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Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by peteforde »

kristopolous wrote: post #237
peteforde wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I understand why you'd reach this conclusion. I would like to offer another viewpoint for you and others reading this to consider. Simply put, you are underestimating the impact you have on those around you. Every media literate and well-informed critical thinker has the ability to dramatically change someone's perspective. Not just by knowing what to say, but even more importantly how to listen. Empathetic 1:1 conve…

News isn't critical political theory though. If you wanted to become well versed in, say, Marx, you don't get there through watching the news, you just read Marx. Go on eBay, buy a couple used books, read them instead. They'll have quite a bit more insight than a Twitter stream

Late thought: I want to say that as someone who reads or listens to 3-4 books a week, there are a lot of mediocre, terrible books out there. Many non-fiction books are based on opinion instead of research.

Just because something is printed and bound doesn't make it inherently better than a profoundly insightful series of tweets.

Then again, don't believe everything you read in the comments on Hacker News, either.

Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by jesterson »

sfifs wrote: post #225
alkank wrote: post #150

I read The Economist. Reasons and benefits I have seen so far are: 1. It's weekly. "World this week" section is more than enough to have a summary of what has happened throughout the globe and I can get this information in less than 5 minutes. If you are interested in being more up-to-date, you can also try Economist Espresso, which is daily. 2. It's not only about world news, but also has different sections such as…

While the Economist is often recommended, somehow I increasingly find articles posted from the Economist to be very shallow takes - as if a high school literature student was asked to turn in an essay on a given topic. I have rarely felt satisfied after reading any Economist article in last couple of years through I don't know if this represents a growing understanding of the world on my part as I grow older or stand…

Exactly this. Made me unsubscribe to paper issue few months ago.

Also noticed that they often display clear unjustified political bias, which didn't happen before. Not sure if it is intentionally or not.

Nonetheless, it remains one of the best sources for me.

Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by sirspacey »

ploika wrote: post #223
sirspacey wrote: post #200

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Being informed and aware are valuable goals. I’m skeptical that the news industry has such significant deviation in outcomes globally, especially while having similar business models. I’m genuinely curious: is there a particular news source you’ve found that delivers on evaluating global events/decisions, selecting the most relevant/important ones, and explaining them in an educational/useful manner? The news is in t…

This isn't meant as an ad hominem attack but a general moan about moans about the media: not enough people distinguish between news reporting and opinion and analysis pieces. RTE, The Irish Times, The Guardian, The Economist, The Financial Times have fairly good, fairly trustworthy reporting on a wide range of topics. All have their strengths and weaknesses, to be sure, and the selection in an of itself shows my own…

Great recommendations all, been a while since I’ve been on the Economist. Thanks for the reply!

Re: Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?

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Post by bag531 »

bscphil wrote: post #219
bag531 wrote: post #166

My list for mostly political and non-corporate media. https://theintercept.com/ https://jacobinmag.com/ https://www.currentaffairs.org/

Genuine question from someone who probably (given your choices) agrees with you politically most of the time: do any of these strike you as acceptable news (i.e. non-editorial) sources? If so, why?

The Intercept - absolutely.

Current Affairs is certainly more editorial.

Jacobin is somewhere in between.

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