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Do you think news is the best channel to make an informed voting choice? It could be argued either way, but it's certainly not clear. In Switzerland, the best
by swombat 14y ago
Do you think news is the best channel to make an informed voting choice? It could be argued either way, but it's certainly not clear.
In Switzerland, the best source of info is usually the documentation that comes with the voting papers. News is just noise and opinion.
- andrewcooke 14y agowho said it was "best"? surely a variety of sources would be better than any one. and excluding news from those seems like a significant omission; particularly when the justification seems to be "bad news is nasty and makes me feel bad" (the other argument seems to be that you can do better things with your time, but i would have thought 15min scanning the BBC, say, while having your breakfast would be a pretty good way to manage time).
- tbeseda 14y agoWe have decent documentation provided here, too (at least in CO). I'm unsure if it's ample enough to make a completely informed decision. Some issues demand more cultural/social context, "the full story" as it were. I think this context is probably best created by discourse and debate, but can also be augmented with news. Of course, this leads to another media/news issue in the Internet Age: consumption bias -- only reading/watching media you agree with. I try to maintain moderation and balance.