# What national news sites are still free?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-national-news-sites-are-still-free/1009153>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 24, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-national-news-sites-are-still-free/1009153 "2024-10-24T16:53:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-national-news-sites-are-still-free/1009153/21 "2024-10-25T21:32:55Z")

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BBC News is also free and like The Guardian, they have pretty good coverage of US stories.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-national-news-sites-are-still-free/1009153/22 "2024-10-25T21:34:44Z")

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BBC and NPR are my primary news sources.

Both are very good.

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**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-national-news-sites-are-still-free/1009153/23 "2024-10-26T02:52:16Z")

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[Fark.com](http://Fark.com) is still free but you have a few paid versions to choose from.

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**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-national-news-sites-are-still-free/1009153/24 "2024-10-26T03:02:11Z")

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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> The Guardian is free, although they will bug you to contribute

I don’t find it very annoying. They ask nicely once and when I demur they open up the story.

The places that demand I disable my blocker to continue after they’ve let me read the first juicy sentences, those guys are annoying.

> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> BBC News is also free and like The Guardian, they have pretty good coverage of US stories.

I agree. I need to pull up the BBC and read it more often.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-national-news-sites-are-still-free/1009153/25 "2024-10-26T03:24:49Z")

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[NewsNation](https://www.newsnationnow.com/) is another U.S. national news site (which also has a cable channel) that doesn’t appear to yet have a subscription model for their website.

Beyond my Washington Post subscription, the AP, NPR, and BBC are my primary go-to news sites these days. I had written CNN off as useless years ago.

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