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At this forum and pretty much every other form of discussion on the internet that involves politics it is very clear that there is a difficult hurdle to overcome. That hurdle is the source of news and information that people consume. People that consume exclusively conservative or exclusively liberal media will often come to very different conclusions. The echo-chamber effect of algorithms and the compounding effect of having to make news "entertaining" rather than "informative" seems to have polarized people in a ways unseen in most of our lifetimes.
So are we able to make unbiased news? Is unbiased news not taking a side or is it explaining both sides? Does it still need to be entertaining to survive or does the entertainment aspect automatically detract from its capability to inform?
I think it is possible. I think being entertaining can still be a huge asset without having to be overwhelmed by it. The best news source for world news that I have found actually came from an extremely unlikely source. The channel itself says they fell into it. This is the most recent video. I am interested to see if people think of it as a liberal source or if it seems to be more central.
I am also very interested in what some of the members here see as both trusted and unbiased. I would personally like to diversify my own news intake to avoid echo chambers but I don't want to just put on Liberty News and digest obviously conservative spins just to counteract any liberal spins that I might watch.
So are we able to make unbiased news? Is unbiased news not taking a side or is it explaining both sides? Does it still need to be entertaining to survive or does the entertainment aspect automatically detract from its capability to inform?
I think it is possible. I think being entertaining can still be a huge asset without having to be overwhelmed by it. The best news source for world news that I have found actually came from an extremely unlikely source. The channel itself says they fell into it. This is the most recent video. I am interested to see if people think of it as a liberal source or if it seems to be more central.
I am also very interested in what some of the members here see as both trusted and unbiased. I would personally like to diversify my own news intake to avoid echo chambers but I don't want to just put on Liberty News and digest obviously conservative spins just to counteract any liberal spins that I might watch.