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Diversify for viewpoint, and filter aggressively for straight bullshit. Top-tier US print sources, national news organs, some cross-aisle sampling, and various monitoring of chatter, international media. NY Times, Washington Post, Wall Streeet Journal, Christian Science Monitor. Good, though all have a net strong institutional bias. NPR, PBS, CBC, BBC, Deutsche Welle, Al Jazeera, ICIJ. Bloomberg strikes me as quite good, see also news wires: Rueters, AP, AFP. Sample headlines out of London, France, Tokyo, Beijing, Moscow, etc. Recognise that some organs are highly propagandistic. FT, The Guardian, The Economist, Mother Jones, Democracy Today, ProPublica. Monitor network news headlines: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox. Right-wing talk: Hannity, Carlson, Jones, Limbaugh (all nutjobs, but with large audiences and strong influence.) Metasources include reports on influence or corruption. Sourcewatch and On the Media, groups such as FAIR or Project Censorship are on my list. I've cut way back on my own news exposure as 1) it's crazy-making and 2) tremendously non-strategic. I periodically monitor the above, though mostly I dive deep into themes of interest, guided by the overarching question "what are the Big Problems?". I've been kicking around the idea of what a true news dashboard or other interface might look like. |