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Where do you go on Lemmy for reliable news and politics? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Ohthereyouare@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] devils_advocate@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Replace the word "news" with "historical document" and OP is discussing how to conduct academic research.

[–] Ohthereyouare@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man, this whole thread has tried my patience. It's as if not a single Lemmy user thinks that current events are worth following.

I'm not sure where everyone is getting their information, but this response is sorta terrifying.

[–] devils_advocate@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Current events are certainly worth following and Lemmy could be a great place to add comments, ask questions and find additional context. A bot to scrape a relevant subreddit if content is needed.

Complaining about bias is what I was addressing. You can get unbiased media. Al-jazeera is surprisingly good for world news.

[–] _cerpin_taxt_@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't Al-Jazeera a state-owned Saudi network? I'd trust them about as much as RT, Fox, CNN, or TikTok.

[–] devils_advocate@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Qatar state owned. Yes. Expect bias for ME matters, but RoW it's mainly fact based.

[–] _cerpin_taxt_@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Eh no thanks, I try to avoid getting my news from religious nuts lol. Good try, though.

[–] Ohthereyouare@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

I wasn't complaining about bias though. That's the thing. I was asking for reliable news aggregation on Lemmy. Big difference

Nobody here seems to understand that though. Or, very few.

I know news is bias. That isn't the point. It's the posting of blogs, YouTube videos, altering headlines, using alts to brigade voting and push an agenda... Here, on Lemmy, not in the media.

The media is a known commodity. If I read an MSN article, I know their bias. If I read a fox news article, I definitely know their bias.

A bunch of edgy "communists" and qanon accounts manipulating the large news and politics community ON LEMMY is the point. Not the news