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Where do you go on Lemmy for reliable news and politics? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by Ohthereyouare@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I'm enjoying Lemmy so far, for the most part.

Everything here is pretty good save for the fact that all the news and politics I can find is dominated by the same few accounts.

Half or more of the accounts have a very clear agenda. They modify headlines. Lie. Spread disinformation. And generally are just extremely toxic groups.

It doesn't seem to be a secret here either. And moderators appear to have no interest in putting a stop to it.

So, where are you subbed to for reliable news and US/Global politics?

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[–] zdrvr@lemm.ee 107 points 1 year ago (4 children)

While not perfect AP and Reuters are ok. The news they report is honest but their shortcoming is what they don't report.

[–] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is how I do it as well. In general, understanding the overall bias of each news organization is more important to keeping yourself informed. You can combat the echo chamber effect by knowing what the biases of each source is and using differing sourcing to try to get as complete a picture as you can.

I would add to your list to check BBC, Al Jazeera, and NPR if you're US focused.

[–] sveri@lemmy.sveri.de 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I am curious war the bias of Reuters is?

[–] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

As the original comment implied, AP News and Reuters are reasonably unbiased in reliable in terms of their coverage. They do have a US focus so a lot of the pieces need to be read through that specific lens. Sometimes the omission of information is just as important and what is included.

[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I haven't found any issues with Reuters but AP did this which is suspect on many levels:

Migrant Boat NFT

On January 10, 2022, AP announced it would start selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of their photographs in partnership with a company named Xooa, with the proceeds being used to fund their operations.[103] One of the NFTs they promoted on Twitter on 24 February was an aerial shot depicting an overcrowded migrant boat in the Mediterranean Sea. The tweet received negative backlash from users and other journalists, with AP being accused of profiting off of human suffering and the picture choice being "dystopian" and "in extremely poor taste". The tweet was subsequently deleted and the NFT, which was to be sold the next day, was pulled from market. Global director of media relations Lauren Easton apologized, saying "This was a poor choice of imagery for an NFT. It has not and will not be put up for auction [...] AP's NFT marketplace is a very early pilot program, and we are immediately reviewing our efforts".[104][105]

They aren't great when you see a lot of their stories go by at one time, it's not consistent.

[–] ablackcatstail@lemmy.goblackcat.com 6 points 1 year ago

Those are pretty good examples. They are still not great places to go but they certainly suck a whole lot less than the others. Hell, even the weather is now being reported as entertainment.

[–] MrPear@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish for AP to have RSS feeds, but they don't. I think they and Reuters are aome of the better outlets out there and I've been (re)discovering RSS lately, but AP is one of the few news outlets that don't seem to support it :(

[–] pensivepangolin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

RSSbridge may have you covered there! They’ve got a bunch of instances running you can check!

[–] Rambler@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Quite right, AP do have rss news feeds (rsshub is one - amongst others) - there are posts on lemmy related to this topic.

[–] MrPear@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Interesting! I'm going to look into it, thanks!