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?

  • Meow.tar.gz@lemmy.goblackcat.comEnglish
    3·
    1 year 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.

    • Frank J. Zamboni@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

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

      • InquisitiveApathy@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        This is how I do it as well. In general, understanding the overall bias of each news organization is more important to keeping yourself informed. You can combat the echo chamber effect by knowing what the biases of each source is and using differing sourcing to try to get as complete a picture as you can.

        I would add to your list to check BBC, Al Jazeera, and NPR if you’re US focused.

          • InquisitiveApathy@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            As the original comment implied, AP News and Reuters are reasonably unbiased in reliable in terms of their coverage. They do have a US focus so a lot of the pieces need to be read through that specific lens. Sometimes the omission of information is just as important and what is included.

    • Kalkaline @lemmy.oneEnglish
      1·
      1 year 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.

      • HailHodor@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year 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.