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Any credible right-leaning news sources out there? (endlesstalk.org)

submitted 1 week ago by kebab@endlesstalk.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I have recently came into conclusion that the news sources I follow are almost all either left-leaning or not biased at all. However, I don’t really have many right-leaning sources that I follow. I would like to change this to broaden my spectrum of viewpoints.

However, I am looking for sources that are credible. I have tried looking at r/conservative on Reddit, however literally all the news sources that they use there show up as “mixed” or “low” under the factual reporting category on media bias check: example (and I’ve checked like 15).

So here comes the question: what credible right-leaning news sources are there that actually publish factual information? Right-center are also fine

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[–] frozenspinach@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago

Smartest comment in the thread imo. There can be good reasons for seeking a variety of ideologically leaned sources, but even the question of who is biased is a politicized question, and it won't necessarily have anything to do with truth.

And as you noted, they change over time. E.g. "iraq war was bad" used to be considered an extreme far left position, though now it's closer to a bipartisan consensus. "We need to avoid regulatory uncertainty", "we need to curb judicial activism", "deficits are bad" used to be right wing positions.