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For many years, CNN was my default for checking news. Then one day I came across someone who mentioned they follow sites which lean right just to see the differ
by gexla 7y ago
For many years, CNN was my default for checking news. Then one day I came across someone who mentioned they follow sites which lean right just to see the difference in how the stories are presented. I then started following Breitbart and now I can see how far to the left that CNN leans. I got the sense that CNN hates Trump. Now that I'm more aware of this, it seems that most mainstream media leans left, so you have to actively seek out a site to find something which leans right.
Reading through Reddit, someone asked what sites you can go to which are like Breitbart but to the left. One answer I thought was interesting was something like "all other news sites."
There are a small number of sites which seem to get pretty close to middle. I would still want to follow a mainstream and right left leaning site to get my bearings though.
- incompatible 7y agoI don't want a balanced view of facts. I don't want to balance, for example, the general view of climate scientists that the Earth is warming and it's caused by CO2 emissions, with the views of people who think climate science is a hoax but who know nothing about climate science. I just want the fact-based view of the climate scientists.
- gexla 7y agoYeah, I probably misunderstood you. However, I do think it's useful to know the narratives which are being spun out of the facts. Then when you have a discussion with someone, you understand how they arrived to whatever crazy beliefs they might have.
- hutzlibu 7y ago"Reading through Reddit, someone asked what sites you can go to which are like Breitbart but to the left. One answer I thought was interesting was something like "all other news sites."" This is only true from a very rightwing point of view. If you want a real left wing point of view, read actual left wing sites like www.wsws.org a real socialist site. They have not much in common with CNN. In general, if I am interested in a certain topic I try to read both sides. Russia, China and co. have also english newspapers. Then I usually find out that both sides lie or disconnects facts from context to a point that I think I got a basic understanding of what happened, but are disgusted by all of it and leave.