Thus, when you’re tempted to share a Politico article, please look instead for an article from a different source.
(Also, if you’re wondering, know that Axel Springer, the mass media company, has nothing to do with Springer, the science publisher (the one with the chess knight logo; it’s named after Julius Springer; it deserves criticism of its own, but a different kind.)
What news organization today isn’t owned by some international goliath?
There’s no “objective” source, so you must read from multiple sources and then try to discern what’s really going on by what they DON’T say.
Excellent question. Here are the ones I could think of; let’s collect links! (Of course, they all have their flaws.)
World at large:
US-focussed:
Europe in general:
Germany:
Philippines:
404 media is killing it these days, they’ve had a ton of banger articles over the last year. Like real breaking investigative journalism, not just an AP aggregator.
UK:
Novara Media
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novara_Media
https://novaramedia.com/
The Canary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canary_(website)
https://www.thecanary.co/
The Big Issue
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Issue
https://www.bigissue.com/
Morning Star
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Star_(British_newspaper)
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/
Bella Caledonia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_Caledonia
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/
The Scots Independent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scots_Independent
https://scotsindependent.scot/
Private Eye
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Eye
https://www.private-eye.co.uk/
UK and Ireland:
PoliticsJOE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_(website)
https://www.joe.co.uk/
https://www.joe.ie/
Propublica?
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.
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?
Their special viewpoints are what I meant. Their ownership structure is a co-op (Genossenschaft), so absolutely decent by all I can tell.
This is a fantastic resource to answer that very question, and I rely on it quite a lot: Media Bias Fact Check
Media bias fact checkers have their own biases though. Relying on one is like outsourcing your critical thinking to somebody else.
Looking up Politico on MBFC, for example, paints an entirely different story to that of what Wikipedia says about Politico. To the point that one is clearly outright lying. Considering that Wikipedia is open and requires citations for all claims I know which of the two I would be trusting more.