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I actially prefer reading the news from „the other side”. I know very well news from „my” side from friends and the Facebook/twitter bubble, but I want to know
by kolinko 6y ago
I actially prefer reading the news from „the other side”.
I know very well news from „my” side from friends and the Facebook/twitter bubble, but I want to know the other viewpoints as well.
Even if 70-90% of it is pure crap, I found that often „my” side is just as guilty of ommiting parts of information, and presenting things with sometimes extreme bias.
- crocodiletears 6y agoI was having lunch with a friend of mine recently, and he remarked that of his friends he had, I was the closest to being a Republican and he wondered what news site I read. He was surprised to learn that my go-tos were generally to the left of what he read, for exactly the reason you describe. If a story is getting attention across the spectrum, 'the opposition' is always more likely to capture the facts that you might miss.