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Unless Twitter has changed something recently, there are follow buttons on the account pages for @cnn, @cnni, @reuters, @ap, @bbcworld, @cbcnews, @dwnews, etc.

Unless Twitter has changed something recently, there are follow buttons on the account pages for @cnn, @cnni, @reuters, @ap, @bbcworld, @cbcnews, @dwnews, etc. Provided you're using chronological mode (which you should for many, many reasons), tweets from these sources will appear in your timeline. If you do not consider those news outlets adequately centerist, that may be an indication that your personal Overton window is somewhat skewed.

someguydave 6y ago
Those organizations all have a leftward slant. But thank you for informing me of your skew.
- raunakdag 6y ago
  Interesting that @ap is considered a leftward slant. I’m not sure if you’d consider Reuters the same at that point?
  - lucaspm98 6y ago
    This site tends to have fairly reliable analysis of media biases, and AP falls questionably between center and leaning left. https://www.allsides.com/news-source/associated-press-media-bias https://www.allsides.com/news-source/associated-press-media-...
    - La1n 6y ago
      >Because AP’s displays of Lean Left bias are quite infrequent, AP still warrants a Center rating. They just rate it center. There is no single media source that will never have any bias at all. So that would mean there would never be an center.
      - lucaspm98 6y ago
        I completely agree with your conclusion, but you're cherry picking a quote. >AP is a source that AllSides has struggled to rate, due to its content seeming to toe the line between Center and Lean Left. People on the right may be more likely to see AP’s content as clearly Lean Left. While AP's news and world reporting is largely Center, AllSides has found AP often includes subjective, leftward analysis in hard news reports and omits sources in its political writing; in addition, its fact checks are biased to the left
  - sn 6y ago
    This media bias chart may be of interest: https://www.adfontesmedia.com/interactive-media-bias-chart-2/ https://www.adfontesmedia.com/interactive-media-bias-chart-2... Reuters and AP are rated similarly there. Granted that you need to read the websites methodology to determine whether you think those ratings are credible.
  - ggreer 6y ago
    They're less biased than most sources, but there are little things that are easy to notice. The Associated Press in 2015: "BREAKING: Obama sends $4 trillion spending plan to Congress, pledging help for middle class."[1] The Associated Press in 2018: "BREAKING: President Trump sends Congress $4.4 trillion spending plan that features soaring deficits."[2] If a news organization put "soaring deficits" in the Obama headline and "helping the middle class" in the Trump headline, I'd definitely call that right-wing bias. 1. https://twitter.com/AP/status/562287489365594112 https://twitter.com/AP/status/562287489365594112 2. https://twitter.com/AP/status/963088143527436288 https://twitter.com/AP/status/963088143527436288
    - maxerickson 6y ago
      Obama, proposing $2 trillion in new taxes, ~$500 billion in annual deficits going forward: https://apnews.com/article/97f7a140f39a43d0995587be61ed388f https://apnews.com/article/97f7a140f39a43d0995587be61ed388f Trump proposing tax cuts and ~$1 trillion in annual deficits going forward: https://apnews.com/article/e50aec4820da4e30aed4bea9ff440e86 https://apnews.com/article/e50aec4820da4e30aed4bea9ff440e86 The plans differ considerably in substance, your comparison speciously treats them as similar or the same. And even more, Obama sent a wishlist to a hostile Congress. Trump got more of what he wanted.
    - bleepblorp 6y ago
      It's not clear why these choices in phraseology constitute bias when Obama's 2015 budget featured a deficit of 2.45% of GDP[0] while Trump's 2018 budget featured a deficit of 3.8% of GDP[1]. Factually speaking, Trump did blow up the deficit, and failing to report that, instead of reporting it, would be indicative of bias. Budgets requested by Republican vs Democratic administrations are different as the parties have different spending and taxation priorities. Reporting budgets without acknowledging that the parties are spending/borrowing/taxing in different areas would be a lie. Printing news stories that make Republicans look bad is not indicative of bias if those stories are, as is usually the case, factually true. The solution to this problem is not to complain about media bias but rather for the Republican party to do fewer things that look bad. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_United_States_federal_budget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_United_States_federal_bud... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_United_States_federal_budget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_United_States_federal_bud...
lucaspm98 6y ago
Reuters, BBC, and AP (excluding politics and fact check) are the only centrist sources out of these organizations. All of the rest are various levels of leaning left.
damagednoob 6y ago
Yes, because people only use Twitter to follow news outlets. Follow a bunch of Portland software developers and tell me which way your timeline is going to lean.
lawnchair_larry 6y ago
CNN? Are you being facetious?

