A working list of reliable independent news sources, and sources that strive to be balanced in their presentation. When family/friends are only getting their news from the legacy media, here’s a list they can use to broaden their horizons.
Use the Contact page to suggest others.
INDEPENDENT
“The Free Press is a new media company founded by Bari Weiss and built on the ideals that once were the bedrock of great journalism: honesty, doggedness, and fierce independence. We publish investigative stories and provocative commentary about the world as it actually is—with the quality once expected from the legacy press, but the fearlessness of the new.
“Originally called Common Sense, we focus on stories that are ignored or misconstrued in the service of an ideological narrative. For us, curiosity isn’t a liability. It’s a necessity.”
“JusttheNews.com is committed to just reporting facts from journalists with a long record of public trust and excellence. In an era where opinion and supposition are too often substituted for fact and where journalists rush to get things first and hope their stories are correct, JusttheNews.com tries to stand out by returning to the bedrock promise of getting news first, but first getting it right. We try to deliver exclusive news you can trust.
“JusttheNews.com is owned and operated by Bentley Media Group LLC, a company created and owned by investigative journalist John Solomon.”
“Mission: Honest Journalism, Trusted Reporters
Information Without Indoctrination Rising Above Rhetoric”
“Bridges the language gap between the West and the Middle East.”
Founder:?Michael Shellenberger
“Mission:?People don’t trust the news media, and it’s easy to see why. Major news media organizations reported inaccurately that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. They dismissed as a “debunked conspiracy theory” the real possibility that COVID-19 could have escaped from a lab. And they have perpetuated misleading narratives around everything from rainforest destruction to biological sex to crime.
“And so we started Public. Our mission is to break big stories on the most important issues of the day, from censorship and cities to mental health and addiction to energy and the environment. This About page describes our ethics and provides contact information for our principal staff and freelancers.
“In 2023, Public was honored to share the Dao Journalism Prize with Racket and The Free Press for our work on the Twitter Files.”
Regular news and features by award-winning author and investigative reporter, Matt Taibbi.
UNBIASED / BALANCED
“We’re a no BS*company. We provide the facts and keep our opinions to ourselves. All for free. 1440 is an unbiased newsletter that helps keep you up to date! *biased story”
“We scour 100+ sources so you don’t have to. Culture, science, sports, politics, business, and more—all in a five-minute read.”
“All your news, none of the bias.”
Actually leans left.
“The Factual is an algorithm that rates 10,000+ news articles daily for how informative they are. You can see these ratings on our website showing live trending topics with thousands of related articles grouped together and allowing you to filter by political leaning, grade and more.”
“See both sides of important issues — in 5 minutes a day.”
“In a free daily email, get the most thoughtful points from the left, right, and in-between—across 30+ news sources.”
“No clickbait. No trolls.”
“We do the research. You decide.”
“Your cheeky guide to a complicated world.”
Advertised as unbiased, slightly left leaning
CITIZEN PORTAL
“Citizen Portal is a non-partisan, AI-powered platform aiming to revolutionize civic engagement, revive government transparency, and transform American democracy (government documents and videos).”
COURT LISTENER
“CourtListener is a free legal research website containing millions of legal opinions from federal and state courts. With CourtListener, lawyers, journalists, academics, and the public can research an important case, stay up to date with new opinions as they are filed, or do deep analysis using our raw data.”
NEWS AGGREGATORS (Political Leanings Noted)
Right leaning.
Right leaning.
Originally conservative, now far left.
“Conservative alternative to the Drudge Report”
INDEPENDENT (Right Leaning)
Right leaning, but integrity filled and meticulously thorough. No ads!