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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
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@moonbeams
sorry if this is an obvious question but why avoid NYT?
Feb 19, 2025
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moonbeams no need to apologize! it definitely has a certain reputation given its reach more recently they’ve come under fire for their coverage of Israel/Palestine, the big one was publishing an article about Oct 7 that was not properly fact checked, others being they have has a lot of censorship (banning words like “ethnic cleansing” “occupied territory”) within editing. there is even a protest parody website/print mag: newyorkwarcrimes.com the other big issue is how they have reported on trans issues, in particular trans youth. they heavily entertain the “just asking questions” group, doesn’t adequately feature trans voices in articles about trans people or topics, and have published articles presenting opinion and misrepresented data as fact. there’s a book coming out soon on it called Bad Ink: How the New York Times Sold Out Transgender Teens also historically they’ve sucked, like with their coverage of AIDS which was infamous and they didn’t address it for like 30 years. also they publish op-eds by from some really horrible people imo a small amount of their reporting is good, but that stuff can just be pirated. overall i think it’s really tanked its credibility the last 2-3 years
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@marxinista
apologies for all the typos lol!
Feb 19, 2025
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@moonbeams
marxinista oh wow! thank you for the super in depth reply!! And all the links I feel so blessed. Definitely good to know I can see all that being true. appreciate the energy
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@marxinista
moonbeams it’s all stuff i had bookmarked prior or remember well 😅 i read a lot of news
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@moonbeams
marxinista still, I appreciate it :))
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@FFH
Erin Reed is one of my favorites and one of the hardest working people out there for trans news!
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@marxinista
extendedplay she is great!! i almost listed her but she has posted slightly incorrect info before so i wasn’t sure if i wanted to suggest or not. but she’s definitely good to follow for general awareness, i’ve followed her for a while for it (but try to read other sources too)
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@theclack
This is such a great list! Some of my favorites for sure. I'm also very into 404 Media right now which fits right in with these
Feb 19, 2025
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@marxinista
theclack ooh i haven’t heard of this one before! kind of an indie equivalent for wired?
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@theclack
marxinista Pretty much!
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@marxinista
theclack dotmatrices maybe this would be good for your rss thing?
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@dotmatrices
marxinista already added! i link to them heavily in the guide text also. they are absolutely essential for keeping track of silicon valley bullshit rn
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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
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@marxinista
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Instagram :/, democracy now, al jazeera
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
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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
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