Re:Tell HN: Aaron Swartz's website is offline
by zabana on Monday December 10, 2018 @11:48AM
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I'm not entirely sure non-biased publications exist. In a perfect world they would be a thing but in the world of humans quite impossible.
As for my criteria:
- I usually look at who owns the publication to get a sense of its positions in terms of important global affairs.
- Are they reporting all the facts or simply "lying by omission" (which tends to be a very popular tactic these days, especially when it comes to geopolitical topics).
- Balance, or what I like to call gray journalism. Because nothing is totally black or white in life.
I'm of the opinion that the Internet simply killed traditional journalism, because now anybody (given the time) can go and check the facts for any given story published by the media.
As for my criteria:
- I usually look at who owns the publication to get a sense of its positions in terms of important global affairs.
- Are they reporting all the facts or simply "lying by omission" (which tends to be a very popular tactic these days, especially when it comes to geopolitical topics).
- Balance, or what I like to call gray journalism. Because nothing is totally black or white in life.
I'm of the opinion that the Internet simply killed traditional journalism, because now anybody (given the time) can go and check the facts for any given story published by the media.