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The thing that would improve my own personal trust in media is if there were fewer total garbage articles floating around in aggregate. Lets do some compare an
by polka_haunts_us 6y ago
The thing that would improve my own personal trust in media is if there were fewer total garbage articles floating around in aggregate.
Lets do some compare and contrast from the US Section of my current Google News:
Good:
* Biden is boosting food benefits even more for the most vulnerable Americans. (Newsworthy governmental action)
* Tom Brokaw retiring from NBC News after 55 years with the network (About newsworthy people)
* Pennsylvania moves smokers to top of coronavirus vaccine list (Worthwhile state level event coverage)
Bad:
* New Instagram and Snapchat filters give Bernie Sanders meme new life (memes are rarely, if ever, newsworthy)
* Seth Meyers blasts Ted Cruz for his Pittsburgh comments on late-night show (People who talk about people are not actually newsworthy most of the time, especially not late night hosts)
* Joe Biden Removing Trump's 'Diet coke Button' from the Oval Office Prompts Wave of Jokes (Without clicking, I assume the article is 90% quotes from twitter, also the actual topic is really not newsworthy)
I guess the real answer is buy a subscription to a news org that you know actually writes primarily the good stuff, but aggregators are just so convenient, and people (myself included) are so damn cheap.