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YouTube wants to get you watching more news from ‘authoritative sources’ - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 months ago by ijeff@lemdro.id to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 25 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Ministry of Truth

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 38 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ahhh, post modern "there is no truth".

Just because CNN has flaws doesn't mean it's not a better source of information than "louder with crowder".

Organizations that have standards and make reasonable attempts to be accurate should be promoted over "Dave's rage blog".

[–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As much as I despise CNN and NYtimes, I have to agree that they're miles better than many of their peers, and while flawed they're usually factually on point. I just wish they weren't as easily swayed by owners and institutions who have vested interest in which stories are run, and which aren't.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

People have to realize there is not such thing as perfect. And agreeing with you is not "better". The echo-chamber is a bad thing, not a good thing.

Sources of information that have an intention of integrity and who strive to follow it are better sources than rampant unbridled partisanship and yellow-journalism. Even FoxNews (the news side not the trash side) is a better source than some liberal blog that makes no attempt to be objective at all.

[–] Sneptaur@pawb.social 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It’s probably better in the long run. Extremism is linked with violence (more from the right than the left, but) and YouTube is a global platform. It’s likely they will be trying to push more moderate content that gets the facts right over sensational opinion.

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

One would hope but that isn't what makes them money.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

Ultimately, the timidity of the advertisers is going to drive youtube towards less controversial and less polarizing content.

Witness the previous "adpocalypses" and the content policy responses.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They'd probably filter out any too harsh content too, so that we can live in our little cotton insulated world's...

I mean they'll decide what is "bad", and that's probably bad in itself.

[–] Sneptaur@pawb.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you're relying solely on a platform like YouTube for your information, you're not getting the full picture anyway.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hey, you're not sneaking off to Apple news or worse bing news eh!?!

News nowadays is really a hassle.

[–] Sneptaur@pawb.social 1 points 11 months ago

I do use Apple News because I use Apple products. It’s a nice window into the newspapers of today.

[–] between2boobies@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 11 months ago

We have always been at war with Eastasia.