The Trump Administration goes on an on about "fake news," and many of us are convinced that Trump got himself elected with the help of "Fake News" outlets like Fox and (interestingly) the National Enquirer.

But I've often wondered, what news outlets can I trust, and why. I guess I generally trust the New York Times and the New Yorker; but I find I can still generally trust the Wall Street Journal, despite the fact that Murdoch owns it. The Washington Post has become a bit mindlessly liberal since Amazon's Jeff Bezos bought it - I still like it because it presents my side of the story, but I don't find it as objective as it used to be. And I still trust the Boston Globe. My local newspaper, the Sacramento Bee, is a McClatchy publication that I can generally trust, but it's not outstanding.

I used to trust Time Magazine, but now I'm not so sure. It seems to be more interested in populist journalism than it used to be, almost to the point of becoming a little brother to Time Inc's People Magazine.

When I was on a flower hike week in Switzerland a couple years ago, I met an 86-yr-old attorney who gave me an evaluation (in German) of German-Language publications. We agreed that Der Spiegel and FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) are still quite good, and that Bild will always be crap.

So, what do you think? What publications and what media outlets do you trust?

-Joe-