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I've watched the Krystal and Saagar show a few times. It's pretty good, if a little too predictable. I don't own a TV or watch cable news; I get most of my new
by ciarannolan 6y ago
I've watched the Krystal and Saagar show a few times. It's pretty good, if a little too predictable.
I don't own a TV or watch cable news; I get most of my news from feeds like AP or Reuters, then try to decide for myself what I think before reading some commentary/analysis.
It's a little worrying to hear things like "[...], if you watch sources like Jimmy Dore over a period of months, it starts to become obvious." This is exactly how conspiracy theories and other quackery work. People get fed up with the mainstream and seek out alternative narratives about how the world _really_ works, then over time cede so much factual ground that their frame of reference becomes broken. This is exactly how people get into flat earth, 9/11 was an inside job, etc.
A slightly better "alternative" might be a news org like The Intercept or a writer like Matt Taibbi. Both are highly ideological but fairly constrained by the facts.
- sixQuarks 6y agoOK, I see you're not just a corporate news junkie. Agree with your assessment of the Intercept / Matt Taibbi.