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[–] [email protected] 71 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Ground news is pretty dope and the only people hating on it seem to be the people that have never used it, but thinks that it's automatically bad because of the whole left/right thing.

It's still a place to consume a large amount of news very quickly and at a glance you can see if one side isn't reporting on something or if they are reporting on it using very different language or focusing on different aspects on the topic.

Nothing will ever be perfect, but as the saying goes the enemy of perfect is good.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You forgot to mention that your personal favorite feature is the blind spot feature so I suspect you weren't paid for saying this.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What if I was paid and this was actually just 4d chess guerilla marketing?

JK I wish I was getting paid to say shit like that.

Shit I would do an ad read for the Taliban if it would get me outta financial prison.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I've tried it and I absolutely do not trust it.

And them covering left and right is part of it, yes. It works with made up American definitions of left and right, in which centrists to moderate rights are put on the left. As a result, international coverage is normally represented as left-biased, while really, Ground News and a broader American political landscape is right-biased. This is not a fair coverage and it and it doesn't allow you to break through the propaganda.

Overall, concept is good, but if you follow this and think you are well-balanced and informed, you are not.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I don't understand why someone would hate that they show both sides? Like, I'm not a centrist or right winger by any means, but it's good to get out of the echo chamber sometimes. Everyone needs to be more critical of the media they consume and realize that not everyone thinks the same way they do. I don't agree with the way the right reports on things, but I want to at least know what I'm not hearing that other people are.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

That's a very healthy mindset to have. Too many people happily lock themselves into many bubbles/echo chambers and they lose all perspective. Just because you discuss topics with people doesn'tean you have to agree with them. It's still important to know what other views exist out there.

I wish more people were like you.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

If more people read more news sources, we wouldn't still have people spouting that "transgenic/transgender" mixup

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I haven't used it, mainly because I suspect they're very caught up in the political landscape of the US. I don't know what to do with a scale that only goes from "you may have some civil liberties as a treat, but only if they don't affect stock prices" to "if you're not a rich white hetero man I don't care if you live or die"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah... I have a rule that I don't take any advice from Australians ever.

They lost a war to some overgrown chickens for fuck sake.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So you don't have any actual counter points to the very good points Friendly Jordies made about your favourite platform? Convince me, I'm on the fence about it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

"my favorite platform" homie it's an app to read the news. I don't give a shit if you use it haha.

I think it's pretty good. Other people don't. I don't really care either way. Give it a try if you're curious.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

The most hilarious part is that Ground News tries to present itself as "unbiased" by covering news from "left" and "right", but it does so from a US perspective, so almost all international sources are considered "left".

They are not left, it's you who is right, lol.

Which, BTW, highlights the broader issue of American politics, which is that people were honestly made to believe moderate right is the center, or even left. It is not.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Our Overton window has been sprinting right for 40 years at least. Our left wing is now just conservatives that don't hate people.

[–] Gimpydude 6 points 4 months ago

You're 100% correct. It is considered unbiased in the US because where they put the center line is based on a US customer base.

My friends considered me to be far left, but in any other country I think I would be considered center left.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I mean, of the possible sponsors out there, Ground News is pretty alright. I don’t particularly need another subscription, but it seems like a valuable enough service

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

It's also very usable even without the subscription and doesn't have (its own) ads. Just use ad block if you want to actually read any of the articles.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I only get all my news and current events from Raid shadow legends! Or the Hoyoverse whatever the fuck that is.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I get my news audibly through Raycons

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I get mine through the team chat of War Thunder! Enter the code TRTHMNSTRY and receive the special ammo full of facts to shoot straight into your enemies' face!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

From what I understand it's like the Metaverse but with sexualized underage anime characters.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I thought that was the metaverse.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Okay fine, the Metaverse with more sexualized underage anime characters.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I didn't realize that was possible

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’m too busy slamming AG1 to consume news.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

U guys are seeing sponsors? And don't have sponsor block?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

With some YouTubers I'm the one who usually submits to sponsor block 🤷‍♂️ Also, that's not an option on a tv.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

Ground News aggregates articles from many sources on a single topic and it tells you whether or not each source tends to lean right or left. I think it even tells you if any of those sources leaves out certain pieces of information. It's actually pretty sweet.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ground news is no more a news source then an RSS reader is. It just also happens to catagoeize the sources as left or right which helps if you want to actually know what people outside of your personal bubble are reading.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Yeah, it isn't a single source at all. It's an algamation of all new sources so you can see the spin from all sides

It's literally the opposite of a single news source

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Ublock Origin in Firefox is my choice among all possible 'sponsors.'

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Just annoying how it adds all the affiliates to different biases. Like, ok, maybe each has their own commentary but no, it's just the same reposted blurb.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't trust any single source! That's why I make sure to get my news from multiple different Lemmy instances.

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