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
    1341·
    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.ee
      English
      1093·
      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
        461·
        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.

      • PeleSpirit@lemmy.worldEnglish
        141·
        1 year ago

        I haven’t found any issues with Reuters but AP did this which is suspect on many levels:

        Migrant Boat NFT

        On January 10, 2022, AP announced it would start selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of their photographs in partnership with a company named Xooa, with the proceeds being used to fund their operations.[103] One of the NFTs they promoted on Twitter on 24 February was an aerial shot depicting an overcrowded migrant boat in the Mediterranean Sea. The tweet received negative backlash from users and other journalists, with AP being accused of profiting off of human suffering and the picture choice being “dystopian” and “in extremely poor taste”. The tweet was subsequently deleted and the NFT, which was to be sold the next day, was pulled from market. Global director of media relations Lauren Easton apologized, saying “This was a poor choice of imagery for an NFT. It has not and will not be put up for auction […] AP’s NFT marketplace is a very early pilot program, and we are immediately reviewing our efforts”.[104][105]

        They aren’t great when you see a lot of their stories go by at one time, it’s not consistent.

      • Meow.tar.gz@lemmy.goblackcat.comEnglish
        81·
        1 year ago

        Those are pretty good examples. They are still not great places to go but they certainly suck a whole lot less than the others. Hell, even the weather is now being reported as entertainment.

      • MrPear@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        1 year ago

        I wish for AP to have RSS feeds, but they don’t. I think they and Reuters are aome of the better outlets out there and I’ve been (re)discovering RSS lately, but AP is one of the few news outlets that don’t seem to support it :(

          • Rambler@lemm.eeEnglish
            4·
            1 year ago

            Quite right, AP do have rss news feeds (rsshub is one - amongst others) - there are posts on lemmy related to this topic.

      • HailHodor@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        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.

      • clearedtoland@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        The Flipside is also excellent at providing balanced views and counterpoints. It’s a newsletter rather than a site though. (Full disclosure: that’s a referral link. I figured why not).

        I’m also partial to The Week which also presents a wide array of views - though it admittedly leans left.

    • Kalkaline @lemmy.oneEnglish
      6·
      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.

    • Marks@kbin.social
      22·
      1 year ago

      I subscribe to WSJ, NYT, WAPO, and my local newspaper. You need to read all sides of a story in order to get a reliable take.

      Also recommend: Memeorandum to see multiple sources to same story.