someguydave 6y ago

Those organizations all have a leftward slant. But thank you for informing me of your skew.

raunakdag 6y ago
Interesting that @ap is considered a leftward slant. I’m not sure if you’d consider Reuters the same at that point?
- lucaspm98 6y ago
  This site tends to have fairly reliable analysis of media biases, and AP falls questionably between center and leaning left. https://www.allsides.com/news-source/associated-press-media-bias https://www.allsides.com/news-source/associated-press-media-...
  - La1n 6y ago
    >Because AP’s displays of Lean Left bias are quite infrequent, AP still warrants a Center rating. They just rate it center. There is no single media source that will never have any bias at all. So that would mean there would never be an center.
    - lucaspm98 6y ago
      I completely agree with your conclusion, but you're cherry picking a quote. >AP is a source that AllSides has struggled to rate, due to its content seeming to toe the line between Center and Lean Left. People on the right may be more likely to see AP’s content as clearly Lean Left. While AP's news and world reporting is largely Center, AllSides has found AP often includes subjective, leftward analysis in hard news reports and omits sources in its political writing; in addition, its fact checks are biased to the left
- sn 6y ago
  This media bias chart may be of interest: https://www.adfontesmedia.com/interactive-media-bias-chart-2/ https://www.adfontesmedia.com/interactive-media-bias-chart-2... Reuters and AP are rated similarly there. Granted that you need to read the websites methodology to determine whether you think those ratings are credible.
- ggreer 6y ago
  They're less biased than most sources, but there are little things that are easy to notice. The Associated Press in 2015: "BREAKING: Obama sends $4 trillion spending plan to Congress, pledging help for middle class."[1] The Associated Press in 2018: "BREAKING: President Trump sends Congress $4.4 trillion spending plan that features soaring deficits."[2] If a news organization put "soaring deficits" in the Obama headline and "helping the middle class" in the Trump headline, I'd definitely call that right-wing bias. 1. https://twitter.com/AP/status/562287489365594112 https://twitter.com/AP/status/562287489365594112 2. https://twitter.com/AP/status/963088143527436288 https://twitter.com/AP/status/963088143527436288
  - maxerickson 6y ago
    Obama, proposing $2 trillion in new taxes, ~$500 billion in annual deficits going forward: https://apnews.com/article/97f7a140f39a43d0995587be61ed388f https://apnews.com/article/97f7a140f39a43d0995587be61ed388f Trump proposing tax cuts and ~$1 trillion in annual deficits going forward: https://apnews.com/article/e50aec4820da4e30aed4bea9ff440e86 https://apnews.com/article/e50aec4820da4e30aed4bea9ff440e86 The plans differ considerably in substance, your comparison speciously treats them as similar or the same. And even more, Obama sent a wishlist to a hostile Congress. Trump got more of what he wanted.
  - bleepblorp 6y ago
    It's not clear why these choices in phraseology constitute bias when Obama's 2015 budget featured a deficit of 2.45% of GDP[0] while Trump's 2018 budget featured a deficit of 3.8% of GDP[1]. Factually speaking, Trump did blow up the deficit, and failing to report that, instead of reporting it, would be indicative of bias. Budgets requested by Republican vs Democratic administrations are different as the parties have different spending and taxation priorities. Reporting budgets without acknowledging that the parties are spending/borrowing/taxing in different areas would be a lie. Printing news stories that make Republicans look bad is not indicative of bias if those stories are, as is usually the case, factually true. The solution to this problem is not to complain about media bias but rather for the Republican party to do fewer things that look bad. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_United_States_federal_budget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_United_States_federal_bud... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_United_States_federal_budget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_United_States_federal_bud...

lucaspm98 6y ago

Reuters, BBC, and AP (excluding politics and fact check) are the only centrist sources out of these organizations. All of the rest are various levels of leaning left.

damagednoob 6y ago

Yes, because people only use Twitter to follow news outlets. Follow a bunch of Portland software developers and tell me which way your timeline is going to lean.

lawnchair_larry 6y ago

CNN? Are you being facetious?