These sources have minimal bias and use very few loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes).  The reporting is factual and usually sourced.  These are the most credible media sources.  See Also:

ABC News Australia
AFP (Agence France Presse)
Africa News
Agerpres
Ahram Online
Al Arabiya
Al Bawaba
Al Majalla
Albuquerque Journal
Asharq Al-Awsat
Associated Press
Atlantic Council
Australian Financial Review
Ballotpedia
Bangkok Post
Bbarta24
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Bellingcat
Better Government Association
BDNews24
Big Think
Bridge Magazine
Brief.News
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Castanet
Center for Advanced Defense Studies
Center for Global Development
Center for Inquiry
Center for a New American Security
Center For Public Integrity
Center For Responsive Politics
Center For Strategic and International Studies
China Daily
Christian Science Monitor
Circa News
City and State New York
Committee for Economic Development
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Committee to Protect Journalists
Conflict News
Congress.gov
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Conservation Magazine
Consortium News
Constitution Project
Consumerist
Cook Political Report
Countable News
C-SPAN
Daily Record
Defense One
Eagle Tribune
Earth Institute
Eurasia Group
Euronews
Every CRS Report
Factcheck.org
FactsCan
Federal Times
Financial Express
Financial Times
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Policy
Free West Media
Full Fact (UK)
Gallup
Government Executive
GovTrack
Global Integrity
GoodNewsNetwork
Grabien News
Harvard Gazette
Harvard Political Review
Hoax Slayer
I24 News
Independent Voter Network (IVN)
Investigative Reporters and Editors
International Business Times
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
International Energy Agency
International Organization
International Press Institute
International Rescue Committee
Janes 360
JStor Daily
Kaiser Family Foundation
ListVerse
Maplight
MarketWatch
McClatchyDC
Mental Floss
MercoPress
Metabunk
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
National Journal
New America Foundation
New Bern Sun Journal
News24 (South Africa)
Newsela
NewsNow (UK)
Next Avenue
NextGov
NHK World
Novinite
No Labels
OneEighty
Open the Government
Patheos
Peterson Foundation
Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
Pew Research
Places Journal
Political Storm
Politifact
Polygraph.info
Poynter Institute
Project on Government Oversight (POGO)
Public Policy Polling (PPP)
Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI)
PXW News
Reference News (Xinhua)
Reporters Lab
Represent.us
Reuters
RiverBender.com
Roll Call
Science Debate
Scoopnest
SCOTUSblog
Snopes
St. Cloud Times
Stars and Stripes
STAT (News)
Stimson Center
Stock News USA
Stratfor
Sunlight Foundation
Task and Purpose
Texas Tribune
That’s Nonsense
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Conversation
The Diplomat Magazine
The Economist
The Fake News Codex
The Humanist Magazine
The Indian Express
The Jakarta Post
The Jerusalem Post
TheJournal.ie
The Marshall Project
The Meme Policeman
The Middle East in London
The Moderate Voice
The News (Mexico City)
The Observatory
The Outlook (Monmouth University)
The Phnom Penh Post
The Skimm
The Swedish Wire
The Times of India
The Whim
Third Way
Transparency International
Transpartisan Review
Truth Be Told
Turkey and Facts (Dogruluk Payi)
TVW Washington State
United Press International (UPI)
USAFacts
USA Spending.gov
USA Today
Vocativ
Voice of America
Voice of San Diego
Vote Smart
War on the Rocks
We Are The Mighty
Wikipedia
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
World News
World Politics Review
World Press Review
WRAL