# Reuters

23 Hacker News commenters recommended Reuters and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend Reuters for plain, neutral reporting and its own write-ups of breaking stories. The most common caveat is that it carries bloat and advertising like most news outlets.

## Why people recommend it

- Neutral, factual reporting with little spin (4 comments): "they are written opinion-free such that other news broadcasters can purchase articles" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49314528)) "AP, Reuters and BBC are highly factual with little or no political spin." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46884343)) "the reporting is much less subjective and less editorialized" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48773448))
- Less biased than most outlets (5 comments): "Reuters is less guilty of this than the NY Times, but it's a problem that afflicts all traditional news organizations." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47629947)) "I use Reuters and AP for world news, they have commercial reasons to at least combat bias" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45847608)) "For this reason I prefer sources like the Associated Press or Reuters." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47706392))
- Named as a go-to source (6 comments): "you can usually find a more reliable source. E.g. Reuters in this case" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50149337)) "Try and consume news through the sources like AFP or Reuters" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48772902)) "Find the same article on AP news, or Reuters or something." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49836161))
- Own write-ups of breaking stories (3 comments): "We're more likely to get a breaking tech story out of CNBC, Reuters or NYT" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47236002)) "Reuters typically does their own write-up (which I tend to prefer)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48997354)) "Worth reading the actual Reuters piece this is based on" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47311919))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Associated Press](https://hackerapproved.com/p/associated-press.md): 10 recommend
- [AP News](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ap.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Reuters", https://hackerapproved.com/p/reuters/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).