It’s odd, I know. Its only connection to Christian Science is the founder of the religion required one faith article on Christian Science but the rest was to be an unbiased view of world affairs.
They’ve been around over 100 years and, well, even though its name and funding seems strange, it’s actually a world-wide acclaimed news source.
If you swallow your bias about the name and look at it objectively, you’ll see why even newspaper associations rate them highly: they work very hard at their mission. Perhaps that’s what keeps them honest about it: it’s their mission.
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She founded it as an anecdote to typical sensationalist newspapers of the time. I mostly use them as a backup news source to verify balanced reporting… sort of what snopes is supposed to to, but CSM is an accountable news outlet. It’s a nice break from the usual gossipy news we get in most places
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http://www.allsides.com/news-source/christian-science-monitor
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