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I actually recommend https://ground.news/ https://ground.news/ You can see topics trending in right media (this was) and compare to the left media. I tend to

I actually recommend https://ground.news/ https://ground.news/ You can see topics trending in right media (this was) and compare to the left media. I tend to send friends of either affinity topics from the other, my own effort to bring people together... or at least understand each other (have the same facts).

pydry 5y ago
Their left/right categories are kind of a joke. The daily mail owned metro is described as "left media" while RT is shoved in the same category as fox news. They should really categorize by more fine grained biases and allegiances. E.g. WaPo to the US military industrial complex, RT to putin, CNBC to the DNC, Fox to RNC/Rupert Murdoch, BBC to the tories, Metro to lord rothermere.
- tremon 5y ago
  Any black/white distinction is a joke, for that matter. There's never just two sides to any complex issue, but framing it like that is one of the most powerful ruses in the media (and in politics).
- stevehawk 5y ago
  Even that would be contested though. Fox/FoxNews isn't actually considered all that Republican right now because they aren't fullstop on Trump. And these categorizations could probably vary wildly. This is the first time I've ever heard of the WaPo being aligned with the US military industrial complex and I was part of that complex for twenty years. I'm guessing this new title is because it's owned by Bezos and he provides a lot of AWS tech?
  - will4274 5y ago
    > This is the first time I've ever heard of the WaPo being aligned with the US military industrial complex Did you not hear about the US 2003 invasion of Iraq? WaPo news stories in the lead up were certainly aligned with the US military industrial complex. In my memory, the NYT and WaPo (the most important two "liberal" newspapers) both being in support of a republican president invading a third world country is one of the most notable evidences that the MSM is complicit with the government.
    - stevehawk 5y ago
      i did not. i'll have to look into that
- vmladenov 5y ago
  CNBC to the DNC is a fabrication, and a recent one at that. As an outlet focused on US economic news, their traditional bias has always been towards low-tax, low-regulation free market capitalism.
  - pydry 5y ago
    Was probably just a coincidence that Brian L Roberts was a golfing buddy of Obama and big Democrat donor.
    - vmladenov 5y ago
      No, corporate consolidation in America isn’t just a coincidence but it is irrelevant to this discussion. Comcast only bought NBCUniversal in 2009. Roger Ailes, longtime chairman of Fox News, was president of CNBC in the early nineties and is credited with making the network successful. I don’t think it’s possible to watch CNBC hosts (and guests) praise Bush-era economic policies for a decade and come away thinking they’re Democratic mouthpieces.

pydry 5y ago

Their left/right categories are kind of a joke. The daily mail owned metro is described as "left media" while RT is shoved in the same category as fox news. They should really categorize by more fine grained biases and allegiances. E.g. WaPo to the US military industrial complex, RT to putin, CNBC to the DNC, Fox to RNC/Rupert Murdoch, BBC to the tories, Metro to lord rothermere.

tremon 5y ago
Any black/white distinction is a joke, for that matter. There's never just two sides to any complex issue, but framing it like that is one of the most powerful ruses in the media (and in politics).
stevehawk 5y ago
Even that would be contested though. Fox/FoxNews isn't actually considered all that Republican right now because they aren't fullstop on Trump. And these categorizations could probably vary wildly. This is the first time I've ever heard of the WaPo being aligned with the US military industrial complex and I was part of that complex for twenty years. I'm guessing this new title is because it's owned by Bezos and he provides a lot of AWS tech?
- will4274 5y ago
  > This is the first time I've ever heard of the WaPo being aligned with the US military industrial complex Did you not hear about the US 2003 invasion of Iraq? WaPo news stories in the lead up were certainly aligned with the US military industrial complex. In my memory, the NYT and WaPo (the most important two "liberal" newspapers) both being in support of a republican president invading a third world country is one of the most notable evidences that the MSM is complicit with the government.
  - stevehawk 5y ago
    i did not. i'll have to look into that
vmladenov 5y ago
CNBC to the DNC is a fabrication, and a recent one at that. As an outlet focused on US economic news, their traditional bias has always been towards low-tax, low-regulation free market capitalism.
- pydry 5y ago
  Was probably just a coincidence that Brian L Roberts was a golfing buddy of Obama and big Democrat donor.
  - vmladenov 5y ago
    No, corporate consolidation in America isn’t just a coincidence but it is irrelevant to this discussion. Comcast only bought NBCUniversal in 2009. Roger Ailes, longtime chairman of Fox News, was president of CNBC in the early nineties and is credited with making the network successful. I don’t think it’s possible to watch CNBC hosts (and guests) praise Bush-era economic policies for a decade and come away thinking they’re Democratic mouthpieces.