I noticed a good amount of people talking about Al Jazeera in the BBC paywall thread and that make me ask, why!?

  • Eddyzh@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    It’s not about being exactly more reliable than the other big ones. More about being a second perspective, filling in the gaps of the western ones.

    • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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      15 hours ago

      Yeah, read a couple of sources and take the average.

      Always bear in mind who funds it.

      • cynar@lemmy.world
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        8 hours ago

        Be careful with the taking average mindset. It’s a default human one, and it’s being abused. A lot of media outlets (particularly American right wing) are mouthpieces for the same few groups or people.

        Instead, try and look at their biases. Do they have a reason to mislead you. What akin do they have in a particular game. E.g. the BBC is still fairly unbiased on a lot of world news. They are far less unbiased on middle eastern politics now.

        It’s an annoyingly complex problem to solve, on the fly.

        • dbtng@eviltoast.org
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          6 hours ago

          Ya. A nuanced media net is the only real answer. Trying to balance one liar against another rarely results in balance.