Rec | INSTAGRAM :/, DEMOCRACY NOW, AL JAZEERA

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You have to take some time and really curate Instagram but I have an account that I switch to just to read stuff a lot of individual journalists or people able to aggregate and translate on the ground coverage Democracy now is also good and so is Al Jazeera English

@pissbowling

Feb 12, 2024

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independent journalists

independent journalists are great, usually via substack or bluesky - a few i follow include: Talia Jane, Dr. Lucky Tran, Ken Klippenstein, Marisa Kabas, Spencer Ackerman, Kat Tenbarge, Kim Kelly, Law Dork. just be sure to read more than one source (though that is standard advice for reading any news lol). i also admittedly (as a leftist!) mostly read/listen to things that i think are perceived as left-friendly - Democracy Now, Al Jazeera, and Hellgate for news; outlets like In These Times, The Flytrap, ProPublica, Intercept, Verge, Rolling Stones and Teen Vogue etc. for analyses and exclusives mainstream outlets like the AP can be O.K., i read them usually for developing/live situations as they tend to be kept really up to date more than smaller outlets, but i also take MSM with a grain of salt because they recently all had terrible language and bias against Palestinians the last two years (article) and trans people too & always avoid the new york times as much as possible! archive.ph is your friend

@marxinista

Feb 19, 2025

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DEMOCRACY NOW

US-lean but lots of international stuff. you mention BBC so i’m assuming you’re a brit but if you’re american or okay with a US-lean in your media - here’s leftist and independent or worker-owned news. they all do political reporting some just have a general lean in content. all have social media accounts/email newsletters and i’m guessing most have rss if youre into that general lefty: In These Times, The Nation, Mother Jones, The Real News Network, The New Republic, Truthout social movement + labor focus: Unicorn Riot, Jacobin, BreakThrough News, More Perfect Union tech or science focus: The Intercept, 404 Media, The Verge, Inside Climate News, Sequencer Mag identity focus / perspective (ie feminist, lgbtq, bipoc): Prism Reports, The Advocate, The Flytrap, Capital B, 19th News, Jewish Currents, ReWire, Assigned Media, Prison Journalism Project, The New Arab culture focus (music/film/tv/lit/sports): Hearing Things, Book Riot, Pop Heist, Defector, Aftermath, Edge of Sports read with a grain of salt but i like a lot of local outlets too

@marxinista

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Watching quality news channels

DW and Al Jazeera are tremendous networks, particularly if you keep in mind the few biases they do have; DW won't criticize Israel, and Al Jaz won't criticize Dubai and Qatar. But outside of that, they have tremendous programs and report on news that US channels won't touch. Text based news are so important too, Reuters and the absolute GOAT, AP News. For those who don't know, AP is generally the first, at least major outlet, to report on any significant news stories. Literally every other outlet depends on AP as a central source of the bulk of their major news. I'm one of those people that's been obsessively checking my various news sources throughout the day, for years. It's a very easy habit to begin and to maintain, and it has a tremendous impact on your understanding of the world we live in. Always use a skeptical, discerning perspective, but this is like the filter for the coffee grounds or tea leaves of information. The End