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Exactly. Seems most of these big media conglomerates are leaning left. And a minority right. And then we look to what as the zero-influence news source? Not sur

Exactly. Seems most of these big media conglomerates are leaning left. And a minority right. And then we look to what as the zero-influence news source? Not sure it can even be a corporation or organization because that’s inherently controlled by some person or persons who have left or right bias. If only there were social news networks…. Oh wait. ;) I do enjoy this though: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/

blooalien 5y ago
> I do enjoy this though: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ Thanks! You just gave me my new favorite news source.
rc_mob 5y ago
Plz try not to see the world as left/right. The lenses of honest/dishonest and smart/stupid are a much better way to look at the media.
tyre 5y ago
“Left” and “right” is horribly reductive. I don’t know a single person who agrees with everything thrown into those simplistic buckets. Take even the Supreme Court. Multiple “right” judges voted to uphold the ACA and abortion restrictions; things that would certainly be top on the list of “left vs. right”. Pay attention to the specific issues.
- Spivak 5y ago
  In principle I agree with this but you have to have a certain baseline level of privilege yo even get the choice of choosing D/R in the US. If you’re a minority or marginalized group [1] you’re basically stuck huddling around the Democrats regardless of how you think of their broader views. I’m a super liberal person so it works out for me accidentally but I have libertarian friends who would for sure vote Republican if it wasn’t for baseline existence issues like BLM or gay marriage. Like all actual policy discussions happen within parties because of this. It’s easier to get the Democrats to be a little more conservative than get Republicans to support trans healthcare. [1] in the colloquial usage don’t @ me with X is 49% of the population
- Wowfunhappy 5y ago
  I agree with you but I wouldn’t have used the supreme court as an example. The justices are supposed to decide whether a law is constitutional, not whether they agree with it—at least in theory, and they try to keep up some semblance of appearances. A lot of the ACA arguments the court heard were incredibly stupid. And they still have struck down parts of the law.
watwut 5y ago
What are you talking about? Right wing media space is large and powerful. Fox alone is massive anf then you have huge amount of talk radio, podcasts, journals and so on.

blooalien 5y ago

> I do enjoy this though: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ Thanks! You just gave me my new favorite news source.

rc_mob 5y ago

Plz try not to see the world as left/right. The lenses of honest/dishonest and smart/stupid are a much better way to look at the media.

tyre 5y ago

“Left” and “right” is horribly reductive. I don’t know a single person who agrees with everything thrown into those simplistic buckets. Take even the Supreme Court. Multiple “right” judges voted to uphold the ACA and abortion restrictions; things that would certainly be top on the list of “left vs. right”. Pay attention to the specific issues.

Spivak 5y ago
In principle I agree with this but you have to have a certain baseline level of privilege yo even get the choice of choosing D/R in the US. If you’re a minority or marginalized group [1] you’re basically stuck huddling around the Democrats regardless of how you think of their broader views. I’m a super liberal person so it works out for me accidentally but I have libertarian friends who would for sure vote Republican if it wasn’t for baseline existence issues like BLM or gay marriage. Like all actual policy discussions happen within parties because of this. It’s easier to get the Democrats to be a little more conservative than get Republicans to support trans healthcare. [1] in the colloquial usage don’t @ me with X is 49% of the population
Wowfunhappy 5y ago
I agree with you but I wouldn’t have used the supreme court as an example. The justices are supposed to decide whether a law is constitutional, not whether they agree with it—at least in theory, and they try to keep up some semblance of appearances. A lot of the ACA arguments the court heard were incredibly stupid. And they still have struck down parts of the law.

watwut 5y ago

What are you talking about? Right wing media space is large and powerful. Fox alone is massive anf then you have huge amount of talk radio, podcasts, journals and so on.