News Sources reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 145 Reddit reviews across 41 subreddits and 43 posts to rank the best News Sources brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/neoliberal, r/Defeat_Project_2025, r/formula1, r/socialism, r/suns. Top-rated brands include Reuters (4.3/5), Al Jazeera (4.3/5), Breakthrough News (4.2/5).
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Reviews145
Subreddits41
Posts43
Brands98
Products5
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#1
Reuters
4.3
(7)
"I highly recommend Reuters. It's the news site that most other news sites steal from so I recommend skipping the middle man and going to them directly."
"These tend to be the gold standard as far as unbiased news sources go: Reuters, UPI, The Economist, Associated Press."
"Other than that I follow Reuters, and Axios which are my favorite sites to get news from."
"Reuters is a close second and they are also the second most cited agency for most articles."
"I like Reuters as well."
"Reuters is probably the best free source."
"Using a newswire can be good for hard facts. I find Reuters to be the least biased."
#2
Al Jazeera
4.3
(7)
"Al-jazeera is the way to go."
"Al Jazeera."
"The only international news orgs I follow are Al Jazeera & the AP."
"This plus Al Jazeera for me."
"Al Jazeera for non-israel/palestine stuff, your local Gannett newspaper, ars technica."
"Al Jazeera usually does a decent enough job when it comes to foreign media."
"Al Jazeera, even tho not based in LA, their coverage is good."
#3
Breakthrough News
4.2
(5)
"I heavily recommend Breakthrough News and RevLeft Radio."
"These guys are pretty good imo"
"Here are some left-leaning to socialist publications that I like."
"Breakthrough News"
"You might like Breakthrough News."
#4
The Atlantic
4.3
(4)
"The Atlantic for political coverage plus actually interesting articles."
"The Atlantic"
"The Atlantic is another favorite for opinion pieces."
"The Atlantic can also be really good for investigative stories, though some content can be hit and miss."
#5
Duane Rankin
4.7
(3)
"Duane Rankin is really good for getting interviews and dropping some updates."
"Duane Rankin, Kellan Olson, Gerald Bourguet. The holy trinity of Suns beat reporters."
"Rankin/bourguet/olsen are all good journalists/reporters who closely follow the team as well"
#6
The Economist
4.7
(3)
"I definitely love the economist. It’s worth the money!"
"These tend to be the gold standard as far as unbiased news sources go: Reuters, UPI, The Economist, Associated Press."
"I like The Economist a lot for opinion pieces."
#7
The Guardian
3.3
(4)
"The Guardian"
"The Guardian from the UK."
"The Guardian is very progressive but isn't terrible for live blogs."
"It has failed fact checks a significant number of times and contains low-quality articles."
#8
Wall Street Journal
4.0
(3)
"Wall Street Journal is excellent."
"Personally, I read the WSJ for daily news and The Atlantic for everything else"
"I'll go to WSJ only for specific things in the news."
#9
City Cast
4.0
(3)
"I love the newsletter Hey Portland from CityCast."
"They feature local reporters and do follow ups which we don’t find anywhere else."
"I’ve been really happy with City Cast Portland for keeping up to date on issues."
#10
Gambo
5.0
(2)
"Gambo is the best source when it comes to reporting/breaking news."
"Gambo gives updates on every sports team here"
#11
Locked On
5.0
(2)
"Locked On Pacers, Indy Cornrows, The Fieldhouse Files, The Sideline Guys"
"Tony East is the best mixture of beat reporting, basketball analysis, and cap/roster analysis."
#12
Willamette Week
5.0
(2)
"I read Willamette Week over everything else these days. They’re doing a great job over there lately with high quality articles."
"Frankly, I find Willamette Week and the Portland Mercury to be the best."
#13
AP
4.5
(2)
"AP is essentially the first fact driven source majority of news outlets source from."
"AP is probably the best free source."
#14
NewTV
4.5
(2)
"This is the NewTV YouTube channel for Government meetings."
"[And this is the NewTV YouTube channel for Government meetings.](https://www.youtube.com/@newtvgovernment)"
#15
Newton News
4.5
(2)
"Direct link to Newton News on YouTUbe"
"[Direct link to Newton News on YouTUbe](https://www.youtube.com/@Newton_News)"
#16
Kellan Olson
4.5
(2)
"Duane Rankin, Kellan Olson, Gerald Bourguet. The holy trinity of Suns beat reporters."
"Rankin/bourguet/olsen are all good journalists/reporters who closely follow the team as well"
#17
Gerald Bourguet
4.5
(2)
"Duane Rankin, Kellan Olson, Gerald Bourguet. The holy trinity of Suns beat reporters."
