Millions of amateur investors like you , have to rely on a dizzying array of financial newspapers , magazines and commentators to get investment information .   Yes.It ' s sometimes scary if you think of the tremendous amount of media we face every day .   It's like information overload , not to mention the reliability of these papers and magazines .   Which financial magazines and newspapers do you think do the best job of checking facts ?   Well , for example , The Wall Street Journal is very , very good . Even though it's used on occasion ( as all news organizations are ) by Ces or bankers who leak their mergers in advance in order to get a positive spin . 