Washington Post integrates Talk – Mozilla’s open-source commenting platform

Re:Washington Post integrates Talk – Mozilla’s open-source c... by Consultant32452 on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @08:48PM (#15234515)

I think reading the news without commentary is its own form of echo chamber. We will tend to pick a news source that slants to our liking and just experience that over and over again. Don't get me wrong, NYT is among the top newspapers I would want to use as a citation, but it definitely slants center-left with a hint of corporatism. So much so that after the election the NYT apologized for how it covered the election and rededicated itself to honest reporting.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/us/elections/to-our-reade...

> ...we aim to rededicate ourselves to the fundamental mission of Times journalism. That is to report America and the world honestly, without fear or favor, striving always to understand and reflect all political perspectives and life experiences in the stories that we bring to you.

I've taken a different approach, which I don't think is superior to yours, just more enjoyable for me... I intentionally watch openly biased news aggregators. For left wing commentary I will watch The Young Turks or Jimmy Dore. For right wing commentary I like Ben Shapiro. The truth usually lies somewhere in between.

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Re:Washington Post integrates Talk – Mozilla’s open-source c... by dionidium on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @09:43PM (#15234809)

"but it definitely slants center-left with a hint of corporatism"

Oh, I notice it. I think it's a fun game to root out the bias in the Times. It's really how the news is meant to be read (i.e. confrontationally).

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