Mostly posting here for traffic - but AIBU to ask what are your go to news sources?
With all of the madness going on in the world at the moment I'm looking for a handful of news sources which are reliable.
Mainstream media is sort of OK. Obviously has it's biasis but I'm aware of them. My issue is more the lack of detail - I like to know the ins and outs of what is going on.
Social media is obviously a snake pit of echo chambers and AI!
For example, I've been trying to find out more information about what's been happening at Davos this week - especially analysis of Mark Carney's speech and the so called framework for Greenland negotiated by Mark Rutte, and what the implications are. Also the potential consequences of Starmer's pragmatism over ideology speech.
Politically I'm a left leaning centrist, but I am also very evidence based. My current go to news sources are:
Mainstream
BBC / Independant - good for an overview, but not enough indepth analysis.
Guardian - aligns with my political leanings but sometimes a bit too idealogical
Times - for the centre right perspective but access often scuppered by the paywall and I refuse to subscribe!
Independent Sources
Bylinetimes - left leaning, but well researched in depth journalism. Due to detail breadth of analysis available can be limited and can be quite difficult to digest quickly.
Heather Cox-Richardson - US based historian and journalist. My absolute go to source for understanding what is going on in the US in almost real time - her daily letters are brilliantly written, well sourced (with references) and her writing is sharp, clear and coherent.
Ideally I need to find a couple of UK / European based sources similar to Heather Cox-Richardson.
So the questions....
Where do you get your news from and why do you find it a good source of information?
I don't want to get into political arguments about left / right and who is right and wrong (there are plenty of other threads for that) but it would be helpful if people state which way they lean politically to give their views context, if they feel comfortable doing so.
(And before people come at me about the BBC being biased, know that I don't buy arguments. When both the left and right claim something is biased, it tends to highlight its neutrality and objective studies have consistently shown it is mostly neutral)