Where do you go on Lemmy for reliable news and politics? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years 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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[-] ablackcatstail@lemmy.goblackcat.com 3 points 2 years ago

More to the point: where does anybody go for any reliable news? It seems like most news is now using hyperbole to make it entertainment. We have old man Rupert to thank for basically destroying a respected profession. That's my 0.02 anyhow.

[-] zdrvr@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I find these two to be good for finding sources with different perspectives:

https://www.allsides.com/

https://ground.news/

After some time, you might see that there are a few specific sites that you like, and you can just start going to them directly.

[-] HailHodor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

+1 to Ground News. I browsed them with a free account for a short time before subscribing to the middle tier. Their tools are really terrific at getting me to look at multiple sides of the same stories, and the blind spot feature is fantastic. I've been very satisfied with it and go to it multiple times a day.

[-] Capricorny90210@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I also enjoy ground news.

[-] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

This is awesome, I'm going to check it out, thank you.

[-] Kalkaline@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

AP and Reuters run the stories and everyone adds their opinions on top of that, or they rehash some Twitter thread. NPR tends to take those news stories and at least bring in competent analysts in to speak about them. I'd stick with those 3, for the most "fair" view of the happenings in the world.

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