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News & Media

Links to general news outlets, aggregators, and wire services that cover local, national, international, and business news, along with services that analyze the media and media bias. (Topic-specific news sources are listed on their topic pages; this section is mainly for ‘general’ news.)

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News aggregators gather information from other news sources and present it together in a single place. Some are automated, some are curated by editors, and some can be customized to your preferences.

  • Bing News
    News aggregator by Microsoft.
  • Google News
    News aggregator by Google.
  • Ground News
    Service that “makes it easy to compare news sources [and] read between the lines of media bias.”
  • Yahoo News
    News aggregator by Yahoo.

Bias

Websites that analyze news outlets and score them based on their left- or right-bias, accuracy, and other factors. Readers should make themselves aware of the relative trustworthiness of their sources of news.

Links to news websites that focus primarily on business, finance, and economic matters. Most of them also cover ‘general’ news, but they do so from a more business-oriented perspective.

  • Bloomberg
    Lean L. U.S.-based business and news outlet.
  • CNBC
    L. Bias Business news division of NBCUniversal Media Group.
  • Fox Business
    R. Bias American 24-hour business news network.

Links to generally-trustworthy international news outlets, which can provide different perspectives from those you’ll find in U.S. outlets. They are also useful for monitoring stories in different parts of the world.

Links to news outlets located in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area that cover local news events, sometimes with additional coverage of national and international news, especially when it has a ‘local angle.’

  • ABC 7 News (WJLA)
    Sinclair-owned ABC affiliate in the Washington, D.C., metro area.
  • Fox 5 DC (WTTG)
    Corporate-owned Fox affiliate in the Washington, D.C., metro area.
  • InsideNoVa
    A news outlet covering “Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, Culpeper, Fauquier and Loudoun counties.”
  • Loudoun Now
    A “nonprofit news organization that serves Loudoun County, Virginia.”
  • Loudoun Times-Mirror
    Local weekly newspaper covering Loudoun County, Virginia.
  • NBC4 Washington (WRC-TV)
    Corporate-owned NBC affiliate in the Washington, D.C., metro area.
  • NoVA Scanner
    A local aggregator that “brings you news from Northern Virginia.”
  • The Center Square (Maryland)
    Offers “high-quality statehouse and statewide news” for Maryland.
  • The Center Square (Virginia)
    Offers “high-quality statehouse and statewide news” for Virginia.
  • WTOP.com
    Provides “the latest local news, traffic[,] and weather information to the Washington, D.C., region.”
  • WUSA 9 (CBS)
    Tegna-owned CBS affiliate in the Washington, D.C., metro area.

Links to U.S.-based news outlets with a national footprint and generally-reliable coverage of what’s happening in the United States and around the world. These are useful for a bigger picture of what’s going on.

  • ABC News
    Lean L. News division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC).
  • Axios
    Lean L. Axios provides “smarter, more efficient coverage of the topics shaping the fast-changing world.”
  • CBS News
    L. Bias News division of CBS Broadcasting Inc.
  • NBC News
    Lean L. News division of the NBCUniversal Media Group.
  • NewsNation
    Low Bias NewsNation aims to be a “source for engaging and unbiased news.”
  • Newsweek
    Low Bias News magazine “committed to journalism that’s factual and fair.”
  • NPR (National Public Radio)
    Gov. Funds L. Bias News outlet intended to “create a more informed public.”
  • The Center Square (National)
    Low Bias Offers “high-quality statehouse and statewide news across the United States.”
  • Wall Street Journal
    Lean R. News and business publication from New York, founded in 1889.

Links to news outlets that are useful but unreliable. An outlet may be listed here if it exhibits extreme political bias, government control, or an aggressive emphasis on speed over accuracy, but may be worth monitoring in certain circumstances.

Links to the three global wire services, newswires, or news agencies. These services intend to provide reliable coverage of major news directly to the public and to their member news outlets.

Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.