I’m not referring to their recommendations, just their coverage. I was not aware of their funding sources, and I never heard of Joe Biden being a member. The primary reason I had the impression they were relatively balanced is because I’ve tried to detect a slant to their reports (whether by leaving out some information or by reporting it in a slanted way), but I have been unable to do so. Of course, that could just be because I don’t know enough or am not perceptive enough to detect the slant.
They intent to inform readers in the US policy by giving them useful information about what’s going on in the world.
They don’t pretend to be balanced. Neither does the Economist for that matter. Both use language like “We think XY should happen.”
In US culture there the strange idea that being a good news source is about having no interests and weighing all views equally.
Often the people who are deeply informed on a topic do have interests. That doesn’t mean that you should ignore them but it’s worth to keep in mind those interests when you read them.
I’m not referring to their recommendations, just their coverage. I was not aware of their funding sources, and I never heard of Joe Biden being a member. The primary reason I had the impression they were relatively balanced is because I’ve tried to detect a slant to their reports (whether by leaving out some information or by reporting it in a slanted way), but I have been unable to do so. Of course, that could just be because I don’t know enough or am not perceptive enough to detect the slant.
They intent to inform readers in the US policy by giving them useful information about what’s going on in the world.
They don’t pretend to be balanced. Neither does the Economist for that matter. Both use language like “We think XY should happen.”
In US culture there the strange idea that being a good news source is about having no interests and weighing all views equally.
Often the people who are deeply informed on a topic do have interests. That doesn’t mean that you should ignore them but it’s worth to keep in mind those interests when you read them.