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These days I’m not sure there is such a thing (or at least it’s a short list) https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart https://www.allsides.com/med

by cascom 5y ago

These days I’m not sure there is such a thing (or at least it’s a short list) https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart

busymom0 5y ago
I don't think that site is accurate. NPR and Newsweek are "centre"? A brief list of just a few recent NPR reports: > “Billie Eilish Says She Is Sorry After TikTok Video Shows Her Mouthing A Racist Slur.” Pop star caught on tape using the word “chink” when she was “13 or 14 years old” triggers international outrage and expenditure of U.S. national media funding. https://www.npr.org/2021/06/22/1009042029/billie-eilish-says-she-is-sorry-after-an-old-video-shows-her-mouthing-a-racist-s https://www.npr.org/2021/06/22/1009042029/billie-eilish-says... > “Black TikTok Creators Are On Strike To Protest A Lack Of Credit For Their Work.” White TikTok users dance to Nicky Minaj lyrics like, “I'm a f*** Black Barbie. Pretty face, perfect body,” kicking off “a debate about cultural appropriation on the app.” https://www.npr.org/2021/07/01/1011899328/black-tiktok-creators-are-on-strike-to-protest-a-lack-of-credit-for-their-work https://www.npr.org/2021/07/01/1011899328/black-tiktok-creat... > “Geocaching While Black: Outdoor Pastime Reveals Racism And Bias.” Area man who plays GPS-based treasure hunt game requiring forays into remote places and private property describes “horrifying” experience of people asking what he’s doing. https://www.npr.org/2021/07/11/1009560739/geocaching-while-black-outdoor-pastime-reveals-racism-and-bias https://www.npr.org/2021/07/11/1009560739/geocaching-while-b... > “Broadway Is Reopening This Fall, And Every New Play Is By A Black Writer.” All seven new plays being written by black writers is “a step toward progress,” but critics “will be watching Broadway's next moves” to make sure “momentum” continues. https://www.npr.org/2021/07/10/1014238639/broadway-fall-new-plays-black-writers https://www.npr.org/2021/07/10/1014238639/broadway-fall-new-... > “She Struggled To Reclaim Her Indigenous Name. She Hopes Others Have It Easier.” It took Cold Lake First Nations member Danita Bilozaze nine whole months to change her name to reflect her Indigenous identity. https://www.npr.org/2021/07/04/1007737459/canada-indigenous-names-reconciliation-schools https://www.npr.org/2021/07/04/1007737459/canada-indigenous-... > “Tom Hanks Is A Non-Racist. It's Time For Him To Be Anti-Racist.” Tom Hanks pushing for more widespread teaching of the Tulsa massacre doesn’t change the fact that he’s built a career playing “white men ‘doing the right thing,’” NPR complains. https://www.npr.org/2021/06/13/1005725990/tom-hanks-is-a-non-racist-its-time-for-him-to-be-anti-racist https://www.npr.org/2021/06/13/1005725990/tom-hanks-is-a-non... > Monuments And Teams Have Changed Names As America Reckons With Racism, Birds Are Next https://www.npr.org/2021/06/05/1002944505/monuments-and-teams-have-changed-names-as-america-reckons-with-racism-birds-are- https://www.npr.org/2021/06/05/1002944505/monuments-and-team... Source: https://taibbi.substack.com/p/nprs-brilliant-self-own https://taibbi.substack.com/p/nprs-brilliant-self-own
- naturalauction 5y ago
  All of those headlines are either factual or opinions. NPR publishes a diversity of opinions - you can look at your website to see proof of that.
  - busymom0 5y ago
    All the links have zero hits for the word "opinion" on the site. Try Ctrl + F, you won't find it. EDIT: 6 out of 7 don't have the opinion badge.
    - cwizou 5y ago
      The Tom Hanks one has its title literally starting with opinion, and a blue opinion badge on top.
      - busymom0 5y ago
        Ok, so you found 1 outlier out of 7 links I provided? None of the other ones have that opinion badge.
        freshpots 5y ago
        Do you need an opinion badge to decipher if it something is an opinion piece or not? That is some poor media literacy if true and, generally, when an account like 'busymom0' dumps multiple links like that, it is a good indicator that they're here to argue and sealion, not find truth/answers.
        busymom0 5y ago
        You are ignoring the entire context of my comment.
        freshpots 5y ago
        No I am not.
KoftaBob 5y ago
Which is why the solution is not to rely on the hope that news sources minimize their bias. Instead, it seems the best way to get actionable news without the addition of bias from the source, is to get it from the primary source itself. I've been thinking about building something to accomplish this for a while, a news aggregator that pulls news exclusively from primary sources. If you think about it, the primary/original source for news in these major categories usually falls in these buckets: - Business/Financial News: primary sources are company press releases, government regulatory bodies, etc - Political/Local News: generally originates from the websites of government agencies, or that of a particular politician's. There are of course several other categories of news, but I'd argue these two make up the bulk of what can be considered "actionable news"

