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points by nomel 2 days ago | 0 comments
The most truth comes from adversarial systems, motivated to find flaws in the other. There's nothing inherently wrong with being partisan. The problem comes when people align themselves to a single news org that only shows one side. Having news orgs in the middle is great too, of course, but the motivation to not rock the boat might be greater.
[–] hunterpayne 2 days ago
In theory I agree. In practice, with journalism, different camps tend to create their own information bubbles and then they get filled with propaganda and copium. I'm not sure what the solution is, but there was a high point for journalism and we are well past it now. To call what some organization put out information is doing some heavy lifting these days.
[–] nomel 1 day ago
You need to go in with the perspective that it's all biased propaganda. Neutral news orgs have never been a reality.

You look at multiple perspectives, and tease out reality from all the information, understanding that it's all biased. This has always been required.