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7/20/2025, 8:41:19 PM
>>24564371
Public broadcasters around the world are more responsible than their commercial equivalents because there are different incentives. Here in the U.S. there's PBS, and like public broadcasters elsewhere, they reflect an establishment outlook, but they don't appear to be high on crack. (Of course they're getting their funding cut.)
>>24563772
I have a bookmark folder with different sites. For "scanning the headlines" then I'll usually go to Google News, BizToc and Drudge Report (this is slop). And I follow a local news station's channel on YouTube. Also I listen to Radio War Nerd which sums up armed conflicts. That's about it.
I'll become interested in a particular story and follow that sometimes. And there will be stories that get a lot of attention in the news which I don't care about, and I'll ignore it. Or I'll read a specific journalist or some other guy. I've been following the Telegram channel of Alexander Nevzorov who is this hacky Russian exploitation "journalist" (made war documentaries in the 90s) who fled the country after predicting the war would be a disaster and posts about insane crap that happens there. I don't like political influencers in general though. Sometimes I'll check in on them to get the vibe of how X/Y/Z political faction is reacting to something. Most alt-media is like going to a chiropractor. There's a lot of flim-flam.
>>24564320
Or just read history books. Or listen to podcasts with historians.
A lot of people don't really know how "the news" works. Or how to read a news article. There's a basic structure or format to them. It's essentially hierarchical and ranks (what the paper thinks) is important in order of importance. There's a lede, then a nut graf, then there are details. But an editorial line or propaganda line is often in what's emphasized, and what's deemphasized or left out. A narrative throughline. George Orwell's essays are a good education in how propaganda works.
Also, when looking at papers and magazines, who are they? Whose interests do they represent? What kind of outlook on the world do they share? Things of the nature. Just because it reflects a different outlook from one's own doesn't make it worthless, but you can account for the inevitable bias that creeps in.
Public broadcasters around the world are more responsible than their commercial equivalents because there are different incentives. Here in the U.S. there's PBS, and like public broadcasters elsewhere, they reflect an establishment outlook, but they don't appear to be high on crack. (Of course they're getting their funding cut.)
>>24563772
I have a bookmark folder with different sites. For "scanning the headlines" then I'll usually go to Google News, BizToc and Drudge Report (this is slop). And I follow a local news station's channel on YouTube. Also I listen to Radio War Nerd which sums up armed conflicts. That's about it.
I'll become interested in a particular story and follow that sometimes. And there will be stories that get a lot of attention in the news which I don't care about, and I'll ignore it. Or I'll read a specific journalist or some other guy. I've been following the Telegram channel of Alexander Nevzorov who is this hacky Russian exploitation "journalist" (made war documentaries in the 90s) who fled the country after predicting the war would be a disaster and posts about insane crap that happens there. I don't like political influencers in general though. Sometimes I'll check in on them to get the vibe of how X/Y/Z political faction is reacting to something. Most alt-media is like going to a chiropractor. There's a lot of flim-flam.
>>24564320
Or just read history books. Or listen to podcasts with historians.
A lot of people don't really know how "the news" works. Or how to read a news article. There's a basic structure or format to them. It's essentially hierarchical and ranks (what the paper thinks) is important in order of importance. There's a lede, then a nut graf, then there are details. But an editorial line or propaganda line is often in what's emphasized, and what's deemphasized or left out. A narrative throughline. George Orwell's essays are a good education in how propaganda works.
Also, when looking at papers and magazines, who are they? Whose interests do they represent? What kind of outlook on the world do they share? Things of the nature. Just because it reflects a different outlook from one's own doesn't make it worthless, but you can account for the inevitable bias that creeps in.
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