my ACTUAL question
Literally the only thing you can do is know what the biases are.
Every source will lie about certain things. Every so often something'll come up where everyone's lying.
NPR's usually pretty good. Keep in mind they're center-right pro-corporate.
Al-Jazeera's usually pretty good. Keep in mind they're Qatari funded.
The Economist's usually pretty good. Keep in mind they're center-right and broadly neoliberal.
Vox is usually pretty good. Keep in mind they're 'affluent urban liberal' as hell.
For environmental stuff, lately, I've been coming across articles from Yale's
Environment 360 web magazine more and more. They've all been great.
edit:
A few years back, I had a
Financial Times subscription. That was the most useful, clear reporting I've ever seen. Note: The WSJ isn't very good anymore.