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It is becoming harder and harder to find non-partisan sources of news these days. Even CNN (who I always considered impartial) pretty blatantly wears their poli

It is becoming harder and harder to find non-partisan sources of news these days. Even CNN (who I always considered impartial) pretty blatantly wears their politics on their sleeves now. I’ve resorted to reading multiple center-left & center-right sources and trying to reconcile the truth somewhere in the middle.

cycomanic 6y ago
This is a discussion that comes up again and again. How do you go from the news is partisan to the truth must lie somewhere in the middle. Truth does not care about political leanings. Moreover this assumption has caused a pretty extreme drift to the right in the US, all driven by the republican party & fox news moving more and more to the extreme right, but moderates still thinking the truth must be in the middle.
- joejerryronnie 6y ago
  I make a case by case determination based on what info is out there, what I am able to observe, and the sum total of my life experiences. What I believe is true about an individual topic does not always fall directly in the center. But I guarantee you the left spins their stories just as much as the right does.
  - cycomanic 6y ago
    This has simply not been the case in recent years in the US, where there has been a concentrated and deliberate attack on the truth exclusively from the right, just look at any analysis on the unprecedented number of false statements (dare I say lies) from Trump. The whole argument also completely ignores the fact that pretty much everything of US politics is far right from the perspective of most other countries. So if the truth is in the middle, which middle is it?
    - Mirioron 6y ago
      >The whole argument also completely ignores the fact that pretty much everything of US politics is far right from the perspective of most other countries. I don't really mean to offend, but I think you've drunk so much of the leftwing coolaid in the US that you don't notice it anymore and consider it normal. Just try to analyze people like Don Lemon. The few clips I've seen of him are very partisan politics. Look at Time Magazine when they talked about border detention. The images used were there to paint a narrative. The US hasn't moved to the right politically at all recently. You're getting more government spending on social programs and you're getting a more liberal stance on many social issues such as gay marriage. If you still don't see it, then ask yourself this: how much has the religious right influenced politics recently? Because Bush cited religion as one of the reasons for war. It's clearly losing ground.

cycomanic 6y ago

This is a discussion that comes up again and again. How do you go from the news is partisan to the truth must lie somewhere in the middle. Truth does not care about political leanings. Moreover this assumption has caused a pretty extreme drift to the right in the US, all driven by the republican party & fox news moving more and more to the extreme right, but moderates still thinking the truth must be in the middle.

joejerryronnie 6y ago
I make a case by case determination based on what info is out there, what I am able to observe, and the sum total of my life experiences. What I believe is true about an individual topic does not always fall directly in the center. But I guarantee you the left spins their stories just as much as the right does.
- cycomanic 6y ago
  This has simply not been the case in recent years in the US, where there has been a concentrated and deliberate attack on the truth exclusively from the right, just look at any analysis on the unprecedented number of false statements (dare I say lies) from Trump. The whole argument also completely ignores the fact that pretty much everything of US politics is far right from the perspective of most other countries. So if the truth is in the middle, which middle is it?
  - Mirioron 6y ago
    >The whole argument also completely ignores the fact that pretty much everything of US politics is far right from the perspective of most other countries. I don't really mean to offend, but I think you've drunk so much of the leftwing coolaid in the US that you don't notice it anymore and consider it normal. Just try to analyze people like Don Lemon. The few clips I've seen of him are very partisan politics. Look at Time Magazine when they talked about border detention. The images used were there to paint a narrative. The US hasn't moved to the right politically at all recently. You're getting more government spending on social programs and you're getting a more liberal stance on many social issues such as gay marriage. If you still don't see it, then ask yourself this: how much has the religious right influenced politics recently? Because Bush cited religion as one of the reasons for war. It's clearly losing ground.