democracy now and the taylor report

It can't just be one source. That's where the problem lies, I think.

I read the most popular news publication here in AUS - even if a mining magnate whose views I don't at all agree with is part owner. Then I complement that with the government-funded news channels (which the right always complain to be too left. That complaint doesn't hold merit, I personally think). Then The Guardian, AUS edition. After that I read AUS's Rupert Murdoch publication.

I don't read all the newspapers all in one go. I pick and choose what I feel like - but generally, the above is my order of preference.

After that, I listen (on the headphones, while at work) YouTube political commentators. They're mostly "progressive" and to the left of the political divide. E.g. Democracy Now, The Young Turks (Dan Rather recently joined them), Sam Seder's Minority Report, David Pakman, The Juice Media (for really good satire), Vox sometimes summarises current world events, etc.

But, again, I always try to break my "filter bubble". I don't listen to absolutely far-right channels. But I do listen to centrist and conservative channels. E.g. Bill Maher (centre-left), Sam Harris (centrist), Joe Rogan (a little to the right), Stefan Molyneaux (definitely right. But I'm selective with his videos - rather than watching all of them. Molyneaux has unusual views.), Fox News (conservative-religious-right. I especially watch Fox when they report on news that one of the left-leaning channels also reported.)

After all that, I frequent educational and scientific channels for scientific news: Health Care Triage is a good source of health and medical news; Space Time, SciShow and SciShow Space sometimes reports on new scientific findings; SciShow Psych sometimes reports on new psychology studies; VlogBros (i.e. Hank and John Green) sometimes has non-partisan political essays. (The VlogBros are really under appreciated I think. Without them, YouTube may have turned out to be only as a personal video sharing site. They promoted education as a theme of their videos, and produced a lot of them (e.g. CrashCourse and the SciShows), when YouTube was young. Their YouTube network is extensive.)

That may sound like a lot of work. But because I'm a white collar worker, I simply put on my headphones and listen to them. That is of course when I don't feel like listening to music.

I follow a facebook page called "real and not meme'd on news articles" and that seems to filter out all the that fake stuff

I don't use any less than four on a daily basis. its really a matter of taking apart opinion and identifying journalistic facts. most news outlets generally report on the same things, but the quality and political/ cultural leanings depend on the outlet. so I keep a mixed bag for balance, everyone is wrong at some point. but C-SPAN is the best place to watch Americans hate eachother

Elderly guys in wheelchairs

Christian science monitor and Democracy Now!

I use Newser and then apply reason and common sense. I’m informed but not inundated with biased BS.

Daily Mail Online, [ from England ] excellent clips, very interesting subjects, with a right of comment.

Christian Science Monitor. Everything else seems to have an "angle".