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I noticed the same thing in the US. When logged in I get mostly suggestions of stuff I tend to watch, which includes a few left leaning commentators and some mo
by jjeaff 3y ago
I noticed the same thing in the US. When logged in I get mostly suggestions of stuff I tend to watch, which includes a few left leaning commentators and some more centrist news sources like NPR. If I check logged out, I get tons of right wing, own-the-libs type content with a lot of "men's rights" stuff.
- bmarquez 3y ago> more centrist news sources like NPR NPR is not considered centrist, but left-leaning. When I check logged out I get CNN and Fox side by side, along with a lot of non-political basketball and Mr. Beast type stuff. Content probably varies on your IP address.
- manicennui 3y agoNPR is only left-leaning when you ignore how far right all US politics are.
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- jjeaff 3y agoYa, only if your Overton window has been knocked completely out of whack by right wing extremism.
- bmarquez 3y agoEven my self-proclaimed liberal friends admit NPR has a left-leaning bias. And there's nothing wrong with that. But calling everything disliked "extremist" is counterproductive and is itself an Overton window shift.
- jjeaff 3y agoMy point is that NPR is only left-leaning in comparison to other US outlets. But they are centrist to right leaning from a political science perspective. And I certainly don't call everything I dislike extremist. For example, does anyone really believe that no abortions, no exceptions, even in the case of rape of a minor is not extreme? We have 15 states right now in the US where that is the case and a large cadre of gop politicians that believe that is how it should be. And not only are those states enforcing this ban, some are going so far as to try to go after people who leave the state to get in many cases, life saving abortions. I also think that unlimited abortion for any reason up until the moment of birth is an extreme position. Guess how many states in the US that is legal? It's zero.
- iinnPP 3y agoWhy is Men's rights in quotes? Oddly enough, when I log out and use a new browser I get nothing but CBC, CNN, Fox, and things like Mr. Beast. None of which I watch. I would suggest watching some things outside your bubble. Watch it from the mindset of a poor person who isn't sure where their next meal will come from. As an FYI, some of the contents of men's rights extend to family court and have an obviously devastating impact on children. Some of those children are boys, whom will inevitably become men. There's also a population of men but not cis men.
- doix 3y agoYou should try to read things more charitably/interpret them in good faith. I'm assuming they are referring to content that claims to be about "men's rights" but is actually redpill-ish and just plain women bashing. Similarly, there is a lot of content that claims to be "feminist" content but really it's just women saying all men are trash. Both are extremely harmful for gender equality and both tend to get recommended pretty happily by YouTube.
- iinnPP 3y agoI based my assumption on the entirety of the post including what they watch when logged in, what I note while viewing similar shows, and the mention of "own-the-libs." Admittedly, that isn't quite at the bar I prefer. As such, I removed my pointed criticism at the end, leaving the more important and informative piece intact.
- jjeaff 3y ago"men's rights" is different from men's rights. But anyone who has consumed a broad range of media today should understand that the term men's rights is generally highly loaded. Just like reverse racism and white genocide.
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