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

  • cynar@lemmy.world
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    9 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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      7 hours ago

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