The most dangerous worldviews are the worldviews of those who have never viewed the world.
Alexander von Humboldt
Someone needs to remind (...) what reporting
is meant to do: to convey news, not impressions.
Unnamed Israeli Journalist
The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy; it is the enemy of the American People!
Donald Trump
Truth is an interesting fact but seemingly negotiable, now seems to be the time (again) that the truth content of the description of actual events is watered-down to homeopathic strength to gain political advantage.
kk nationsonline.org
Truth is absolutely overrated.
Mephisto's lawyer
Facts or Opinions
A fact is beyond dispute, but an opinion is someone's view, and it isn't guaranteed to be true. An essential skill for reading news articles is to differentiate between a fact and the case when it seems that someone is trying to provide an opinion as a fact.
Fact-check
Not sure if a story is true? Cross-check a story with other (news)sources. The more sources you can find for a story, the better. Check if the story is factual and PR-free.
Fast-check
Copy the headline of the story into a search engine like Google or Yahoo! and look at the results. The more references from trusted sources you will find, the more it is possible the story is true. If only dubious sources show up, the story is most likely not true.
By the way, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and Co. really don't care much about the facts of the "news" they provide on their platforms. The "media" giants just emanate every single bit of "information," whether true or not. For the average user, it's nearly impossible to discern the intent behind any of these messages.
Where Americans get their news and who they trust for information in 2022
According to YouGovAmerica (in a survey of 1500 Americans), Americans view The Weather Channel, The BBC, and PBS as the most trustworthy media organizations. [YouGov]
List of major newspapers that have a large circulation and their editorial, news collection and reporting practices are typically professional and authoritative by all means. The list may help you to increase your media literacy. By reading this quality newspapers, try to find out their political stance. Media literacy is the techniques that allow people to access, understand, and critically evaluate media. Keep in mind, that the online versions of a newspaper may differ in stance and style from the original paper.
List of international newspapers of record by country, the city of publication, and the newspaper's political alignment: