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I agree that mainstream media is biased as well. But virtually everything is biased, usually neither readers nor journalists have the time to realize a perspect
by blablabla123 7y ago
I agree that mainstream media is biased as well. But virtually everything is biased, usually neither readers nor journalists have the time to realize a perspective as unbiased as possible.
The most extreme is probably Donald Trump's Twitter account where he and probably some of his associates sometimes publish tweets every half an hour. There is no way that this information is well reasearched, also with 140 (or 280?) characters even if it was the case, it's practically impossible to compress multiple perspectives in that.
Yellow press is not great but better researched and has more perspective. In fact Journalists have to go through difficult tests when they apply for jobs, at least in Germany, often for outlets where people think it's low quality. Of course then they are also news sources like NYT or magazines like New Yorkers with articles that put things in multiple perspectices and are probably often the product of days, weeks or months of work.
That said, if someone wants as unbiased as possible information about the world, then one should read peer reviewed research papers and books published by researchers. But that's really not news anymore.