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Try foreign news outlets. Most big newspapers have English language versions of their websites [0]. Sure, yeah, they are biased too. But their biases are someh
by Balgair 4y ago
Try foreign news outlets.
Most big newspapers have English language versions of their websites [0]. Sure, yeah, they are biased too. But their biases are somehow easier to spot to me. And they tend to have biases that I don't really care about. Like, AUS newspapers are really biased towards AFL or NRL coverage, but I don't really care about either.
Also, newspapers that are pure propaganda are good to read too. Like ones out of China or Iran. They are very clearly designed to try to steer you in a direction. So, it's kinda fun to read them and see what they are fearing this week or whatever. It's like a inoculation, I think.
Then you go back and read you own country's news and can somehow see the biases better, or at least tell yourself that you can.
If you can read another language, it's also a great way to keep up with that language. I can read Spanish, so also choosing to read the news in Spanish is a great tactic too. Seeing the difference in coverage and especially in advertisements is eye opening.
Like, watch Telemundo, they really think something different between the Anglo demos and the Spanish demos, the ads are really something.
[0] Except for the French ones, for some reason. Their English language sites tend to be pretty terrible.