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Where can I NEUTRALLY keep up to date about the Palestina/Israel situation? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ad_on_is@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Looking at the two big news publishers in my country. One isn't reporting about the current bombings at all, while the other one is phrasing their words mostly anti-Palestinian.

Is there some neutral coverage I can keep up to? Where do you guys get your info from?

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[-] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

While technically true, this attitude is desperately self-defeating. It is possible to look for the truth, and to get more or less close to it. This principle is the founding ethic of journalism, for instance. A world in which nobody believes in truth is a world of mass manipulation, of nihilism, most likely of totalitarianism.

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today -1 points 1 year ago

A world in which nobody believes in truth is a world of mass manipulation

"Communication" is a form of manipulation. Your comment - and mine - are attempts at conveying thoughts to foreign minds. The best word for "mass manipulation" is "society".

It is possible to look for the truth,

I reject the idea that such a truth objectively exists anywhere but within the realm of mathematics. Everywhere else, it is subject to the philosophical ideologies of the seeker: it is fundamentally and intrinsically biased.

This principle is the founding ethic of journalism,

Journalism is a systematic communication of thoughts, and as such, it is itself a form of mass manipulation, no matter how benign the intentions of the journalist.

[-] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What a load of meaningless waffle. Sorry, but it has to be said.

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