Chapter 7 · 7 recipes
Posts that link to news sites, statements from checkmarked accounts, curated lists and local headlines.
Breaking news on X moves fast and arrives mixed with guesses. These recipes push the results toward sourced posts. filter:news keeps posts that link to sites X classifies as news. X does not publish that list, so treat it as a rough filter. url: narrows to posts linking a specific site.
filter:verified has a messier history. It once meant the old blue checkmark, which no longer exists in that form; today checkmarks can mean a paid subscription, a verified organization or a government account, and the operator's exact behavior is not documented by X. Use it to cut noise, never as proof that a source is reliable.
The most dependable recipe here is the list one. Build a public or private list of outlets and reporters you trust, then search inside it with list: and the list's number from its URL. You decide who is on it, which no filter can do for you.
filter:news keeps posts that link to sites X classifies as news.
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"heat pumps" filter:news -filter:replies"[topic]"filter:news-filter:repliesTwo filters stacked. Narrower and calmer, but a checkmark is not a fact-check.
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"heat pumps" filter:news filter:verified"[topic]"filter:newsfilter:verifiedOnly posts from members of one list. Build the list yourself and this becomes the most reliable recipe here.
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list:LIST_ID "heat pumps"list:[list]"[topic]"Announcements with a link, usually to the original release.
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"heat pumps" (statement OR "press release" OR announced) filter:verified filter:links"[topic]"(statement OR "press release" OR announced)filter:verifiedfilter:linksFast but still messy. Wait for a second source before you share.
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"heat pumps" (breaking OR "just in" OR developing) filter:verified -filter:replies"[topic]"(breaking OR "just in" OR developing)filter:verified-filter:repliesurl: matches the link in a post. Use a domain like apnews.com.
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url:apnews.com "heat pumps"url:[domain]"[topic]"Local stories linked from news sites, by city name.
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"Chicago" ("city council" OR "road closure" OR police OR weather) filter:news"[city]"("city council" OR "road closure" OR police OR weather)filter:newsNew to the operators? Read X search operators, explained. All 71 recipes are also on the home page, where you can filter them and save favorites.