Comment on YSK that Politico is a subsidiary of Axel Springer, a right-wing propaganda house

Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Novocirab@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What news organization today isn’t owned by some international goliath?

  Excellent question. Here are the ones I could think of; let’s collect links! (Of course, they all have their flaws.)

  World at large:

  • <please help me out>

  US-focussed:

  • jacobin.com
  • 404media.co
  • democracynow.org
  • NPR, PBS

  Europe in general:

  • Most public broadcasting stations (BBC and the likes of it)

  Germany:

  • nd-aktuell.de
  • jacobin.de
  • kontextwochenzeitung.de (Baden-Württemberg)
  • taz.de
  • jungewelt.de (cum grano salis)**

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  • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Propublica?

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    • Novocirab@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Good question, I’ve heard of but never looked into them. ProPublica seem to get most of their money from a charity created by billionaires, so their funding might come with some significant strings attached, but they do some pretty good journalism, it seems.

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      • RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        ProPublica is one of the good guys for sure.

        They dig deep on corruption and bring receipts.

        Their articles aren’t necessarily fun reads, because they’re thoroughly researched and heavily documented.

        They are looking out for us.

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  • LemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    404 media is killing it these days, they’ve had a ton of banger articles over the last year.

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  • Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    UK:

    Novara Media

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novara_Media
    novaramedia.com

    The Canary

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canary_(website)
    www.thecanary.co

    The Big Issue

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Issue
    www.bigissue.com

    Morning Star

    en.wikipedia.org/…/Morning_Star_(British_newspape…
    morningstaronline.co.uk

    UK and Ireland:

    PoliticsJOE

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_(website)
    www.joe.co.uk
    www.joe.ie

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  • FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I would just be careful with the state owned ones.

    Sure BBC or RFL isn’t owned by corpos but owned by governments and that means they usually favour the narratives of those with power.

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  • RmDebArc_5@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Is the grain of salt with the jungewelt because of its “special viewpoints” of certain topics or do they have ties to a international Goliath?

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    • Novocirab@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I meant their special viewpoints by it. Their ownership structure is a co-op (Genossenschaft), so absolutely decent by all I can tell.

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• mr_noxx@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is a fantastic resource to answer that very question, and I rely on it quite a lot: Media Bias Fact Check

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  • Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Media bias fact checkers have their own biases though. Relying on one is like outsourcing your critical thinking to somebody else.

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    • iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not to considered BBC left leaning with their coverage of the Gaza bombings. So yeah.

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