News Source Credibility

Users repeatedly question the reliability and trustworthiness of cited news outlets, demanding more reputable sources like NYT or WSJ while criticizing fringe or biased ones such as MintPress, Daily Mail, and ZeroHedge.

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BBC NY AFAIK HAMAS BreitbartNews NYT HN WSJ NYP WMD news sources news source source nyt reputable reliable whoa news sources story

Sample Comments

dgudkov Oct 20, 2023 View on HN

It's not about verifying every claim. It's about trusted sources, as you correctly noticed. The question is: is HAMAS a trusted source for NYT? Because, it looks very much like that.

bicknergseng Mar 20, 2012 View on HN

No worries at all. In hindsight I should have found a more respected journalist. HN users are picky about article sources haha. Good luck with your reports.

mike50 Sep 16, 2022 View on HN

Provide a real source. WSJ has no credibility.

the_why_of_y Jul 28, 2022 View on HN

That doesn't look like a news source I would trust: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MintPress_News

dzdt Mar 30, 2017 View on HN

Can anyone comment on the credibility of this news outlet or the supposed source here?

seattle_spring May 3, 2023 View on HN

There's unfortunately a large subset of HNers that find rags like DailyMail, New York Post, and ZeroHedge reputable. Makes it really important to check the source before engaging.

SonOfKyuss Aug 31, 2021 View on HN

Do you have a trustworthy news source that doesn’t do this?

2OEH8eoCRo0 Dec 16, 2022 View on HN

Source? That doesn't sound very journalistic to me.

bmsleight_ Dec 31, 2019 View on HN

Please can we not have the daily mail as a source. It is not trustworthy or authoritative

atonse May 21, 2019 View on HN

Who is this news source? Is there a more reliable, possibly more neutral source of the same story?