Cable news is bad, don't waste your time with it. Check these sources out instead.
I took this list from another forum and only regularly check a fourth of the link here, but it is a good source for legitimate news nonetheless. Quoting begins now:
Journalism Websites
http://www.propublica.org Absolutely unbelievable reporting. Far and away the best journalism site I've come across yet. First website to win a Pulitzer Prize. Bookmark Now.
The Center for Public Integrity Absolute Must Read. Bookmark Now.
CIR Featured Projects | Center for Investigative Reporting Absolute Must Read. Bookmark Now.
http://www.bloggingheads.com Smart, funny, interesting debates on all issues from all political perspectives. Seriously underrated.
OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics -- See Who's Giving & Who's Getting OpenSecrets.org is the nations premier independent website tracking the influence of money on U.S. politics, and how that money affects policy and citizens lives.
Your Guide to Good Journalism - NewsTrust.net A daily report on the best Journalism from around the web. Highly recommended
Longreads: The best long-form stories on the web Best longform Journalism all in one place.
Spot.us - Fund A Story Community funded reporting.
The Huffington Post Investigative Fund | An Independent Nonprofit Journalism Venture The HuffingtonPost's Investigative Journalism Outfit
Pulitzer Center
Hechinger Report | Informing the Public about Education through Quality Journalism Education Journalism
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR)
California Campaign Contributions and Voting Database | MAPLight.org - Money and Politics A nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization, provides citizens and journalists the transparency tools to shine a light on the influence of money on politics.
http://www.democracynow.org
The Real News Network
http://www.californiawatch.org
Wisconsin Watch
Commentary/Original Reporting
http://www.newyorker.comThey may have a reputation for being pretentious and elitist but no one else does thorough hard-hitting journalism like The New Yorker.
http://www.thenation.com
http://www.nybooks.com
http://www.thenewrepublic.com
http://www.theatlantic.com
http://www.motherjones.com
http://www.nytimes.com
http://www.npr.com
http://www.economist.com
PhotoJournalism
New York Times Photojournalism - Photography, Video and Visual Journalism Archives - Lens Blog - NYTimes.com
The Big Picture - Boston.com
VideoJournalism
FRONTLINE: video: watch full programs online | PBS
Vanguard: No-Limits Documentary Journalism TV Series // Current TV
Blogs
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan Best blog on the internet.
Center for Investigative Reporting Center for Investigative Reporting Muckracker Blog. Must Read.
The Atlantic 50 | The Atlantic Wire
SpeakEasy
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/wash...investigations/
PaperTrail Blog - The Center for Public Integrity
Untold Stories | Pulitzer Center
Columbia Journalism Review Columbia Journalism Review. Strong analysis on state of media/journalism and media bias.
Planet Money : NPR The most lucid, easy to understand, fascinating, and terrifying blog/podcast on the current financial crisis.
http://www.juancole.com
3quarksdaily Blog that has original reporting as well as links to Philosophy, Politics, Science, Literature, and Art.
At War: Notes From the Front Lines - At War Blog - NYTimes.com NYTimes Iraq/Afghanistan Blog
Globalization and Human Rights - Nicholas D. Kristof Blog - NYTimes.com Nicholas Kristof's blog on Human rights.
Global Affairs Focus
http://www.foreignpolicy.com Highly recommended. Terrific bloggers.
http://www.foreignaffairs.com
http://www.cfr.org
http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com
Global Perspectives
FRONTLINE: Tehran Bureau - An independent source of news on Iran and the Iranian diaspora | PBS These were the people who basically blogged the entire "Iranian Revolution". Highly recommended.
Latest news, comment and reviews from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk
AJE - Al Jazeera English
http://russiatoday.com
Headlines | EurasiaNet.org
Podcasts
http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/kcr...nter/id73329771 Left, Right, and Center. Weekly debates on Political issues featuring representatives from all three political camps. KCRW Radio
http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/kcr...nter/id73329771 NPR: Foreign Dispatch
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/...ast/id290783428 NPR: Planet Money
Twitter Accounts
ProPublica (ProPublica) on Twitter
bloggingheads (bloggingheads) on Twitter
NewsTrust.net (NewsTrust) on Twitter
TehranBureau.com (TehranBureau) on Twitter
The Atlantic (TheAtlantic) on Twitter
Long Reads (longreads) on Twitter
Andrew Sullivan: The (dailydish) on Twitter
https://twitter.com/CIRonline
PublicI (publici) on Twitter
The New Yorker (NewYorker) on Twitter
NPR's Planet Money (planetmoney) on Twitter
Columbia Jrn Review (CJR) on Twitter
I took this list from another forum and only regularly check a fourth of the link here, but it is a good source for legitimate news nonetheless. Quoting begins now:
Journalism Websites
http://www.propublica.org Absolutely unbelievable reporting. Far and away the best journalism site I've come across yet. First website to win a Pulitzer Prize. Bookmark Now.
