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Mainstream news media has really gone to the dogs. Doesn't matter which side of the political spectrum you are on, I highly recommend not watching mainstream me

Mainstream news media has really gone to the dogs. Doesn't matter which side of the political spectrum you are on, I highly recommend not watching mainstream media on TV and instead find indie youtube channels.

catalogia 7y ago
Video seems like a bad format for news anytime the source content is not itself a video. A good newspaper article, either in print or digital, generally covers topics with much more detail and nuance than any television news presenter. The New York Times, Wallstreet Journal and Washington Post are all far from perfect but nevertheless they all stomp any of the cable news channels.
ssully 7y ago
Youtube is a great source of information from hobbyists on specific topics. There are some bigger productions on there, but the idea of using Youtube as a news source is laughable.
- crooked-v 7y ago
  Don't forget to like, subscribe, comment, retweet, share on Facebook, share on Linked, Airdrop to everyone around you, buy from the company sponsoring my video, and keep watching past the four minutes of extra padding I had to add to the start of the video to trick Youtube's algorithms!
cptskippy 7y ago
> instead find indie youtube channels. Like Infowars?
- catalogia 7y ago
  To youtube's credit, infowars got banned over a year ago.
- beerandt 7y ago
  If you're watching any news source, and think it's not biased, you need to stop and figure out what their angle is, and why you're allowing them to fool you. The easiest way to do this is usually listen to the other side. I'll skeptically take self-admitted bias over subversive "neutral" any day. The danger is limiting yourself only to sources of similar bias.
  - cptskippy 7y ago
    > I'll skeptically take self-admitted bias over subversive "neutral" any day. The trick is to read about the same event from all sides. Self-admitted bias will gladly skip, ignore, distort, and excuse elements of stories they think reflect poorly on their side. With out other perspectives you'll never know and end up with a warped sense of reality.
    - beerandt 7y ago
      That's basically what I was trying to get at with the last sentence. In hindsight, it's confusing.
stronglikedan 7y ago
I like allsides.com, too.

catalogia 7y ago

Video seems like a bad format for news anytime the source content is not itself a video. A good newspaper article, either in print or digital, generally covers topics with much more detail and nuance than any television news presenter. The New York Times, Wallstreet Journal and Washington Post are all far from perfect but nevertheless they all stomp any of the cable news channels.

ssully 7y ago

Youtube is a great source of information from hobbyists on specific topics. There are some bigger productions on there, but the idea of using Youtube as a news source is laughable.

crooked-v 7y ago
Don't forget to like, subscribe, comment, retweet, share on Facebook, share on Linked, Airdrop to everyone around you, buy from the company sponsoring my video, and keep watching past the four minutes of extra padding I had to add to the start of the video to trick Youtube's algorithms!

cptskippy 7y ago

> instead find indie youtube channels. Like Infowars?

catalogia 7y ago
To youtube's credit, infowars got banned over a year ago.
beerandt 7y ago
If you're watching any news source, and think it's not biased, you need to stop and figure out what their angle is, and why you're allowing them to fool you. The easiest way to do this is usually listen to the other side. I'll skeptically take self-admitted bias over subversive "neutral" any day. The danger is limiting yourself only to sources of similar bias.
- cptskippy 7y ago
  > I'll skeptically take self-admitted bias over subversive "neutral" any day. The trick is to read about the same event from all sides. Self-admitted bias will gladly skip, ignore, distort, and excuse elements of stories they think reflect poorly on their side. With out other perspectives you'll never know and end up with a warped sense of reality.
  - beerandt 7y ago
    That's basically what I was trying to get at with the last sentence. In hindsight, it's confusing.

stronglikedan 7y ago

I like allsides.com, too.