Wait, is RSS passee now? I use Pulse News Reader on my phone, pull down a dozen to 1.5 dozen news sources and scour the headlines.

As for biased, sometimes obviously biased is better, I know what HuffPo's bias is, it's easier to spot, but they tend to at least mention everything so I know what to go dig for. Also, mainly, it's better to be able to distinguish editorial content from actual news, why they don't teach this in school is beyond me... That's better than trying to find an unbiased source, imo. Most screams of bias are actually just people mistaking editorial content for news.

But mainly, I'd rather read tech news, fuck the rest.

For games and stuff, can't help ya. I haven't found a good gaming news source in a long, long time. Penny Arcade Report aggregates some better stuff with some original content, you might start there and find a site that you like.

T.N.O.

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Paul Krugman
Richard Dawkins
Pharyngula
Salon > Science
Forums (GOG and TGDMB)

Local news: I live in a communal apartment where I can't help but hear the RTR tv channel. I do not trust their facts and explanations, but they do report events, and them reporting an event in a particular way and inviting a particular host to comment is nonzero information. They also happen to be the least vomit-inducing channel on tv.
If I need a follow-up, I turn to the local news aggregator site (a search engine offshoot).

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I read forums and articles and make a list of interesting stuff. I look for and avoid particular things, and I would not trust any aggregate list. I trust GOG enough to have a standing goal to buy everything GOG offers (I have 404 products so far) - however, my backlog works like an ant on a rubber band, and I do not expect to play every game I own during my lifetime.

The Quatermass serials are awesome.

I listen to Fox News and then assume the exact opposide of what they have said. Pretty accurate so far ;-P.

For US news I really like NPR. They seem fairly non-biased on political issues and are a very good source for anything "pop culture" related.

I love the Daily Show and Colbert Report, but they are entertainment first and informations second. They do make very good points and are, while obviously left leaning, very critical of democrats or liberals whenever they fuck up.

Apart from that, the occasional fact checker, Time magazine.

For German/World news I still stick to newspapers. Even if I agree with the author, they usually try to make a point of showing all sides of the issue.

Disclaimer: My political position would be "classical liberal" with a strong inflection on social issues. (Only happy peasants by products, hence we need happy, healthy and wealthy peasants).

Pravda.ru, of course

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I don't think anyone fell for that one. I usually try to get my news from several different sources. But not The Daily Mail, Pravda.ru or Fox news. The Daily Mail just seem to be sensationalist, and the later two have a very obvious bias/like to cherry pick facts. When the news in question might be slightly controversial in nature, I try to get it from both western and non-western news sources (I've found Al Jazeera to be quite good for an alternative but balanced view).

I trust that there's still enough of diversity in the media to allow you to form your own opinion, although in some cases that may be a bit naive ...

Anyway, I don't rely on one source; I take what sounds plausible and reasonable to me and check it against other sources. And I try to read between the lines to understand where the author's coming from and if I sense any obvious bias. Regarding games and movies I'm less interested in someone saying they're good or bad, obviously, than in the reasons they give. Maybe they love what I'd hate, hate what I'd love. So I don't really trust anyone's judgement per se, I just check if the reasoning they present is relevant to me and if so, I check if other reviewers agree or disagree with them. And in the end, most of the times it comes down to me watching trailers and gameplay vids or playing demos, and then listening to my own feelings about it.

Of course that's not a viable solution for politics etc., but in the end I guess I don't believe in simple truths anyway. IMO, politics is not about finding the truth, but about representing interests, so it's not necessarily important to find out who's right (all are and noone is, depending on different viewpoints) but to find out who best represents your interests and seems to have the most reasonable approaches and suggestions from your point of view.

This is what I do.

On, and Jon Stewart is funny, so I like to watch his show sometimes. He's also so blatantly biased that it's easy to discount some of the stuff he says, so that's a plus.