Have you tried any of the news sources that aim to aggregate and debias news stories?
Two that I use are:
They provide summaries, and also a breakdown of different sources reporting the stories. I find them pretty interesting and useful.
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Thanks for those!
Is telling that I've got to fire up tor to access RT in the UK since improvethenews uses RT as one of their "Pro" sources.
I felt like just a stat for websites like BBC news clicking up views to then guide them on what news stories to focus on publishing, and what to not publish… First world censorship at its finest
I don't quite understand what you are getting at here - could you unpack it a bit.
I think the gist is that OP feels like people visiting sites like BBC News are essentially providing the Marketing department at BBC News with view counts, which they'd use to help guide them on what to report on or suppress, and the visitors were incidentally fueling a sort of subtle censorship just by reading the news.
Although please feel free to correct me if I'm putting words in your mouth, OP!
That's right!
Hmmm,
I would say that every media outlet looks at ratings, newspaper/magazine sales, click-throughs to see what kind of stories, images, etc are popular and drive readership to shape future coverage. That’s not really censorship in any meaningful way. I only post stuff in the Fediverse that I think people will be interested in. I don’t think that means I’m self-censoring
I don't disagree with you, and I'd find it hard to comment on exactly how the digital marketing arm of the BBC works when it comes to view counts and how it affects their content, cos I just don't know. I was just clarifying for you what I thought OP meant.
I do agree that you're not self-censoring by choosing to post things you think people will be interested in, though!
Yeh, I took your comment in the spirit was intended. Didn't really mean to argue with you :)