What is your trusted news source these days?

@TheHorse (217653)

Walnut Creek, California

August 2, 2018 3:11pm CST

Ever since Weekly World News closed its doors, I've had a hard time finding a news source I can really trust. Both the MSM and FOX news make me shake my head and sigh, and I'm left in news limbo. The Huffington Post stuff that comes with my free AOL account focuses on Kim Kardashian and cute puppies more than real news. I don't watch TV. I've settled in on KCBS, the local news radio station. Of course they lean a bit to the Left, but their overall coverage is fairly good, and they have a commentator named Phil Matier who is balanced, and analyzes local politics without bias. Where do you turn to for "real" news?

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@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

2 Aug 18

NPR, always.

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Aug 18

I wish I could get a good NPR station here.

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@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

3 Aug 18

@TheHorse KQED is great I thought.

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Aug 18

@JamesHxstatic Do they have both radio and TV?

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@AKRao24 (27424)

• India

2 Aug 18

That is no strange that US is ranking first in Spamming and creating false news as per the statistical Company 'Statistica' ! don't be surprised if some one publish that horse has given birth to a h

ealthy litter of pups!

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Aug 18

Where's Weekly World News when we need it?

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@AKRao24 (27424)

• India

2 Aug 18

@TheHorse , that would be at the mercy of the God! pray him to bless you with mind which can filer the spams while watchung those weekly news!

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Aug 18

@AKRao24 Ah, thank you! I will send up prayers for the same.

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@LadyDuck (470441)

• Switzerland

3 Aug 18

I read some trusted newspapers published online (Corriere della Sera in Italian, Financial Times, Le Figaro). I follow CNN News for the United States. I stay away from Twitter, YouTube and Facebook the most trusted sites for FAKE NEWS.

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@LadyDuck (470441)

• Switzerland

3 Aug 18

@TheHorse I love to watch tutorials on YouTube.

@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

3 Aug 18

I read serious newspapers and a weekly news magazine.

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Aug 18

I use YouTube for music and certain other things. But not for news.

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@spiderdust (14761)

• San Jose, California

3 Aug 18

I tend to have NPR on in the car, although I read news from Washington Post, NPR, and BBC online. I used to follow Al-Jazeera a lot.

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Aug 18

@spiderdust What's the channel? If I found a good NPR radio station (that I can get with all these hills), I might leave it there. I get one from Sacramento, but only when I'm East of the Berkeley Hills.

@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Aug 18

Those all sound like decent sources.

@spiderdust (14761)

• San Jose, California

3 Aug 18

@TheHorse I used to play KCBS more often, but I've just left it on NPR for about a year now.

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@Kandae11 (54983)

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2 Aug 18

I have always been a fan of CNN. The worst fake news can be found on YouTube.

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Aug 18

YouTube is incredible. And people gobble it up.

@muhamadyasin82 (656)

• Jakarta, Indonesia

3 Aug 18

in Indonesia kompas and detik are reliable nwessourc es, if foreign news sources might be BBC and CNN

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Aug 18

I'm hearing more and more votes for BBC.

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@muhamadyasin82 (656)

• Jakarta, Indonesia

4 Aug 18

@TheHorse as far as i know my friend, hehehe

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 18

@muhamadyasin82 I wonder if I can find it somewhere. Maybe I can start READING BBC News.

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@snowy22315 (179490)

• United States

4 Aug 18

I am satisfied with network news.

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@snowy22315 (179490)

• United States

4 Aug 18

@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 18

Has network news been your main source for a long time? It's what I grew up with.

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@Debscrochet (1947)

• United States

3 Aug 18

I just check in with my local news

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@Debscrochet (1947)

• United States

4 Aug 18

@TheHorse If the story is big they do

@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Aug 18

Do they cover any national news?

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (37333)

• Toccoa, Georgia

3 Aug 18

I like Fox & Breitbart. I also like the BBC.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (37333)

• Toccoa, Georgia

3 Aug 18

@TheHorse Yes, I am Conservative.

@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Aug 18

I take it you're "Conservative," then? I like BBC as well.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (60712)

• Centralia, Washington

3 Aug 18

National Public Radio mostly.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (60712)

• Centralia, Washington

3 Aug 18

@TheHorse Bummer.

@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Aug 18

I can't consistently get a good NPR station here.

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@earnmonwithtalk (65)

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3 Aug 18

Do you like cryptocurrency news ?

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 18

What is that?

@Jessabuma (31700)

• Baguio, Philippines

3 Aug 18

I watched news on ABS-CBN channel

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Aug 18

Does it seem fairly politically balanced?

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 18

@Jessabuma Maybe I'll check out ABC this evening.

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@Jessabuma (31700)

• Baguio, Philippines

3 Aug 18

@TheHorse yes, I do believe they are fair.

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@arunima25 (87737)

• Bangalore, India

3 Aug 18

I just avoid news. I take newspaper to read editorial page with some good article on spiritual things and other stuff. I don't want to spoil my day reading real news and I am not smart enough to filter the spam ones.

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Aug 18

You could bring stuff to your "smart" friends and ask if there's any truth to this or that, I suppose.

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Aug 18

@arunima25 Sigh. Maybe that's what MyLot is for.

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@arunima25 (87737)

• Bangalore, India

4 Aug 18

Now that is an added burden to find one smart one.

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@Kasjnak (4489)

• Romania

3 Aug 18

For "real" news I always turn to politicians. They are amazing fountains of knowledge, I'm always in awe when they speak... No, no, no, I can't be serious, our politicians here can win a stupidity contest anytime

. I rarely watch TV, the news are looking more and more like freak shows to me.

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Aug 18

That's the way I feel too. And my retired model wife agrees with me.

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@May2k8 (18313)

• Indonesia

3 Aug 18

I don't know where to trust the news, there are too many choices and some of them don't match reality.

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Aug 18

I'd say MOST of them are biased one way or another. There are too many "false narratives" out there.

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@mesbakh (2284)

• Indonesia

3 Aug 18

the host horrible thing is now hoax is everywhere, esp on social media, and our whatsapp group. we often be part of hoax by sharing or forwarding news which fake

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Aug 18

Yes, they count on people forwarding fake news.

@andriaperry (116936)

• Anniston, Alabama

3 Aug 18

I just watch the local news once a week and that is about it.

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Aug 18

Do you trust what you read?

@Shiva49 (26634)

• Singapore

3 Aug 18

I don't watch TV either. I read the news headlines on the net and delve deeper into those that look interesting. Politics is a cesspool and we are mere bystanders - siva

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Aug 18

Well said. But I think some of the stench gets into our clothing. "Politics is a cesspool and we are mere bystanders"

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Abigael Jerobon

@a_jerobon (2304)

• Eldoret, Kenya

3 Aug 18

I rely on TV to watch local news. I also listen to BBC news on the radio.

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Aug 18

Is BBC fairly "balanced" when it comes to news?

@Janet357 (75646)

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3 Aug 18

when i was a teenager, i used to read weekly world news because their news was out of conventional. but someone from your country told us, that they exaggerated it, how true is this?

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@TheHorse (217653)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Aug 18

It was "exaggerated fake news," for entertainment value only. It was a kind of humor, but some people believed it, kind of like how some people used to believe that professional wrestling was "real."

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