• ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    5 months ago

    What sources are better than VOA and are free?,if you don’t mind me asking.

    I think VOA is very accurate in it’s coverage of USA news and most fact checking agencies rate it as factual.

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      5 months ago

      For American news coverage: The Associated Press, NPR, PBS. All free.

      Although for a story like this, the local paper is often a good bet and is sometimes free. It is definitely free in this case and has far more information: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/07/20/salt-lake-city-evacuations/

      Bias in a story like this isn’t a big deal, but it can be in other cases and it’s best to avoid what is essentially a government mouthpiece.

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        5 months ago

        I think you misunderstood me, when I said free I meant that they licensed under creative commons and I am sorry for not clarifying that.

        I don’t like to follow news from news sources that do not license their content freely.

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          5 months ago

          They’re licensing their content freely because it’s a government mouthpiece. Of course they want you to use it.

          You are, again, trusting a source run by a congressionally-funded “independent” group that broadcasts propaganda to Cuba. And your reasoning is because it’s published under a CC license?

          If Stormfront published articles under a CC license, would you use them? Because otherwise, that seems like terrible reasoning.