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Not to disparage your choices, but do you worry that limiting your news feed down to two objectively left-leaning sources is going to put you into a bit of a fi
by ryandvm 9y ago
Not to disparage your choices, but do you worry that limiting your news feed down to two objectively left-leaning sources is going to put you into a bit of a filter bubble?
On paper, one of the reasons I like aggregators is that they should be showing me news that I otherwise might miss. Unfortunately, Google News seems to be pretty bad about that and I think it's just reinforcing my own culture bubble.
- tptacek 9y agoFirst, I'm not reading the NYT editorial pages. I trust the reporting at NYT, WaPo, and WSJ about equally. Second: if this concerns you, subscribe to the WSJ. Third: the idea that you're getting exposed to valuable non-mainstream news sources from aggregators is pretty dubious. What I think is more likely is that you're being exposed to a lot of marginal stuff that doesn't hit WaPo because it doesn't pan out, and, much more importantly, that the selection of what deserves your attention is being made in a much dumber way than it is at a real paper.