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I get what you’re saying, but let me turn the question around a little bit. What are you as an individual looking for when it comes to news? Not what you want

I get what you’re saying, but let me turn the question around a little bit. What are you as an individual looking for when it comes to news? Not what you want others to read/consume, but you personally?

logicalmonster 5y ago
I’m definitely not a representative human, but here’s a quick set of opinions. One thing that I think Fox News does very well compared to other media outlets is that it’s very clear who their straight news people are and who their opinion people are. You can’t eliminate human bias, but I think if you can make the biases that exist clear and make a crystal clear distinction between news and opinion that would be a good thing. Also I’d like to see the news spread a healthy bit of skepticism on their own reporting. Occasionally repeat phrases like “this is pretty important, so don’t take our total word for it, verify this fact with multiple sources.” Healthy skepticism in news accuracy is a good thing. And point out that ideologically different news stations say different things. It’s sort of informative to know that MSNBC says one thing about an event and Fox says something else. Knowing the bias and “talking points” that surround both sides is important to figuring out the truth. And call yourself out when you get something wrong. As far as commentating on the news goes (opinion) I’d like to see media focus a bit more on human motivation. When there’s politicians begging for X new powers because of some new media cycle about some scary new things, I’d like the media to be the watchdog that points out that politicians stand to get more influence and that lots of corporations stand to make piles of cash. I don’t think the obvious motivations get pointed out enough sometimes. At the same time though, ensure that you’re not mind-reading and making clear when you’re guessing on motivations. If you went on CNN during the Trump era, there were times when literally half the headlines on their site were mind-reading what Trump was thinking about some scandal and portraying that as news. Mind-reading is not a thing, yet the media does it routinely and portrays it as news. I’d also appreciate more out of the box thinking and contrarian opinion. If mainstream media panics about event X, it’s not informative when all of their “experts” have about the same narrow worldview about that topic. I don’t care if they’re commies or libertarians or whatever, but I’d like to see more points of view that don’t get brought up as often in a mainstream setting.

logicalmonster 5y ago

I’m definitely not a representative human, but here’s a quick set of opinions. One thing that I think Fox News does very well compared to other media outlets is that it’s very clear who their straight news people are and who their opinion people are. You can’t eliminate human bias, but I think if you can make the biases that exist clear and make a crystal clear distinction between news and opinion that would be a good thing. Also I’d like to see the news spread a healthy bit of skepticism on their own reporting. Occasionally repeat phrases like “this is pretty important, so don’t take our total word for it, verify this fact with multiple sources.” Healthy skepticism in news accuracy is a good thing. And point out that ideologically different news stations say different things. It’s sort of informative to know that MSNBC says one thing about an event and Fox says something else. Knowing the bias and “talking points” that surround both sides is important to figuring out the truth. And call yourself out when you get something wrong. As far as commentating on the news goes (opinion) I’d like to see media focus a bit more on human motivation. When there’s politicians begging for X new powers because of some new media cycle about some scary new things, I’d like the media to be the watchdog that points out that politicians stand to get more influence and that lots of corporations stand to make piles of cash. I don’t think the obvious motivations get pointed out enough sometimes. At the same time though, ensure that you’re not mind-reading and making clear when you’re guessing on motivations. If you went on CNN during the Trump era, there were times when literally half the headlines on their site were mind-reading what Trump was thinking about some scandal and portraying that as news. Mind-reading is not a thing, yet the media does it routinely and portrays it as news. I’d also appreciate more out of the box thinking and contrarian opinion. If mainstream media panics about event X, it’s not informative when all of their “experts” have about the same narrow worldview about that topic. I don’t care if they’re commies or libertarians or whatever, but I’d like to see more points of view that don’t get brought up as often in a mainstream setting.