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It's likely that the people who like impartial news the least are those who want a reporter to digest the raw data for them and then summarize it. They don't w
by randcraw 1y ago
It's likely that the people who like impartial news the least are those who want a reporter to digest the raw data for them and then summarize it. They don't want to have to hunt and gather raw news from multiple sources or filter out logical inconsistencies or unreliable data. They want a message that has been simplified, made palatable. They want someone else to do the analytical heavy lifting for them.
I suspect most of us also want news that doesn't make us think too hard. Don't take me out of my comfort zone, or challenge my presumptions and preferences. No surprises, please. Allow me to remain confident that my beliefs need no revision and my 'bubble' can remain unpunctured.
Alternately, I would have thought that a better measure of impartiality would be personal curiosity -- the desire to learn what you don't know and correct your misunderstandings, and the quest for news that ensues.