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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Where did you go on Reddit? The only place back there I really trusted was AskHistorians and 20 years ago is not really breaking news. Everywhere else I had to sort through crap for myself.

~~If you really want to understand the world, you'll actually have to study it.~~

Edit: It's interesting I still got upvotes, since OP correctly points out that wasn't well worded.

What I'm trying to say is that news with no bias is pretty much a unicorn, and one you can't identify at a glance. And I don't even mean just political bias, a lot of important stuff is boring or otherwise unsuitable for the news cycle. Adding a layer of social media people on top doesn't automatically make it better.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What does that even mean? If I want to understand the world I need to study it?

Lol, wtf? I'm looking for current events. What level of prerequisite historical knowledge would I need where I could bipass what is happening right now all over the world?

And shit... All of Reddit is bad except askhistorians? What?

So, if I understand you correctly, your advice is that I shouldn't trust news and I should study the world? What source should I use to study? Are all sources bias? I'm fucking confused

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Clearly they're saying you should hop in a hot air balloon and travel around the world spotting breaking news with your own eyes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly, this entire thread has been a bit of an eye opener for me

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

Oh wow hope you learned something!

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