Reliable alternate news sources

I recently joined Substack and I follow: Sharon McMahon, Charlotte Clymer, Allison Gill, Dan Pfeiffer, and Emily Amick.

Texas Tribune
Philadelphia Inquirer

Here in Colorado, a bunch of former Denver Post journalists started The Colorado Sun

Although, I disagree with their COVID origin conclusions, ProPublica

Since getting on Bluesky, I've been following Taniel who runs a publication focused on Election coverage. Really drills down to the local level.

I'm not familiar with all of these names but I have read Charlotte and Allison and my problem is that they aren't journalists.  They've gotten into activism due to their own circumstances, and they try, but they can fall prey to the stuff that ends up feeding the outrage machine from the left.  I put them in my "trust, but verify" column.

Substack has been a great news resource. You can subscribe to people and get their columns emailed or just follow and scroll through like you would Twitter. Once you follow a couple people you would like to read, they will suggest others. The suggestions have been great and I have found a lot of people I’ve enjoyed reading.

I just started following Dr. Zachary Rubin on Substack. He’s an immunologist who gives many updates about what’s happening health wise, recalls, etc. since the CDC isn’t allowed to communicate with us anymore. A lot of good information.

Another vote for Heather Cox Richardson.  Some days I just want to read her daily letter and forget about the rest of the so-called news…

One more vote for Heather Cox Richardson, PBS and NPR. I also recently subscribed to The Contrarian on Substack, formed by a group of journalists who left Washington Post after TPTB kissed the ring.

From their About page:

I love Heather Cox Richardson. Also on Substack: Joyce Vance, Dan Rather, Malynda Hale and John Pavlovitz.

Substack, NPR, AP. As for individual accounts, I agree with the ones mentioned here. I also started following Jim Acosta on Substack. I appreciated his middle finger send off he gave CNN before he left.

I follow Jessica Yellen, News Not Noise. She’s a long time journalist and tries to remain neutral.

She occasionally contrasts how a subject is being covered by various outlets, a feature I appreciate. I thought I knew the basics of this, but she points out some subtle differences I might not catch.

I enjoy podcasts as I have trouble sitting and reading but can listen while I walk the dog or clean. I recently started listening to Tangle Their daily podcasts do a short list of some items in the news and then they will select one item and share what the left and right are saying about it and then do their “take”. At the end of the year they go back through their predictions/opinions and grade them. They have a newsletter as well but I haven’t tried it.
The other one I like is Left, Right and Center.

Based on their coverage about Elon’s coup, adding Wired to the list.

www.wired.com/

NPR/PBS has troubled me in the last few years. I feel they have a strong bias to the left, when I am wanting a more unbiased report. Not all - but there is certain some that I feel need to be taken with a bit of caution or grain of salt.

I really felt justified in my feelings about them when they interviewed "V" Spehar who does the "Under the Desk News" on TikTok and other socials. She really got thrown under the bus and her interview was cut and pieced together to fit their agenda. She had the receipts. She is uber left leaning also. That really made me feel like my 'somewhat' distrust of what NPR/PBS has become was confirmed. I can't say there is one source I feel 100% trust in.

I still listen to NPR/PBS and do not discount them, but I feel like I need other sources also. I hate Fox News and such, but I feel like some attention has to be paid to them. I do not say you have to believe them, but you do need to hear what is said. But oh lord it can be so insufferable!

ground.news/

Not so much news source, but a platform that presents the news stories and gives their political slant. I have not joined yet, but check out the free options. I am always interested in the blind spot story, like the real things that are happening while mainstream is blowing up about Trump's buzz words.

Brian Tyler Cohen
Democracy Docket
Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner
The Bulwark Podcast with Tim Miller
The Politics Girl