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I struggle to understand why you need to read “sides” for news articles. Are you just referring to opinion pieces?
by MarkMarine 5y ago
I struggle to understand why you need to read “sides” for news articles. Are you just referring to opinion pieces?
- nobodyandproud 5y agoBecause reporters and papers have biases. Here’s a simple one: Last year, when anti-asian crimes were on the rise, the NYTimes dutifully reported the crimes. But repeatedly omitted details like ethnicity or name, until a white attacker made the news. For those earlier details, the rag the NY Post (conservative and borderline tabloid) was the paper to go to. Eventually—as in many months after—the NY Times stated covering the full details because the problem was too obvious. Even then the Ny Times uses every opportunity to downplay the issue. I’m sure conservative journalists are just as biased in their own way.
- Loughla 5y agoAre you serious? Most mainstream sources have hard left or right slant. How do you not see that?
- MarkMarine 5y agoOh I see it, I just don’t want it and I think reading both sides gives you worse galaxy brain than reading none.