Evolving Media & News Sources

 And yes (don’t hate me, woke people) I was on the Jordan Peterson Facebook frontline savaging his opponents.

Germane to the thread, for a time he represented the brokenness of the internet and contemporary media. Peterson has things to account for. For a man who was ‘silenced’ (the claim of some of his fans) his voice became the single loudest vo…[Read more]

I was 16 when I first had real access to the internet (a regular connection and not just the text based internet). I used AOL which was a truly fantastic place to discover the online world. There was a large selection of chat rooms and back then chatting was really fun. There were very few trolls (they were quickly kicked out of the rooms).…[Read more]

The internet has been mainly fun for me, except for one face-reddening incident where I didn’t understand how Facebook worked.  I’ve had fun making a website (now gone) and posting my mixtapes and mp3s, and seeing the results.  I’ve fallen in love at least once.  I’m pretty sure that the locals keep a Whatsapp group about me and monitor my Fa…[Read more]

We evolved to have face-to-face relationships, limited to only dozens or scores of other humans. What seems natural now, really isn’t “natural”.

For me the heyday of the internet was in the early 2000s. Back then, the internet afforded you a way to find communities you may have other wise been cut off from allowing the non-normals to find their…[Read more]

Davis wrote:

Why is it that the BBC and CBC etc. are so loved but that PBS and NPR are virtually ignored by most Americans (or even detested?).

I don’t know for sure, but think it’s just because of the polarization here, each side so anxious to demonize the other. I don’t watch MSNBC. But I’ll show my colors here and admit to believing that…[Read more]

_Robert_ wrote:

Anytime I have attempted to see what is going on with FOX, I feel physically ill within minutes.

I gave them a look during the siege on the capitol, and was favorably impressed. But that’s it, I’m afraid to see what they’re saying about CPAC.

Kristina wrote:

In light of the story in the op, leaning worse, I guess.

I see the world today in terms of constantly increasing virulence of social networking. Institutions and commercial media have been adopting technology to broadcast propaganda and buzz ever since the printing press was invented. It started slowly, with local, then wider read…[Read more]

Try this guy for a non-corporate level-headed take on the news:

Here is his post for today:

If you like, skip past the 7 or 8 minutes of pre-show to where the show itself really begins.

My vague impression is that CBC in particular has earthier roots than either PBS or NPR. It’s older than either of them, and its existence as a national broadcaster in Canada established it as an essential Canadian voice in media as an alternative to more regionalized offerings, or American media.

Originally, it probably grabbed a much bigger…[Read more]

I agree with you Davis about NPR.  I check it everyday. It also has a good news app that I listen to (Alexa “NPR NEWS”). It is a source for Sunday School too.

Al Jazeera too is worth a dig. (or Digg even).

Robert, watching Fox news for two minutes is extremely nauseating. Though I have to admit, watching MSNBC can be equally aggravating. While I may agree with much of their content, I find their bias is proudly on display. One big difference is MSNBC is far less likely to outright lie, distort facts and knowing manipulate on a significant scale, but…[Read more]

I have been getting my news mostly from BBC, PBS, and my favorite source is Bloomberg business news. Anytime I have attempted to see what is going on with FOX, I feel physically ill within minutes.

Increasingly over the last decade I’ve been feeling my news is held hostage by click bait. It’s not an indictment of reporters, but the way news is run as a business results in business models that do their best to supply the products people demand. And the product people demand first and foremost is probably quick emotional gratification.

I’ve…[Read more]

From https://credder.com/leaderboard

We believe news should compete for credibility, not clicks. Together on Credder’s news review platform, we can hold media accountable and accelerate the news industry’s transition from clicks to credibility.

Credder works by allowing journalists and the public to review articles, creating credibility rat…

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From Epoch Times article as of 13 Nov 2020 [I’ve rearranged graphic to best fit this post]:

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Epoch Times is one of the most biased newspapers I’ve ever seen, and yet (of course) they sell themselves as being unbiased.

Now in the Apple…[Read more]

Bad polls, fake news, and that damned needle: Here’s how the media covered a twisty Election Night [Nieman Lab story, link]

I think the article’s worth a skim, at least, but I didn’t see anything particularly eye-opening because I already tend to heavily discount what polsters say.

Meanwhile, thinking about how close recent election results h…[Read more]