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Re:Half of Americans now believe that news organizations del... by GoblinSlayer on Thursday February 16, 2023 @11:19AM (#34820686)
Objectivity is easy to access if you're not totally censored. Propaganda works by concealing alternative opinions - once you know the trick, it's easy to hack, even a weak effort can work.
Re:Half of Americans now believe that news organizations del... by giantg2 on Thursday February 16, 2023 @11:30AM (#34820871)
Sounds weird, but one of the easiest paths to objectivity is not to seek objective sources. One can look at multiple sources with obvious opposing spins to form your own understanding. Even the sources labeled as most objective tend to miss the nuance behind the main few arguments.
Re:Half of Americans now believe that news organizations del... by denton-scratch on Thursday February 16, 2023 @01:13PM (#34822889)
I gave up on the dream of "objective news" when I was about 18.

I had been taught that The Times was the most objective news organ here; it did carry an aura and style that seemed objective. I realized that what the objective "facts" are turns out to depend on your point-of-view, and it's harder to know what that point-of-view is if the organ is pretending to be "objective".

Ever since, I've preferred to get my news from sources that wear their bias on their sleeve.

Re:Half of Americans now believe that news organizations del... by GoblinSlayer on Friday February 17, 2023 @01:20AM (#34831461)
If the skew is persistent, it should be possible to identify.
Re:Half of Americans now believe that news organizations del... by screwturner68 on Thursday February 16, 2023 @12:04PM (#34821446)
We've just gotten to the point where views are not cross pollinated. Local news is not really local are much as it's controlled by a couple of companies with their own agenda so the same view is presented over and over and over again. In addition they've convinced the populace that the other side is evil so people have become tribal and only watch "their news" and that just feeds the loop. They don't have to conceal anything, it can be right there in front of them and it won't matter because they won't believe it because their tribe tells them it's a lie.