"Real news" is written by professional journalists who adhere to ethical guidelines for gathering
and writing the news.
Examples of journalistic codes of ethics:
Society of Professional Journalists code of ethics, including:
see link for more details
NPR Standards of Journalism, including:
see link for more details
New York Times Code of Ethics, including:
and links to professional guideline documents
This graphic illustrates how one person views the partisan bias of different news sources. Very biased news sources tend to be inaccurate. Note that the statement, "Great in-depth sources of news," is applicable to all the sources in the light green oval.
Source: Vanessa Otero's Twitter Feed (This is her opinion)
CQ Researcher provides coverage of controversial issues such as abortion, animal rights, gun control, student debt and more.
Economist Intelligence Unit provides information about domestic and international politics/policies.
Newspaper Source provides access to newspapers from the United States
Statistical Abstracts of the United States is a useful source to learn if statistics are accurate
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