News Sources
Bias and reliability profiles, plus the RSS feeds the daily scan reads.
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RSS feeds for The Independent
| https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/rss | UK | |
| https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/rss | World | |
| https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rss | Politics | |
| https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/rss | Business |
All sources (25)
| Name | Country | Leaning | Reliability | Scan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Jazeera State-funded; generally strong on Middle East and Global South coverage, has faced bias cr… |
Qatar | center-left | mixed | ✓ | Edit |
| Associated Press Wire service with strict style/impartiality guidelines; widely used baseline source. |
US | center | very high | ✓ | Edit |
| BBC News Statutory impartiality requirement; occasional criticism from both left and right over fra… |
UK | center | high | ✓ | Edit |
| BBC World Service International arm of the BBC; similar impartiality standards, wide global sourcing. |
UK | center | high | ✓ | Edit |
| Channel 4 News Publicly owned but commercially funded; known for adversarial interviews and investigative… |
UK | center-left | high | ✓ | Edit |
| CNN Rolling US cable news; often criticised from the right for framing, strong breaking-news i… |
US | center-left | mixed | ✓ | Edit |
| Daily Express Populist right-leaning tabloid, strongly pro-Brexit historically. |
UK | right | mixed | ✓ | Edit |
| Daily Mail Populist tabloid; strong anti-immigration and euro-sceptic framing, sensationalist headlin… |
UK | right | mixed | ✓ | Edit |
| Daily Mirror Traditionally Labour-aligned tabloid. |
UK | left | mixed | ✓ | Edit |
| Deutsche Welle Germany's international public broadcaster; editorially independent by statute. |
Germany | center | high | ✓ | Edit |
| Financial Times Business and economics focus; internationally regarded as highly reliable on financial rep… |
UK | center-right | very high | ✓ | Edit |
| Fox News Dominant conservative US cable outlet; opinion programming often blurs into news framing. |
US | right | mixed | ✓ | Edit |
| MSNBC Opinion-forward US cable news aimed at a progressive audience. |
US | left | mixed | ✓ | Edit |
| New York Times Influential US paper of record; editorial page firmly left-leaning, news desk generally ri… |
US | left | high | ✓ | Edit |
| NPR US public radio; generally measured tone, occasional criticism over framing from the right… |
US | center-left | high | ✓ | Edit |
| Reuters Wire service; written for redistribution, minimal editorialising, a common baseline source… |
UK/Global | center | very high | ✓ | Edit |
| RT State-controlled outlet functioning as a foreign-policy messaging vehicle; banned in sever… |
Russia | far-right | very low | ✓ | Edit |
| Sky News Broadcast news, generally balanced rolling coverage. |
UK | center | high | ✓ | Edit |
| The Economist Classical-liberal editorial stance; long-form analysis with an economics/markets lens. |
UK | center-right | very high | ✓ | Edit |
| The Guardian Progressive editorial line, strong investigative record; opinion pages lean firmly left of… |
UK | left | high | ✓ | Edit |
| The Independent Online-only since 2016; liberal-leaning general news coverage. |
UK | center-left | high | ✓ | Edit |
| The Sun Mass-market tabloid, populist right-leaning coverage, entertainment-heavy. |
UK | right | mixed | ✓ | Edit |
| The Telegraph Traditionally Conservative-aligned broadsheet; strong on economics and defence reporting. |
UK | right | high | ✓ | Edit |
| The Times Establishment-leaning broadsheet, generally measured tone. |
UK | center-right | high | ✓ | Edit |
| Washington Post Strong investigative and political reporting; editorial stance left-of-centre. |
US | left | high | ✓ | Edit |