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Nowadays I’ve eschewed most media sources beyond three primary ones: BBC World News channel, Foreign Policy magazine, and Wikipedia current events portal [1] T
by akiselev 3y ago
Nowadays I’ve eschewed most media sources beyond three primary ones: BBC World News channel, Foreign Policy magazine, and Wikipedia current events portal [1]
The BBC channel only produces a few hours of news a day but manages to cover everything from the Titan sub to French protests to Israel’s anti-terrorism action in Jenin to Bolsonaro’s ban. They’re pretty much the only news source that reliably covers Latam, Africa, and the Middle East. They’ve got a rather predictable bias and a half hour a day is enough to get a broad view of what’s happening.
FP is great for deeper analysis from the perspective of the neoliberal establishment and its primary competitors. However to stay informed the only thing I feel I really need is the Wikipedia current events portal. Past days are updated as information comes in so I can go back when I have time and grab any headlines that I missed. It’s actually surprising how few eventful events actually happen in the world when you get rid of all the ragebait.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events