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Where do you go on Lemmy for reliable news and politics?
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this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2023
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Where did you go on Reddit? The only place back there I really trusted was AskHistorians and 20 years ago is not really breaking news. Everywhere else I had to sort through crap for myself.
~~If you really want to understand the world, you'll actually have to study it.~~
Edit: It's interesting I still got upvotes, since OP correctly points out that wasn't well worded.
What I'm trying to say is that news with no bias is pretty much a unicorn, and one you can't identify at a glance. And I don't even mean just political bias, a lot of important stuff is boring or otherwise unsuitable for the news cycle. Adding a layer of social media people on top doesn't automatically make it better.
What does that even mean? If I want to understand the world I need to study it?
Lol, wtf? I'm looking for current events. What level of prerequisite historical knowledge would I need where I could bipass what is happening right now all over the world?
And shit... All of Reddit is bad except askhistorians? What?
So, if I understand you correctly, your advice is that I shouldn't trust news and I should study the world? What source should I use to study? Are all sources bias? I'm fucking confused
Clearly they're saying you should hop in a hot air balloon and travel around the world spotting breaking news with your own eyes.
That would be lit, but my point was more like "news varies from deliberate lies to true but necessarily skewed content". Reddit is a great way to get a mix of the whole spectrum with no context.
Honestly, this entire thread has been a bit of an eye opener for me
Oh wow hope you learned something!