Finding trustworthy news sources

[repoman]

I am using Planned Parenthood only as an example of a news story that looks complicated or at least lengthy to fully investigate. Not really as an exclusive topic to talk about.

So, I was hearing about something with the Planned Parenthood tapes today. I have not put in the time to research this topic, mostly because it seems to be a long slog to find the the truth about it.

Let me an example of what the ranges of the truth of this situation could be. On one side (Side A), it may be that the tapes were originally very innocuous and highly edited and misquoted to be a scandal. On the other side (Side B) the tapes are extremely damning with no edits or misquotes. Side C may be a fairly mixed bag between the two.

So, for side A you would this time get the truth from the partisan leftist press and lies from the right. And for side B truth from the right and lies from the left. For side C lies and truth from both.

Basically, why can't the leftist and rightist press tell the truth no matter what?

If side B happened then the left should come down with a hammer on planned parenthood so that current management has no one in the press defending them. If a right wing darling organization takes scandalous actions, the right wing press should also hammer them.

Anyway, who would you trust most to honestly report on misdeeds of partisan organizations?

 

[untermensche]

It is true, discovering the truth in almost every story is an ordeal.

But you can at least give some notice to decisions in the courts where evidence is presented.

And a grand jury in Harris County Texas indicted David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt, the careful editors of the videos, on a felony charge of tampering with a governmental record.

There are no pending charges against Planned Parenthood over this matter.

 

[Cheerful Charlie]

Its hard to say. Some stories get reported well, others seem to fall through the cracks. Some sources are often problematic when it comes to ignoring stories that need covering. Pack leaders like the New York Times.

 

[marc]

Different news sources will have different biases. The starting point would be to find those that at least report facts along with their own take on them, and hopefully include links to sources. With a couple of news outlets that are reasonably factual, you can compare them for details left out by the other, contradictions, etc..

For news sources I often use The Young Turks, CrooksAndLiars.com, HuffingtonPost.com, Stephanie Miller show, Salon.com. If I want to know details beyond what they talk about then start searching.

 

[ZiprHead]

For news sources I often use The Young Turks, CrooksAndLiars.com, HuffingtonPost.com, Stephanie Miller show, Salon.com. If I want to know details beyond what they talk about then start searching.

Loves me some Momma and the Mooks!

 

[Cheerful Charlie]

Different news sources will have different biases. The starting point would be to find those that at least report facts along with their own take on them, and hopefully include links to sources. With a couple of news outlets that are reasonably factual, you can compare them for details left out by the other, contradictions, etc..

For news sources I often use The Young Turks, CrooksAndLiars.com, HuffingtonPost.com, Stephanie Miller show, Salon.com. If I want to know details beyond what they talk about then start searching.

AP, UPI, Reuters. Pro Publica Muckreads. Alternet, Raw Story. Mother Jones. Media Matters. Talking Points Memo.
Government sites such as CBO.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Different news sources will have different biases. The starting point would be to find those that at least report facts along with their own take on them, and hopefully include links to sources. With a couple of news outlets that are reasonably factual, you can compare them for details left out by the other, contradictions, etc..

For news sources I often use The Young Turks, CrooksAndLiars.com, HuffingtonPost.com, Stephanie Miller show, Salon.com. If I want to know details beyond what they talk about then start searching.

AP, UPI, Reuters. Pro Publica Muckreads. Alternet, Raw Story. Mother Jones. Media Matters. Talking Points Memo.
Government sites such as CBO.

I've found a lot of problems with HuffingtonPost.com

Alternet is not trustworthy because they don't have an adequate process to verify the accuracy of what they report.

CBO must be looked at with care--they're not allowed to cry foul about invalid assumptions.