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To each their own. I love Vox. Their Weeds podcast has given me a whole new understanding of public policy and research papers in the social sciences. They als
by muffinman26 6y ago
To each their own. I love Vox. Their Weeds podcast has given me a whole new understanding of public policy and research papers in the social sciences.
They also do research on topics I didn't even know I wanted research on. For example, they did an entire article on Hallmark movies. Sounds super silly, but they turn out to be a huge money-maker. One of my friends works in the film industry and was working on pitching Hallmark movies. He was super excited about it, but I had no idea how big of a deal that was (or what it even meant exactly) until I read the Vox article.
Sure, they have a clear bias, but at least they're explicit about it and they do a fairly decent job of researching and presenting opposing points of view, not just setting up straw-mans. They've done some of the best journalism there is on things like US public health policies. Sarah Kliff's article https://www.vox.com/2019/1/24/18194709/emergency-room-fees-health-care-sarah-kliff-ama https://www.vox.com/2019/1/24/18194709/emergency-room-fees-h... was impeccably researched and had a direct impact on health care legislation.