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> Every news source has a bias, you just have to acknowledge it. I'd go further, and say that all corporate news is literally propaganda. It's not done by lyin
by denton-scratch 5y ago
> Every news source has a bias, you just have to acknowledge it.
I'd go further, and say that all corporate news is literally propaganda. It's not done by lying; it's a question of what you include and what you omit, and how you juxtapose unrelated stories. So I read the Guardian online, and I watch BBC main evening news, but I can't help questioning everything I see or read to work out what the angle is. It feels a bit like I imagine OCD must feel.
El Reg is good for a lighthearted approach to tech news.
You can't get fair coverage of the Middle East from the mainstream, AFAICS. Jonathan Cook is good.
On Scottish politics, Craig Murray was superb, until they locked him up.
I'm a leftie, but for British politics I like Peter Oborne and Peter Hitchens from the Daily Mail, a right-wing red-top.
I like Media Lens. They've not been publishing a lot lately, and their aim is unwavering: their entire purpose is exposing bias and propaganda in the british media, especially the BBC and The Guardian. So it can seem rather repetitive. But their articles are effectively closely-argued critiques of the mainstream coverage of important events, so it forms a kind of press-review. They write long-form, thoughtful articles.
I voted-up the question, because to tell the truth, I would also like to know where I can read daily general reporting, in English, that doesn't have a hidden agenda. I'm consuming less and less news recently. It makes me bilious.