AP News
Ranked 3 of 3 news services by recommenders
Recommended as a free, factual source of world news with little political spin and no paywall. One critic says it reads like US News.
Recommended as a free, factual source of world news with little political spin and no paywall. One critic says it reads like US News.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Low political bias and spin
“I use Reuters and AP for world news, they have commercial reasons to at least combat bias”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “Majority of teens hold negative views of news media, says report” “AP, Reuters and BBC are highly factual with little or no political spin.”
Comment from 4 Feb 2026 in “France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US” Free to read, no paywall
“I use apnews.com, no paywall.”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “Making the news available at no cost is a victory” Read instead of CNN
“I've started just reading AP for what I might read CNN for”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Delayed Gratification – Proud to Be 'Last to Breaking News'”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Reads like US News
“apnews reads to me like USnews”
Comment from 4 Jun 2026 in “The desperation of NYTimes”
Other news services people recommend
The two most recommended other news services, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reuters | 23 | 5 | 82% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Associated Press | 10 | 0 | 100% | 8 | — | Approved |
| AP NewsThis page | 6 | 2 | 75% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I've started just reading AP for what I might read CNN for”
“apnews reads to me like USnews”
“I use apnews.com, no paywall.”
“AP, Reuters and BBC are highly factual with little or no political spin.”
“I use Reuters and AP for world news, they have commercial reasons to at least combat bias”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.