustworthy and reliable. Nick Shirley a MAGA Youtuber would probably not be seen as such. The BBC has been exposed for being anything but trustworthy and Shirly has exposed more fraud in Minnesota now being investigated by federal authorities. The nature of news has changed and what is deemed to be trustworthy and reliable should now be viewed differently. MSM is no longer the standard and hasn't been for quite sometime. Feds launch 'massive' investigation after viral video alleges Minnesota daycare fraud Nick Shirley's YouTube video showed largely inactive centers receiving millions in state funds, including one with 'Quality Learing Center' sign Federal authorities were conducting a "massive" investigation in Minnesota on Monday, days after a video posted online by an independent journalist on alleged fraud involving daycare centers. In one clip, Shirley and a man are seen at what appears to be a largely inactive childcare facility. The building also displays a misspelled sign reading "Quality Learing Center," even though the center reportedly is supposed to account for 99 children and received roughly $4 million in state funds. https://www.foxnews.com/us/feds-launch-massive-investigation-after-viral-video-alleges-minnesota-daycare-fraud Is there any trustworthy news channels anymore, or have it ever been ? There is an agenda to make sure most of the people think and handle as wanted, if not the societies will brake down, and what we do not want is totalitarian powers, or is it that what we want? Propaganda is part of control, so ? Polarizing like it is now, for what
December 30, 2025Dec 30 13 hours ago, Harrisfan said:Poor people are better off as are the middle class. You have been brainwashed by lefty press.No, I have not been brainwashed by anyone. Tell me, exactly who is better off with higher food prices and unaffordable health insurance? And this just the tip of the iceberg.
December 31, 2025Dec 31 4 hours ago, Hawaiian said:No, I have not been brainwashed by anyone. Tell me, exactly who is better off with higher food prices and unaffordable health insurance? And this just the tip of the iceberg.Biden had the worst inflation in 40 years Einstein
December 31, 2025Dec 31 5 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:Biden had the worst inflation in 40 years EinsteinBiden had the worst pandemic in 40 years, and you don't need to be Einstein to know that
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