Re:Ask HN: Anyone interested in building tools for showing b...
by htwillie on Thursday November 17, 2016 @02:49AM
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The best "tool" available is the No Agenda Podcast.
Hosts Adam and John present national and global issues as portrayed by mass media, and systematically DECONSTRUCT the stories. They not only highlight biases, but explore propagandistic elements and discuss how the media intentionally affects the consumers.
Most importantly, they work to identify the MOTIVATIONS for medias' biases in the first place, and demonstrate for their listeners how to be much more critical, skeptical, and analytical in the way they consume the news.
Listen to a few episodes and you might rethink the need for building a tool at all.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone interested in building tools for showing b...
by jquip on Friday November 18, 2016 @08:50AM
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In all aspects, they would be brilliant, but what about spectrum of content coverage. What about readership?
But this dissemination of information by identifying biases of the entities involved is a tactic that can be used by anyone. Objective thinking belongs to everyone, doesn't it?
I don't have any claims on people not agreeing with me. I have claims on me not understanding what's going on. I think if such a tool as I proposed existed, I would be happy to use it.