by cascom 5y ago

These days I’m not sure there is such a thing (or at least it’s a short list) https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart

busymom0 5y ago

I don't think that site is accurate. NPR and Newsweek are "centre"? A brief list of just a few recent NPR reports: > “Billie Eilish Says She Is Sorry After TikTok Video Shows Her Mouthing A Racist Slur.” Pop star caught on tape using the word “chink” when she was “13 or 14 years old” triggers international outrage and expenditure of U.S. national media funding. https://www.npr.org/2021/06/22/1009042029/billie-eilish-says-she-is-sorry-after-an-old-video-shows-her-mouthing-a-racist-s https://www.npr.org/2021/06/22/1009042029/billie-eilish-says... > “Black TikTok Creators Are On Strike To Protest A Lack Of Credit For Their Work.” White TikTok users dance to Nicky Minaj lyrics like, “I'm a f*** Black Barbie. Pretty face, perfect body,” kicking off “a debate about cultural appropriation on the app.” https://www.npr.org/2021/07/01/1011899328/black-tiktok-creators-are-on-strike-to-protest-a-lack-of-credit-for-their-work https://www.npr.org/2021/07/01/1011899328/black-tiktok-creat... > “Geocaching While Black: Outdoor Pastime Reveals Racism And Bias.” Area man who plays GPS-based treasure hunt game requiring forays into remote places and private property describes “horrifying” experience of people asking what he’s doing. https://www.npr.org/2021/07/11/1009560739/geocaching-while-black-outdoor-pastime-reveals-racism-and-bias https://www.npr.org/2021/07/11/1009560739/geocaching-while-b... > “Broadway Is Reopening This Fall, And Every New Play Is By A Black Writer.” All seven new plays being written by black writers is “a step toward progress,” but critics “will be watching Broadway's next moves” to make sure “momentum” continues. https://www.npr.org/2021/07/10/1014238639/broadway-fall-new-plays-black-writers https://www.npr.org/2021/07/10/1014238639/broadway-fall-new-... > “She Struggled To Reclaim Her Indigenous Name. She Hopes Others Have It Easier.” It took Cold Lake First Nations member Danita Bilozaze nine whole months to change her name to reflect her Indigenous identity. https://www.npr.org/2021/07/04/1007737459/canada-indigenous-names-reconciliation-schools https://www.npr.org/2021/07/04/1007737459/canada-indigenous-... > “Tom Hanks Is A Non-Racist. It's Time For Him To Be Anti-Racist.” Tom Hanks pushing for more widespread teaching of the Tulsa massacre doesn’t change the fact that he’s built a career playing “white men ‘doing the right thing,’” NPR complains. https://www.npr.org/2021/06/13/1005725990/tom-hanks-is-a-non-racist-its-time-for-him-to-be-anti-racist https://www.npr.org/2021/06/13/1005725990/tom-hanks-is-a-non... > Monuments And Teams Have Changed Names As America Reckons With Racism, Birds Are Next https://www.npr.org/2021/06/05/1002944505/monuments-and-teams-have-changed-names-as-america-reckons-with-racism-birds-are- https://www.npr.org/2021/06/05/1002944505/monuments-and-team... Source: https://taibbi.substack.com/p/nprs-brilliant-self-own https://taibbi.substack.com/p/nprs-brilliant-self-own

naturalauction 5y ago
All of those headlines are either factual or opinions. NPR publishes a diversity of opinions - you can look at your website to see proof of that.
- busymom0 5y ago
  All the links have zero hits for the word "opinion" on the site. Try Ctrl + F, you won't find it. EDIT: 6 out of 7 don't have the opinion badge.
  - cwizou 5y ago
    The Tom Hanks one has its title literally starting with opinion, and a blue opinion badge on top.
    - busymom0 5y ago
      Ok, so you found 1 outlier out of 7 links I provided? None of the other ones have that opinion badge.
      - freshpots 5y ago
        Do you need an opinion badge to decipher if it something is an opinion piece or not? That is some poor media literacy if true and, generally, when an account like 'busymom0' dumps multiple links like that, it is a good indicator that they're here to argue and sealion, not find truth/answers.
        busymom0 5y ago
        You are ignoring the entire context of my comment.
        freshpots 5y ago
        No I am not.

KoftaBob 5y ago

Which is why the solution is not to rely on the hope that news sources minimize their bias. Instead, it seems the best way to get actionable news without the addition of bias from the source, is to get it from the primary source itself. I've been thinking about building something to accomplish this for a while, a news aggregator that pulls news exclusively from primary sources. If you think about it, the primary/original source for news in these major categories usually falls in these buckets: - Business/Financial News: primary sources are company press releases, government regulatory bodies, etc - Political/Local News: generally originates from the websites of government agencies, or that of a particular politician's. There are of course several other categories of news, but I'd argue these two make up the bulk of what can be considered "actionable news"