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Engaging in passive news consumption will quickly turn one into a brainwashed zombie. Active news searching on a specific topic you have some interest in and a
by photochemsyn 2y ago
Engaging in passive news consumption will quickly turn one into a brainwashed zombie. Active news searching on a specific topic you have some interest in and a at least a small amount of background knowledge as to where to look is a far more rewarding use of your limited time. e.g.
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Try it with ft.com or nytimes.com too. And then try it with rt.com and globaltimes.cn to get the Russian and Chinese spin. Somewhere in there you might get an accurate picture of reality - unless they're all on the same page about something they want to hide from public view. Don't forget to look at the negative space in the image.
- akomtu 2y agoAmerican news outlets are like food chains who've figured out that if you serve junk food with tons of sugar and some addictive chemicals, your customers will turn into addicts.