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Re: Where to find decent, unbiased news?

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Post by simonblack » Sun, Sep 19, 2021, 9:33 PM UTC

Read as wide a selection of news sites as possible. Read US sites, Iranian sites, Russian sites, European sites, Asian sites.

They are ALL biased, but if you read widely enough and often enough, the biases begin to cancel out, and you will start to get an idea of what the actual facts behind the news are.

It takes a while, but its worth it in the long run. Sometimes the websites that are the most factual are the ones that you wouldn't have looked twice at previously.

After a while you work out which have the most 'propaganda' and which are the most neutral. With some stories, you will find that some news-agencies will try to hide them by not covering them at all - usually the stories that show that country in a bad light.

Re: Where to find decent, unbiased news?

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Post by e-clinton » Sun, Sep 19, 2021, 10:11 PM UTC

simonblack wrote: post #21

Read as wide a selection of news sites as possible. Read US sites, Iranian sites, Russian sites, European sites, Asian sites. They are ALL biased, but if you read widely enough and often enough, the biases begin to cancel out, and you will start to get an idea of what the actual facts behind the news are. It takes a while, but its worth it in the long run. Sometimes the websites that are the most factual are the ones…

This.

I read NYT, WSJ, FoxNews. Sometimes HuffPo and Breitbart.

NYT leans left. WSJ leans right. Everyone else is closer to the extremes. I keep that in mind when I’m reading and will intuitively correct for their bias.

Re: Where to find decent, unbiased news?

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Post by helph67 » Sun, Sep 19, 2021, 11:04 PM UTC

P.B.S America https://www.pbs.org/ A.B.C Australia https://www.abc.net.au/ Both tend to give government independent points of view IMO.

Re: Where to find decent, unbiased news?

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Post by iphonexyzy » Mon, Sep 20, 2021, 12:57 AM UTC

One word: trackers

Conflict trackers are fun, but there are lots of others

Like this one: https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/interactive/prote...

Re: Where to find decent, unbiased news?

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Post by dc396 » Mon, Sep 20, 2021, 2:04 AM UTC

https://adfontesmedia.com might help.

Re: Where to find decent, unbiased news?

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Post by simonblack » Mon, Sep 20, 2021, 10:22 PM UTC

e-clinton wrote: post #22

simonblack wrote: post #21

Read as wide a selection of news sites as possible. Read US sites, Iranian sites, Russian sites, European sites, Asian sites. They are ALL biased, but if you read widely enough and often enough, the biases begin to cancel out, and you will start to get an idea of what the actual facts behind the news are. It takes a while, but its worth it in the long run. Sometimes the websites that are the most factual are the ones…

This. I read NYT, WSJ, FoxNews. Sometimes HuffPo and Breitbart. NYT leans left. WSJ leans right. Everyone else is closer to the extremes. I keep that in mind when I’m reading and will intuitively correct for their bias.

Those are all US sites. That news will all have US-centric views.

You need to get out more. :)