Curious about how you guys find news sources that are as unbiased as possible. Personally I really like the 1440 Newsletter, but would like to know if any of you have other reccomendations. Cheers
You probably want to check out SAN.com (straight arrow news), which is growing rapidly. They have bias distribution charts for each story, don't do advertisements on the site, and have voices from everywhere on the spectrum. And it's free.
Finding unbiased news and avoiding misinformation requires 1) that you source the same stories from multiple different sources, and 2) you educate yourself broadly enough to be open to being wrong
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I go out of my way to get news from honest actors who have different biases: libertarian, liberal. conservative, progressive.
In a technical sense, bias means someone tends to get things wrong in the same direction, so if you balance your feed, those biases should cancel out.
However, I won't watch dishonest actors; i.e. someone who gets caught making stuff up, changing their position with out explanation, or refusing to acknowledge evidence that's contrary to their world view.
Currently, I get most of my news/analysis from Dave Smith, Tim Pool, and Kim Iversen, while keeping tabs on what Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi, Jimmy Doore, Tucker Carlson, Krystal Ball, and Sagar Enjeti are saying about stuff.
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That's really cool to see they are in acting careers. I want to know what movies they play in. I saw a trailer with Ice Cube and Tucker Carlson in a car one time. I am trying to find out when that movie is coming out.
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Depends what you mean by unbiased. I prefer the words "truthful" and "critical."
Everyone has a point of view, a set of values, and that's okay. What's important is that they don't let those things blind them from critical thinking.
So I look for news sources from all perspectives: right, left, and middle, as long as I feel that the sources is truthful and not simply a cheerleader or mouthpiece for their side.
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"Unbiased" is a red flag. Like "risk-free". Does not exist. Anyone claiming they have it is deluded.
There's simply too much to report on in a given day, that its impossible to cover everything. Therefore, simply deciding what to cover and what not to cover embeds a bias before the first words of any article are even written.
Its better IMO to recognize your bias and do your best to communicate it to your readership.
As for readers who want to avoid bias, the best approach, ironically is to consume from as many diverse biases as possible and do the work yourself of deciding what to believe is "truth".
Seeking "unbiased" sources is expecting to be spoonfed.
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The trick is not to find unbiased sources.
Read "regular" news from different sources and try to develop your own critical sense.
It's like Bitcoin, if it's not your wallet then it's is not your.
If it's not your brain, the is someone else's.
Not sure if that's correct but I think you got the point...🤣
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There used to be dry facts ("plane crashed") and opinion pieces ("plane shot down by Putin"), and these used to be separated in newspapers. Nowadays, even the facts could be "fake news" I guess.
Critical thinking is key.
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You can't get any unbiased opinion or news.
You need to read a lot of different news from different places, which will have different biases.
Then you can put all the information together and come up with your own conclusion.
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I think unbiased news do not exist, I think never have
If written by a corporation, it has the bias of their donors (the ones that pays for advertising) and board of directors (owners)
If written by private journalists (my favorite ones), it has the bias of his/her political views and ideologies
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Twitter, NOSTR, Stacker News, Reddit, Hacker News, Facebook I looked at 1440 Newsletter but it wants my email :-(
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Check out any of these to retain privacy while still securely receiving emails to your main Inbox: SimpleLogin, Addy and Kill the Newsletter!.
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You don't have a spam email?
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Yes I have one but I never check it.
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Twitter, Reddit, Hacker News, Facebook
these are actually not great examples; each of them censor heavily
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