The Center for Public Integrity Absolute Must Read. Bookmark Now.
CIR Featured Projects | Center for Investigative Reporting Absolute Must Read. Bookmark Now.
http://www.bloggingheads.com Smart, funny, interesting debates on all issues from all political perspectives. Seriously underrated.
OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics -- See Who's Giving & Who's Getting OpenSecrets.org is the nations premier independent website tracking the influence of money on U.S. politics, and how that money affects policy and citizens lives.
Your Guide to Good Journalism - NewsTrust.net A daily report on the best Journalism from around the web. Highly recommended
Longreads: The best long-form stories on the web Best longform Journalism all in one place.
Spot.us - Fund A Story Community funded reporting.
The Huffington Post Investigative Fund | An Independent Nonprofit Journalism Venture The HuffingtonPost's Investigative Journalism Outfit
Pulitzer Center
Hechinger Report | Informing the Public about Education through Quality Journalism Education Journalism
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR)
California Campaign Contributions and Voting Database | MAPLight.org - Money and Politics A nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization, provides citizens and journalists the transparency tools to shine a light on the influence of money on politics.
http://www.democracynow.org
The Real News Network
http://www.californiawatch.org
Wisconsin Watch
Commentary/Original Reporting
http://www.newyorker.comThey may have a reputation for being pretentious and elitist but no one else does thorough hard-hitting journalism like The New Yorker.
http://www.thenation.com
http://www.nybooks.com
http://www.thenewrepublic.com
http://www.theatlantic.com
http://www.motherjones.com
http://www.nytimes.com
http://www.npr.com
http://www.economist.com
PhotoJournalism
New York Times Photojournalism - Photography, Video and Visual Journalism Archives - Lens Blog - NYTimes.com
The Big Picture - Boston.com
VideoJournalism
FRONTLINE: video: watch full programs online | PBS
Vanguard: No-Limits Documentary Journalism TV Series // Current TV
Blogs
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan Best blog on the internet.
Center for Investigative Reporting Center for Investigative Reporting Muckracker Blog. Must Read.
The Atlantic 50 | The Atlantic Wire
SpeakEasy
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/wash...investigations/
PaperTrail Blog - The Center for Public Integrity
Untold Stories | Pulitzer Center
Columbia Journalism Review Columbia Journalism Review. Strong analysis on state of media/journalism and media bias.
Planet Money : NPR The most lucid, easy to understand, fascinating, and terrifying blog/podcast on the current financial crisis.
http://www.juancole.com
3quarksdaily Blog that has original reporting as well as links to Philosophy, Politics, Science, Literature, and Art.
At War: Notes From the Front Lines - At War Blog - NYTimes.com NYTimes Iraq/Afghanistan Blog
Globalization and Human Rights - Nicholas D. Kristof Blog - NYTimes.com Nicholas Kristof's blog on Human rights.
Global Affairs Focus
http://www.foreignpolicy.com Highly recommended. Terrific bloggers.
http://www.foreignaffairs.com
http://www.cfr.org
http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com
Global Perspectives
FRONTLINE: Tehran Bureau - An independent source of news on Iran and the Iranian diaspora | PBS These were the people who basically blogged the entire "Iranian Revolution". Highly recommended.
Latest news, comment and reviews from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk
AJE - Al Jazeera English
http://russiatoday.com
Headlines | EurasiaNet.org
Podcasts
http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/kcr...nter/id73329771 Left, Right, and Center. Weekly debates on Political issues featuring representatives from all three political camps. KCRW Radio
http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/kcr...nter/id73329771 NPR: Foreign Dispatch
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/...ast/id290783428 NPR: Planet Money
Twitter Accounts
ProPublica (ProPublica) on Twitter
bloggingheads (bloggingheads) on Twitter
NewsTrust.net (NewsTrust) on Twitter
TehranBureau.com (TehranBureau) on Twitter
The Atlantic (TheAtlantic) on Twitter
Long Reads (longreads) on Twitter
Andrew Sullivan: The (dailydish) on Twitter
https://twitter.com/CIRonline
PublicI (publici) on Twitter
The New Yorker (NewYorker) on Twitter
NPR's Planet Money (planetmoney) on Twitter
Columbia Jrn Review (CJR) on Twitter