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> I would happily pay for an aggregator that simply ejects facts There is already the AP news ticker, or Reuters. Bloomberg has the same thing for financial ma
by JetSpiegel 8y ago
> I would happily pay for an aggregator that simply ejects facts
There is already the AP news ticker, or Reuters. Bloomberg has the same thing for financial matters.
If you read only that, you will die of boredom.
- heavenlyblue 8y agoWell, truth is boring, isn't it? Would you otherwise prefer to read Russian propaganda speaking of German authorities policing Germans of Russian heritage? Because that's exactly what they are currently doing. 0 facts, amazing opinionated narrative in multi-paragraph form. Pictures on top of that. But that definitely sounds more fun. Moreover - that sort of narrative is way closer to the general sentiment of the working classes who are generally predisposed towards learning about how "the Man" is taking advantage of them in the first place.
- JetSpiegel 8y agoI can't be so boring it leads to complete apathy. Unless you are a computer, there's a limit to the boredom you can take.
- heavenlyblue 8y agoWould you rather be bored or manipulated by the foreign propaganda machine?
- astazangasta 8y agoThe AP news ticker has its own bias and narrative, as does Reuters. There is no truth in any text, only narrative. So long as you are reading trying to find truth in a single text you will fall into error.
- JetSpiegel 8y agoIf they contain only facts, there is no narrative. The only narrative is the selection of what facts to report. Without that you get lost in the deluge and get equally uninformed.