"Rankin/bourguet/olsen are all good journalists/reporters who closely follow the team as well"
#18
Press Enterprise
2.7
(3)
"Press Enterprise is the main one, though they've really fallen in quality/size/scope over the last decade or so."
"You can follow Press Enterprise if you prefer more classical news."
"Press Enterprise is right wing with a garbage digital interface."
#19
Democracy Now
4.0
(2)
"Here are some left-leaning to socialist publications that I like."
"Breakthrough News"
#20
Ground News
4.0
(2)
"Definitely check out Ground. Great way to observe not just the news but the biases that come with it"
"I subscribe to Ground News."
#21
Axios
4.0
(2)
"I'm surprised to see no love for Axios - great journalists and great interviews"
"Axios provides concise and to-the-point news."
#22
ABC
4.0
(2)
"ABC is great for most."
"ABC is absolutely fine for general news."
#23
BBC
4.0
(2)
"BBC, Associated Press, The Guardian, Haaretz."
"Apps France info, BBC, France Culture, Guardian."
#24
The Breakaway
4.0
(2)
"The breakaway with Connor is great"
"The Breakaway is likely the best option."
#25
Breaking Points
4.0
(2)
"Breaking Points/Counter Points anyone?"
"Breaking Points is a good news podcast."
#26
Behind the Bastards
5.0
(1)
"This podcast episode did a lot for me in opening my eyes to the extent of which the car centric infrastructure was planned out."
#27
The Continent
5.0
(1)
"The continent https://www.thecontinent.org/ and Mail and guardian more generally."
#28
Letras Libres
5.0
(1)
"I really like Letras Libres."
#29
AMuS
5.0
(1)
"Want credible ones? AMuS. That's it."
#30
TacticalRab
5.0
(1)
"TacticalRab on YouTube does a daily Formula1 news that takes like 15minutes and is amazing!"
#31
Reuters, AP, ProPublica, Democracy Now, John Oliver Last Week Tonight
5.0
(1)
"Reuters, AP, ProPublica, Democracy Now, John Oliver Last Week Tonight are my gotos"
#32
The Pour Over
5.0
(1)
"Check out The Pour Over"
#33
Lagniappe
5.0
(1)
"Unfiltered, straight-to the-point and groundbreaking journalism."
#34
mediakollen.se
5.0
(1)
"A wonderful recent initiative, an aggregator for leftist/left-adjacent Swedish news."
#35
Josh Revell
4.0
(1)
"YouTube channels I can reccommend are Josh Revell, Tommo, LawVS, and The Race."
#36
Golang Weekly
4.0
(1)
"They send newsletters every week with updates from around the community and often mention other communities, blogs, podcasts, releases of newly popular tools, threads or ongoing debates."
#37
Vox
4.0
(1)
"There’s also: /r/notjustbikes /r/strongtowns The entirety of Congress For New Urbanism."
#38
Substack
4.0
(1)
"On Substack I follow Heather Cox Richardson, Robert Reich, and Chop Wood, Carry Water."
#39
EWTN
4.0
(1)
"EWTN and its subsidiaries like NCRegister and CNA."
#40
Substack, Democracy Now, Reuters, AP, Meidas
4.0
(1)
"Substack, Democracy Now, Reuters, AP,Meidas,"
#41
DFC
4.0
(1)
"[dfc](https://dfcme.me/en/) but they are a fact checkers."
#42
Ground News, AP
4.0
(1)
"I subscribe to Ground News. AP always seems to be factual, fairly centered and not behind a paywall"
#43
Jim Acosta
4.0
(1)
"I’ve really enjoyed Jim Acosta’s new substack."
#44
Secular Talk
4.0
(1)
"Secular talk is great"
#45
Background Briefing with Ian Masters
4.0
(1)
"I would add the always-solid Background Briefing w/ Ian Masters."
#46
Catholic News Agency
4.0
(1)
"Catholic News Agency is solid"
#47
My Valley News
4.0
(1)
"MyValleyNews.com & Patch.com (put in your zip code)."
#48
The Intercept
4.0
(1)
"Here are some left-leaning to socialist publications that I like."
#49
CDM
4.0
(1)
"[https://www.cdm.me/english/](https://www.cdm.me/english/) Try this."
#50
InfoBae
4.0
(1)
"InfoBae."
#51
Chain Bear
4.0
(1)
"I would also recommend the Chain Bear Youtube channel. He explains a lot of the technical stuff of how the cars work."
#52
P1 with Matt and Tommy
4.0
(1)
"Controversially I can also reccommend P1 with Matt and Tommy."
#53
BBC F1
4.0
(1)
"BBC F1 Chequered Flag podcast, The Race F1 Podcast, The Fast and The Curious Podcast."
