I don’t trust any single source! That’s why I make sure to get my news from multiple different Lemmy instances.
Same, I hit news@lemmy.world from at least three other servers
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The most hilarious part is that Ground News tries to present itself as “unbiased” by covering news from “left” and “right”, but it does so from a US perspective, so almost all international sources are considered “left”.
They are not left, it’s you who is right, lol.
Which, BTW, highlights the broader issue of American politics, which is that people were honestly made to believe moderate right is the center, or even left. It is not.
You’re 100% correct. It is considered unbiased in the US because where they put the center line is based on a US customer base.
My friends considered me to be far left, but in any other country I think I would be considered center left.
Our Overton window has been sprinting right for 40 years at least. Our left wing is now just conservatives that don’t hate people.
Ground news is pretty dope and the only people hating on it seem to be the people that have never used it, but thinks that it’s automatically bad because of the whole left/right thing.
It’s still a place to consume a large amount of news very quickly and at a glance you can see if one side isn’t reporting on something or if they are reporting on it using very different language or focusing on different aspects on the topic.
Nothing will ever be perfect, but as the saying goes the enemy of perfect is good.
I’ve tried it and I absolutely do not trust it.
And them covering left and right is part of it, yes. It works with made up American definitions of left and right, in which centrists to moderate rights are put on the left. As a result, international coverage is normally represented as left-biased, while really, Ground News and a broader American political landscape is right-biased. This is not a fair coverage and it and it doesn’t allow you to break through the propaganda.
Overall, concept is good, but if you follow this and think you are well-balanced and informed, you are not.
You forgot to mention that your personal favorite feature is the blind spot feature so I suspect you weren’t paid for saying this.
What if I was paid and this was actually just 4d chess guerilla marketing?
JK I wish I was getting paid to say shit like that.
Shit I would do an ad read for the Taliban if it would get me outta financial prison.
Do you even use the blind spot feature? Is it as mind blowing as all the youtubers keep telling me?
Mind blowing? No lol.
But it does reveal what topics both sides either avoid covering or cover poorly.
It’s nothing that should really surprise anyone at this point but it is a good reminder that where you get your news will leave you “blind” (heh) to certain things.
A good example would be like a good guy with a gun situation. Basically any situation that was “saved” by a good guy with a gun doesn’t get much coverage on the left or if they do cover it they tend to ignore the 2A aspect of the event or downplay it’s significance.
On the flip side any news that looks bad for 2A advocates will basically not get reported on by the right at all.
What blind spot is nice for is reading articles from both sides on the same event since they both report on it differently. Reading both and taking into account the underlying biases of each source make you feel like you get a better picture of the whole situation as opposed to just one view.
TL;DR: Not mind blowing at all, but kinda interesting if used correctly.
I don’t understand why someone would hate that they show both sides? Like, I’m not a centrist or right winger by any means, but it’s good to get out of the echo chamber sometimes. Everyone needs to be more critical of the media they consume and realize that not everyone thinks the same way they do. I don’t agree with the way the right reports on things, but I want to at least know what I’m not hearing that other people are.
If more people read more news sources, we wouldn’t still have people spouting that “transgenic/transgender” mixup
I haven’t used it, mainly because I suspect they’re very caught up in the political landscape of the US. I don’t know what to do with a scale that only goes from “you may have some civil liberties as a treat, but only if they don’t affect stock prices” to “if you’re not a rich white hetero man I don’t care if you live or die”
That’s a very healthy mindset to have. Too many people happily lock themselves into many bubbles/echo chambers and they lose all perspective. Just because you discuss topics with people doesn’tean you have to agree with them. It’s still important to know what other views exist out there.
I wish more people were like you.
Does ground news cover articles from sources that aren’t aligned with the false left-right dichotomy? Does it cover these sources without assigning them arbitrary conservative and liberal percentage numbers when the source may be aligned with a different ideology?
I’ll just save you the trouble. Ground news probably isn’t for you.
I’ll save everyone the trouble. If you want unbiased news, Ground News is not for you.
It is literally impossible to get unbiased news. Everyone will have their personal beliefs bleed into what they saw/how they recount the event. More so for companies that send people out into the world to gather said news.
There is just more/less transparency on the bias.
Yeah… I have a rule that I don’t take any advice from Australians ever.
They lost a war to some overgrown chickens for fuck sake.
So you don’t have any actual counter points to the very good points Friendly Jordies made about your favourite platform? Convince me, I’m on the fence about it.
“my favorite platform” homie it’s an app to read the news. I don’t give a shit if you use it haha.
I think it’s pretty good. Other people don’t. I don’t really care either way. Give it a try if you’re curious.
I mean, of the possible sponsors out there, Ground News is pretty alright. I don’t particularly need another subscription, but it seems like a valuable enough service
It doesn’t provide any real benefit other than letting you know whether a news site is “left” or “right” leaning. Which is a massive false dichotomy used to divide people.
I prefer objective truth myself.
It’s also very usable even without the subscription and doesn’t have (its own) ads. Just use ad block if you want to actually read any of the articles.
I only get all my news and current events from Raid shadow legends! Or the Hoyoverse whatever the fuck that is.
I get my news audibly through Raycons
I get mine through the team chat of War Thunder! Enter the code TRTHMNSTRY and receive the special ammo full of facts to shoot straight into your enemies’ face!
By «news» do you mean detailed and confidential schematics for random vehicles and weapons never seen before???
I’m too busy slamming AG1 to consume news.
An officoanado of the Cody showdy.
From what I understand it’s like the Metaverse but with sexualized underage anime characters.
I thought that was the metaverse.
Okay fine, the Metaverse with more sexualized underage anime characters.
I didn’t realize that was possible
U guys are seeing sponsors? And don’t have sponsor block?
With some YouTubers I’m the one who usually submits to sponsor block 🤷♂️ Also, that’s not an option on a tv.
Depends on your TV. If it’s software is android based, there are aps available if you don’t mind sideloading. Though I would recommend using something like a firestick to minimize the risk.
Why use sponsor block? I want to know what sponsors my videos have, because if I see a “Honey” or a “Betterhelp” I’m gonna close the video.
With honey the youtuber was actually the victim, so I wouldn’t judge them too harshly for that one. Small channels don’t have the flexibility to pick whatever sponsor they like. They’re just trying to get by.
Yeah, with a couple of podcasts I listen to, when the Honey stuff came out they did a whole thing about it and dropped Honey mid cycle, probably at a pretty big cost to themselves.
It still mildly irritates me because I had suspected they were doing this for a long time, but I can’t really fault the podcasts I listen to for how they handled it.
All the worst sponsors also require a link in description and/or pinned comment so you can know either way.
I use yt to watch content not to express my political or ideological preferences. My goal is to watch as much content per second possible hence adblock sponsorblock and 2.5 speed.
Ground News aggregates articles from many sources on a single topic and it tells you whether or not each source tends to lean right or left. I think it even tells you if any of those sources leaves out certain pieces of information. It’s actually pretty sweet.
Just annoying how it adds all the affiliates to different biases. Like, ok, maybe each has their own commentary but no, it’s just the same reposted blurb.
Ground news is no more a news source then an RSS reader is. It just also happens to catagoeize the sources as left or right which helps if you want to actually know what people outside of your personal bubble are reading.
Yeah, it isn’t a single source at all. It’s an algamation of all new sources so you can see the spin from all sides
It’s literally the opposite of a single news source
Ublock Origin in Firefox is my choice among all possible ‘sponsors.’
You watched the Benn Jordan video too huh?
