Re:Former reporter creates ‘Rate my Professor’ for newsrooms
by SolaceQuantum on Thursday May 30, 2019 @02:32PM
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I actually did try to diversity my information inputs, but I am not one for YouTube or podcasts (cognitive weirdnesses with human voice comprehension). I also tried to diversity the angles of which I read things, but I couldn't read Fox News anymore after their website had a gif of someone getting hit by a car on their front page.
Re:Former reporter creates ‘Rate my Professor’ for newsrooms
by manfredo on Thursday May 30, 2019 @02:45PM
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Yeah, on principle I should read genuinely conservative outlet like Fox but I can't really stomache it. I've found that Quillete [1] does at least a good job of challenging me on my predominantly liberal beliefs, and does so in a way that's palatable. It's a pretty niche site, only 1-3 new articles a day, so not really news per-se.
Re:Former reporter creates ‘Rate my Professor’ for newsrooms
by lordgrenville on Thursday May 30, 2019 @03:05PM
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If you can't stomach Fox (quite fair), give Ramesh Ponnuru or Ross Douthat a shot. I don't always agree with them, but I can always at least respect their point of view.
* Diversify your information inputs both in terms of leaning, but also format and platform. I read the Economist, New York Times, and WSJ. I also watch YouTubers (Philip de Franco is one of my staples), read Hacker News and Reddit. I also listen to podcasts.
* Try and find the primary sources when possible. Preferably, view the primary sources before reading the news coverage. This will help you judge the primary source without being primed to think one way or another.
* Look at the sources and references provided by the media you're reading. Good ones will link to primary sources as much as possible. Poor ones will often not link to primary sources - often this is because they are misrepresenting the source and if they linked to them then readers would see this deception.