Is there such a thing as a bullshit-free news agency? (lemmy.world)

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I generally try to stay informed on current events. With the exception of what gets posted here, I normally get my news from CNN. I tend to lean left politically, but not always.

The problem I always run into is that every news site I read, regardless of where they stand on the political spectrum, is always filled with pointless bullshit. Specifically, sports, celebrity news, and product placement. "Some shitty pop singer is dating some shitty actor" or "These are our recommendations for the best mass-produced garbage-quality fast fashion from Temu" or "Some overpaid dickhead threw a ball faster than some other overpaid dickhead."

What I'd love to find is a news source that's just news that matters. No celebrity gossip, sports, opinion pieces, etc. Just real events that have an impact on some part of the world. Legislation, natural events, economic changes, wars, political changes, that kind of thing.

Does this exist, or is all journalism just entertainment?

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[-] techwooded@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

I would check out Semafor as well

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 1 points 3 months ago

It became really difficult after billionaires bought up much of the smaller/stagnant media companies and turned them into "cut research and investigation departments, copy the NYT, and push ~~entertainment~~ opinion articles"

My rule of thumb unfortunately has become: is it a large corporation? Then it can go fuck itself. As others have said AP is good too

[-] bremen15@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago

I check the economist if i want to check wild rumors. The humor is great and subtle. It is on the conservative side thought.

[-] mark@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Sounds like you might just want the news without fluff.

I use AllSides as my main news source for federal news. Give them a try. The writing is succinct and gets straight to the point.

They give you news of the day in small chunks separated by topic. Each topic has a quick context, run down of what's happening, and (my favorite) how the left right and center outlets are all covering it.

They also have an RSS feed (provided by Open RSS because they dont serve their own feeds. https://openrss.org/allsides.com

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee -1 points 3 months ago

Bloomberg news tends to only have the kind of news you’re referring to.

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