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How do you decide on which news sources to read? (lemmy.autism.place)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Do you Google search and click on whatever news sources come up or do you look into the news sources leanings, news reporting quality, and credibility? Maybe just if you can vibe with it or not in general?

Simplified

Do you save a list of specific news sites? Or do you just click on anything just to read that specific story on a search engine?

Me personally: I have a set list of sites I check. I know that they are credible and trust worthy to the public, being non profits and them having high standards to news reporting. (some of them include Npr, and Ap news) Most of their news stories are intended to benefit the public. Of course they aren't always perfect, but a solid choice, especially if you're starting out on picking a specific news source.

How about you all?

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[+] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Seconded. Been using it since early summer and it’s been great having instant access to bias and credibility data. Its also been nice to be able to easily read other perspectives on the same topic.

[–] mark 3 points 2 months ago

AllSides is a good one too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

While I do have Ground News installed on my iPad, I only use it as a widget to let me know what's going on. The sources it uses are generally not that great. Either the site is severely biased or the site is riddled with ads and pop ups. Basically every time I go to read an article it's full of shit. I'll give it credit as a substantial aggregator but it's still pulling from sources that use click bait headlines. It's not any better than social media.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

My issue with ground news is it doesn't give any weight to funding sources when making its' bias ratings, which makes it easy for billionaire-funded media conglomerates with a "neutral and unbiased" front to fly under the radar.