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?

  • 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.