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(72 posts) Thu Nov 6, 2025, 11:44 AM Nov 6

Your most trusted new source is: (Help my granddaughter's project please) [View all]

Simple question: “Who do you trust to provide you with accurate and timely information? Why?”

(Full disclosure: granddaughter has a HS project on “trusted news sources” she needs responses from several hundred people across the US)
I agreed to ask the exact 2 questions above and provide the responses. Please no PII or tacky remarks, she is not supposed to filter any of the responses. Happy to post her overall results if there is interest. )
Thanks in advance on behalf of Sadie.

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Your most trusted new source is: (Help my granddaughter's project please) [View all] DUU Nov 6 OP

UKGuardian malaise Nov 6 #1

Okay Mz Pip Nov 6 #2

The Economist Bok_Tukalo Nov 6 #3

The Guardian LearnedHand Nov 6 #4

Same GPV Nov 6 #39

Critical thinking. Hugin Nov 6 #5

The Guardian Ping Tung Nov 6 #6

NPR because they fact check. Also, I know many of the local MinnPR people and they all have the highest integrity. Nanuke Nov 6 #7

Not a trick answer. My two news sources are Aggregators/Curators of news articles, and they are heavily moderated. usonian Nov 6 #8

I was gonna say the same LearnedHand Nov 6 #37

Curators? I'll add that, because that's the effect, and I actually do curate articles for a friend still in industry. usonian Nov 6 #40

I call both Hacker News and DU the best news aggregators I've ever seen LearnedHand Nov 6 #42

The Guardian cbabe Nov 6 #9

The Guardian, Associated Press, Santa Fe New Mexican Ponietz Nov 6 #10

The Guardian EverHopeful Nov 6 #11

NPR and BBC World News Iris Nov 6 #12

Guardian and Reuters Sailingdiver Nov 6 #13

Deutsche Welle and PBS Torchlight Nov 6 #14

Deutsche Welle, Agence France Press, NHK World Japan, RAI... Kid Berwyn Nov 6 #15

PBS News Hour pattyloutwo Nov 6 #16

Excellent project. Just this thread is informative. It seems like "unreliable" sources AnotherMother4Peace Nov 6 #17

Al jazeers & the guardian questionseverything Nov 6 #18

Al Jazeera is pretty good malaise Nov 6 #31

The Guardian. Lonestarblue Nov 6 #19

Not intimidated by the UK elites and oligarchs either n/t malaise Nov 6 #59

Guardian and Texas Tribune. efhmc Nov 6 #20

ProPublica and the Colorado Sun Thew Nov 6 #21

The Guardian - set to US news as a starting page. TommyT139 Nov 6 #22

NPR, AP, Reuters, BBC krawhitham Nov 6 #23

CBC News, BBC World Service, Al Jazeera, PBS, NPR nt Disaffected Nov 6 #24

Depends on the topic... Al Jazeera is excellent on most everything except Israel and Gaza... WarGamer Nov 6 #25

Ditto LearnedHand Nov 6 #38

The UK Guardian CanonRay Nov 6 #26

My Brief Answers MineralMan Nov 6 #27

The Guardian for world news, and the Delaware news Journal for local news Walleye Nov 6 #28

Associated Press. dalton99a Nov 6 #29

Agree. Know from working in newsrooms that the top people are hired by AP. nt allegorical oracle Nov 6 #36

Guardian and BBC. nt HappyH Nov 6 #30

Here's my list Joinfortmill Nov 6 #32

Guardian Catlady123 Nov 6 #33

It goes withou saying DU is a great source, but iI find youtube to be informative. Demsrule86 Nov 6 #34

The Guardian. They provide fair and accurate Luciferous Nov 6 #35

Bbc news DiverDave Nov 6 #41

DU, NPR, CBC, Guardian rurallib Nov 6 #43

DU LBN Kaleva Nov 6 #44

The New York Times and Washington Post ificandream Nov 6 #45

The Guardian LoisB Nov 6 #46

The Guardian duckworth969 Nov 6 #47

AJ+, Guardian, and comparing multiple sources cally Nov 6 #48

The American Prospect justaprogressive Nov 6 #49

The Guardian IrishAfricanAmerican Nov 6 #50

NEW source? I don't have one, just old ones. DFW Nov 6 #51

MSNBC Wifes husband Nov 6 #52

Public TV and Radio (just finished writing this for another newsletter) Ranting Randy Nov 6 #53

NPR BigMin28 Nov 6 #54

A few from me EuterpeThelo Nov 6 #55

the NY Times. Because it has a great track record and a diverse set of regular columnists CTyankee Nov 6 #56

The Guardian, for both accurate and timely info. Solly Mack Nov 6 #57

In this order every morning Ferryboat Nov 6 #58

Thanks for all the input! DUU Monday #60