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[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 week ago (8 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week 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"

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.

[–] Gimpydude 6 points 1 week 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] 6 points 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week 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

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Where is your source of objective truth?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

I wait for it to become so important that it ends up in the meme and shitpost communities.

Back in the day my primary source of news was World of Warcraft. If it was important enough to matter it would show up in the game. If it wasn't any way inconsequential I never heard of it.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To be fair, that does limit your ability to decide what is newsworthy to begin with. Ain't nobody got the time to read every primary source ever, and sometimes the news is literally just "sources say" until an actual court case or whatever drops.

Granted, if you already know what you want to stay updated on, then cutting out the middleman could be workable. You're just kinda limited in terms of what you'll ultimately be exposed to.

I just don't think the average American can (let alone would) read enough primary sources to keep "up to date" in the political sphere. Add science and tech, and that's just way too much to wade through. Even seasoned beat reporters miss stuff on their beat.

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

I get my news audibly through Raycons

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

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

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

I thought that was the metaverse.

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

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I didn't realize that was possible

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

I’m too busy slamming AG1 to consume news.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Why use sponsor block? I want to know what sponsors my videos have, because if I see a "Honey" or a "Betterhelp" I'm gonna close the video.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

With honey the youtuber was actually the victim, so I wouldn't judge them too harshly for that one. Small channels don't have the flexibility to pick whatever sponsor they like. They're just trying to get by.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

All the worst sponsors also require a link in description and/or pinned comment so you can know either way.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I use yt to watch content not to express my political or ideological preferences. My goal is to watch as much content per second possible hence adblock sponsorblock and 2.5 speed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week 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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