Ive worked really hard to find a panacea of unbiased news. Ive tried pure Reuters, The Economist, BBC, and blending CNN/FOX where I would read both to try and find the middle. All of those were failures. For me, the best place I have found is abcnews. They are not perfect, def left leaning, but I do find it easier to tune out some rhetoric.
Im open to hearing how others find their news.
X. Everything else is propaganda. Legacy media/news is dead, and they did it to themselves.
I have limited exposure on X, but I find it very echo-chambery. You follow individuals and these individuals have agendas. Am I being too cynical?
No. That's exactly how it works. That's how twitter works. That's how facebook/instagram works. That's how tik tok works. That's how youtube works. The algos are suffocating facts and reality. The best (maybe saddest?) part is the people who think they have it figured out and somehow aren't susceptible to those algos. They are often times further gone than some of the loons.
Yes. It's why it's so important to be self aware and constantly ask yourself about the "media diet" you're consuming.
And why I so much prefer in person interaction on this when possible.
For the algorithms, I think of it a little differently. It's not necessarily suffocating facts, as it is serving up content the reader will click on. Maybe they click because they like it and agree. Maybe they click because they're mad and can't believe it. The platforms don't really care why. They just want you to click and stay engaged.
In that sense, the content that's served up may or may not be factual. But it'll definitely be something they think gives them the best chance of keeping the user on the platform.
That's their job.
The danger is they are VERY good at their job.
