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Re:Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about... by mschuster91 on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @05:41AM (#27513024)
> There's almost zero political topics where objectivity is possible. That goal itself is usually already ideology (the goal of unbiasedness often stands in opposition of truth).

> Look at global warming: Either it is man-made or not, either it is a problem for our future or not. There's no objective middle ground. Sure, one could simply have news that say "there is a drougth in the center of the US, stronger than other droughts in the last 50 years", without any context. But even this is not objective, because omitting the context of global warming already skews the message.

There is an objectivity here: scientific consensus, aka naked provable facts. And climate change is proven to be man-made, and it is proven that if humanity does nothing to curb CO2 emissions it will spiral out of control.

Objectivity in news as a result means to not give those who go against scientific consensus any platform.

Re:Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about... by mlang23 on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @05:56AM (#27513103)
Well, war is also man-made, and kills humans. Still, those hoping for world peace are still viewed as hopelessly naive. So what?
Re:Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about... by simtel20 on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @06:18AM (#27513243)
What do you intend to contribute to the conversation with "so what?"
Re:Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about... by mlang23 on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @08:55AM (#27514619)
Apparently something which you are not able to grasp.