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This is a noble goal, but when I clicked on the website a few times (admittedly, only looked at about 10 articles) I ended up with a very "left" view. I do not

by ptero 6y ago

This is a noble goal, but when I clicked on the website a few times (admittedly, only looked at about 10 articles) I ended up with a very "left" view. I do not think it is skewed by personal views -- you could see clearly who is considered evil just from the title. Also, not to knock down the effort, but I think this can cause more outrage, by showing that the other side "is wrong" than grow sanity. Just due to the fact that mainstream media on both sides seems to grow discord. However you select those articles, results may be the same :(. My 2c.

Hadjimina 6y ago
That is a valid consern. I get the rating info from adfontesmedia, so I do not judge the poltical views of each outlet and what is condisered to be left/center/right. There is no moderation what so ever (that can be a good or bad thing). But the website definelty still contains a few bugs so that might be the issue you are running into. Could you elaborate a bit on your second point. I am not quite sure I fully understand.
- hellbanTHIS 6y ago
  Not sure about your sorting filter, refreshing the "center" sources is giving me some OAN, Epoch Times, New York Post, Breitbart, Daily Kos, Gateway Pundit - maybe "center" is a mix of everything? It should probably be just sources from the top center 1/3 of the chart at adfontesmedia
  - Hadjimina 6y ago
    That's a known bug
- ptero 6y ago
  > Could you elaborate a bit on your second point. Looking at opposing views can help bridge the gap and encourage reasonable compromises. But in order to achieve this, the presentation need to be rational and (as much as possible) non-confrontational. Unfortunately, most current articles focus on enraging the supporters, not on informing the public. Showing such articles to either supporters or opponents is unlikely to help them understand each other. This is not a criticism of your side; but a criticism of most articles in the mainstream media. Look at old (30+ years ago) publications for comparison. We need to get back the similar quality of journalism; then showing people different views on the same topic can help us understand each other and reach some acceptable consensus. My 2c.
hawk_ 6y ago
well reality is famously known to have a 'liberal bias'
- bpodgursky 6y ago
  You've really missed the point here.
- mensetmanusman 6y ago
  Depends, I saw CA counties banning people from the beaches during the spread of an indoor airborne virus.
  - simtel20 6y ago
    And I saw the same thing here in brazil. Where on the beach people play a lot of full team football for hour-long games. Context matters here and snark and politics doesn't play well without it

by ptero 6y ago

Hadjimina 6y ago

That is a valid consern. I get the rating info from adfontesmedia, so I do not judge the poltical views of each outlet and what is condisered to be left/center/right. There is no moderation what so ever (that can be a good or bad thing). But the website definelty still contains a few bugs so that might be the issue you are running into. Could you elaborate a bit on your second point. I am not quite sure I fully understand.

hellbanTHIS 6y ago
Not sure about your sorting filter, refreshing the "center" sources is giving me some OAN, Epoch Times, New York Post, Breitbart, Daily Kos, Gateway Pundit - maybe "center" is a mix of everything? It should probably be just sources from the top center 1/3 of the chart at adfontesmedia
- Hadjimina 6y ago
  That's a known bug
ptero 6y ago
> Could you elaborate a bit on your second point. Looking at opposing views can help bridge the gap and encourage reasonable compromises. But in order to achieve this, the presentation need to be rational and (as much as possible) non-confrontational. Unfortunately, most current articles focus on enraging the supporters, not on informing the public. Showing such articles to either supporters or opponents is unlikely to help them understand each other. This is not a criticism of your side; but a criticism of most articles in the mainstream media. Look at old (30+ years ago) publications for comparison. We need to get back the similar quality of journalism; then showing people different views on the same topic can help us understand each other and reach some acceptable consensus. My 2c.

hawk_ 6y ago

well reality is famously known to have a 'liberal bias'

bpodgursky 6y ago
You've really missed the point here.
mensetmanusman 6y ago
Depends, I saw CA counties banning people from the beaches during the spread of an indoor airborne virus.
- simtel20 6y ago
  And I saw the same thing here in brazil. Where on the beach people play a lot of full team football for hour-long games. Context matters here and snark and politics doesn't play well without it