#54
Mark Hughes
4.0
(1)
"Mark Hughes is the only reputable one there that writes stuff that isn’t just nonsense."
#55
Joe Saward
4.0
(1)
"Also Joe Sawards blog, for some early news on things."
#56
The Race
4.0
(1)
"The_Race, both Podcasts & YT for news and reviews."
#57
Chris Medland
4.0
(1)
"For breaking news Chris Medland is good."
#58
Race Tech Magazine
4.0
(1)
"On the technical side: https://www.racetechmag.com/."
#59
Rational Review
4.0
(1)
"For aggregation I'm fond of the Rational Review newsletter."
#60
AllSides
4.0
(1)
"I like this for seeing how a topic is reported via various outlets https://www.allsides.com/about"
#61
Austin Monitor
4.0
(1)
"Austin Monitor. Email newsletter about Austin City Council meetings, etc."
#62
Austin News
4.0
(1)
"Austin news in your inbox daily."
#63
What The Fuck Just Happened Today
4.0
(1)
"I like this for a quick summary https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com"
#64
4.0
(1)
"The subreddit wiki provides a rating of the usual news sources posted here"
#65
The economist, Wallstreet Journal, New York times and Financial times
4.0
(1)
"For economic news I would choose: The economist, Wallstreet Journal, New York times and Financial times"
#66
Wisconsin Examiner
4.0
(1)
"If you're looking for more left-leaning Wisconsin news websites, I recommend Up North News and Wisconsin Examiner."
#67
Thomson Reuters
4.0
(1)
"Find out who your local Thomson Reuters rep is. They will sign you up for their federal tax newsletter for free."
#68
The Tax Foundation
4.0
(1)
"The Tax Foundation is great!"
#69
Pirate Wire Services
4.0
(1)
"I’ve been reading Pirate Wire Services which is Indy journalism out of all LatAm."
#70
Up North News
4.0
(1)
"If you're looking for more left-leaning Wisconsin news websites, I recommend Up North News and Wisconsin Examiner."
#71
Loop Caribbean News
4.0
(1)
"Loop Caribbean News is pretty decent and regionally based."
#72
Newsbreak
4.0
(1)
"Newsbreak"
#73
Khit Thit
4.0
(1)
"* Khit Thit / DVB / Mizzima"
#74
Myanmar Now
4.0
(1)
"* Myanmar Now / BNI online / Shan State Herald"
#75
Irrawaddy
4.0
(1)
"* Irrawaddy / RFA / VOA burmese"
#76
Frontier Myanmar
4.0
(1)
"* Frontier Myanmar / USIP /BBC Burmese"
#77
NPR
4.0
(1)
"NPR"
#78
Gameranx
4.0
(1)
"Gameranx are pretty good. They have weekly Friday news and before you buy reviews. And they are pretty honest."
#79
National Catholic Registrar, First Things, Crisis
4.0
(1)
"I like National Catholic Registrar, First Things, Crisis"
#80
The Advocate
4.0
(1)
"The Advocate, The Washington Blade, Bay Area Reporter"
#81
Richard Medhurst
4.0
(1)
"These guys are pretty good imo"
#82
Novara Media
4.0
(1)
"These guys are pretty good imo"
#83
BTNewsroom
4.0
(1)
"BTNewsroom is a new news outlet and they do a good job."
#84
Unicorn Riot
4.0
(1)
"Here are some left-leaning to socialist publications that I like."
#85
CounterPunch
4.0
(1)
"Mainly US, Angloamerican West etc."
#86
Common Dreams
4.0
(1)
"Mainly US, Angloamerican West etc."
#87
AlterNet
4.0
(1)
"Mainly US, Angloamerican West etc."
#88
CryptoSlate
4.0
(1)
"CryptoSlate, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, and CryptoRank are nice options."
#89
Wired
3.0
(1)
"Wired"
#90
France 24
3.0
(1)
"France 24"
#91
ST, CNA vs TOC, independent SG
3.0
(1)
"Read both sides of media and make the judgement yourself, eg. ST, CNA vs TOC, independent SG"
#92
Ventura County Star
3.0
(1)
"Ventura County Star newspaper. Underfunded but they try."
#93
Proceso
3.0
(1)
"For Mexico maybe proceso and animal político."
#94
Listín Diario
3.0
(1)
"For general news Listín Diario is good but for political news every newspaper and news media is owned by very politically biased people."
#95
Brownstone
3.0
(1)
"Brownstone.org
Focused on covid tho."
#96
Evan Ream
3.0
(1)
"For Republic, follow Evan Ream on Twitter."
#97
F1
3.0
(1)
"None of these is strictly unbiased"
#98
KVTA
3.0
(1)
"KVTA.com and radio is good but they don't put out a lot of info."
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