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Are you equally aggravated by news items from far left sources? It's understandable to prefer one side over the other. But ignore your least favorite side at

Are you equally aggravated by news items from far left sources? It's understandable to prefer one side over the other. But ignore your least favorite side at your intellectual peril.

dangus 7y ago
Absolutely. Yes, I am. I don’t listen to people like Bill Maher, either, nor TV sensationalists like Jake Tapper. I would prefer this country mostly get back to being centrist. I would prefer we not continually be pitched against each other in a left vs right battle that’s encouraged by the elite class (including middle-men profiteers like Glenn Beck that earn based on outrage).
- busymom0 7y ago
  I doubt that. Unless you consider the far left sources to be moderate.
  - p1necone 7y ago
    Something tells me you consider everything that isn't Fox News and Breitbart to be far left?
    - busymom0 7y ago
      I don't care about left or right when it comes to listening to viewpoints. I listen/read to Vox, Vice, Salon, Slate, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NYTimes, WaPo, TheHill, WSJ, Fox, Breitbart, Tim Pool, David Packman, Dave Rubin, Joe Rogan etc which covers a wide variety of viewpoints. I think it's important for people to listen to both sides to have a balanced viewpoint. As long as the person/news is providing me with the original source of their info which I can read and verify myself, I will listen. I don't simply trust what the media tells me, I look for the actual source and verify that what the media says is actually what the original source says. I also often wait 2-7 days when some breaking news comes out to actually make a decision about the news as often things turn out to be wrong now a days. We live in a clickbait era where there's an incentive for media to spout nonsensical headlines - therefore verifying it myself is important.
      - TechBro8615 7y ago
        I do this too. I find the best way to get close to “the truth” (when it even exists) is to read diametrically opposed sources. I accept that every source is biased, if not outright, then at least by selection. You can learn a lot about agendas and infer biases by seeing what stories one source is publishing, and another source is choosing not to publish.

Are you equally aggravated by news items from far left sources? It's understandable to prefer one side over the other. But ignore your least favorite side at your intellectual peril.

dangus 7y ago

Absolutely. Yes, I am. I don’t listen to people like Bill Maher, either, nor TV sensationalists like Jake Tapper. I would prefer this country mostly get back to being centrist. I would prefer we not continually be pitched against each other in a left vs right battle that’s encouraged by the elite class (including middle-men profiteers like Glenn Beck that earn based on outrage).

busymom0 7y ago
I doubt that. Unless you consider the far left sources to be moderate.
- p1necone 7y ago
  Something tells me you consider everything that isn't Fox News and Breitbart to be far left?
  - busymom0 7y ago
    I don't care about left or right when it comes to listening to viewpoints. I listen/read to Vox, Vice, Salon, Slate, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NYTimes, WaPo, TheHill, WSJ, Fox, Breitbart, Tim Pool, David Packman, Dave Rubin, Joe Rogan etc which covers a wide variety of viewpoints. I think it's important for people to listen to both sides to have a balanced viewpoint. As long as the person/news is providing me with the original source of their info which I can read and verify myself, I will listen. I don't simply trust what the media tells me, I look for the actual source and verify that what the media says is actually what the original source says. I also often wait 2-7 days when some breaking news comes out to actually make a decision about the news as often things turn out to be wrong now a days. We live in a clickbait era where there's an incentive for media to spout nonsensical headlines - therefore verifying it myself is important.
    - TechBro8615 7y ago
      I do this too. I find the best way to get close to “the truth” (when it even exists) is to read diametrically opposed sources. I accept that every source is biased, if not outright, then at least by selection. You can learn a lot about agendas and infer biases by seeing what stories one source is publishing, and another source is choosing not to publish.