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A place to discuss pro-conservative stuff
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We are a Pro-Conservative forum. Posts must have a clear pro-conservative, or anti left-wing bias. We are interested in promoting conservatism and discussing things that might get ignored elsewhere. All sources are acceptable, however reputable sources with a reputation for factual reporting are preferred.
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Newsmax is a garbage site. Do better.
This place really needs a rule on quality news sources. Not that it would be enforced correctly like the rest of the rules.
Sure, I like it.
You also run into problems with news media that have a conservative bias; they trend significantly less factual than news media that have a liberal bias. For instance, despite being quite far to the left, Jacobin is very good at having factual information. Even Salon--which should not be mistaken for a reputable news source--does better than Newsmax or OAN. If you look for sources that have a left bias and rate "high" for factual reporting, you end up with a pretty large list; when you switch that to a right bias, you list is about 1/4 - 1/3 of the size.
It's worth noting that there are NO sites that have a left or right bias that are "very high" for factual reporting, there are five sources that are center-left that are very high (and no center-right sources), and all of the other "very high" sources are least biased or specifically pro-science. IMO, sources that rate below "mostly factual" shouldn't be used, since it's too much of a pain in the ass to track down their sources and verify their claims.
Agreed. But like I said, never going to happen because using shitty misinformation sources is critical to maintaining beliefs in conservative ideals.