I trust the NYTimes more than any other American media source
this is no longer true for me. they no longer even pretend to be unbiased. i have noticed a marked shift to the left in just the last 2-3 years. i'm considering cancelling my digital sub.
i trust the pbs newshour the most, followed by public radio and certain satellite channels (potus, etc.). honestly i find both left-wing and right-wing media to be 'trustworthy' i.e. at least more likely to be honest about their own agenda than someone like the nyt who fancies itself objective in their reporting if not their op/ed.
when i go to huffpo or breitbart, i at least know exactly what the game is. and of course there are still the 'adult' publications with certain identifiable leanings like reason, the review, the nation, mother jones, etc that are still excellent.
The NewsHour absolutely seems the most trustworthy news organization to me, too, and I wish they had the same editors managing a full length daily newspaper.
The Washington Post seems to be improving, and the LA Times wins a lot of awards, though I never find it interesting when I visit the site. With the NY Times, people who like it often say it is great with the exception of any reporting which covers their own field of expertise—which is an awful lot like finding out that the NYT is bad at doing its homework before reporting on most subjects, or doesn't know how to hire domain-specific experts and editors.
I understand your point about organizations being clear about their editorial bias, but the two you mentioned take a lot of mental energy.
I suppose all sources of journalism change over time (except maybe The New Yorker). The Atlantic goes through altering waves of insight and coherence, then periods where they have lead articles claiming that torturers are just misunderstood. Or, The Economist over the past few years which seems to me like it is written by well-meaning, enthusiastic, but extremely young students, being replaced by Bloomberg and Bloomberg Business wee when it comes to snippet-length but serious reporting.
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this is no longer true for me. they no longer even pretend to be unbiased. i have noticed a marked shift to the left in just the last 2-3 years. i'm considering cancelling my digital sub.
i trust the pbs newshour the most, followed by public radio and certain satellite channels (potus, etc.). honestly i find both left-wing and right-wing media to be 'trustworthy' i.e. at least more likely to be honest about their own agenda than someone like the nyt who fancies itself objective in their reporting if not their op/ed.
when i go to huffpo or breitbart, i at least know exactly what the game is. and of course there are still the 'adult' publications with certain identifiable leanings like reason, the review, the nation, mother jones, etc that are still excellent.
The NewsHour absolutely seems the most trustworthy news organization to me, too, and I wish they had the same editors managing a full length daily newspaper.
The Washington Post seems to be improving, and the LA Times wins a lot of awards, though I never find it interesting when I visit the site. With the NY Times, people who like it often say it is great with the exception of any reporting which covers their own field of expertise—which is an awful lot like finding out that the NYT is bad at doing its homework before reporting on most subjects, or doesn't know how to hire domain-specific experts and editors.
I understand your point about organizations being clear about their editorial bias, but the two you mentioned take a lot of mental energy.
I suppose all sources of journalism change over time (except maybe The New Yorker). The Atlantic goes through altering waves of insight and coherence, then periods where they have lead articles claiming that torturers are just misunderstood. Or, The Economist over the past few years which seems to me like it is written by well-meaning, enthusiastic, but extremely young students, being replaced by Bloomberg and Bloomberg Business wee when it comes to snippet-length but serious reporting.