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Where do you go on Lemmy for reliable news and politics? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago by Ohthereyouare to c/[email protected]

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I'm enjoying Lemmy so far, for the most part.

Everything here is pretty good save for the fact that all the news and politics I can find is dominated by the same few accounts.

Half or more of the accounts have a very clear agenda. They modify headlines. Lie. Spread disinformation. And generally are just extremely toxic groups.

It doesn't seem to be a secret here either. And moderators appear to have no interest in putting a stop to it.

So, where are you subbed to for reliable news and US/Global politics?

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[–] Zarxrax 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I find these two to be good for finding sources with different perspectives:

https://www.allsides.com/

https://ground.news/

After some time, you might see that there are a few specific sites that you like, and you can just start going to them directly.

[–] HailHodor 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

+1 to Ground News. I browsed them with a free account for a short time before subscribing to the middle tier. Their tools are really terrific at getting me to look at multiple sides of the same stories, and the blind spot feature is fantastic. I've been very satisfied with it and go to it multiple times a day.

[–] Capricorny90210 6 points 1 year ago

I also enjoy ground news.

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

This is awesome, I'm going to check it out, thank you.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Flipside is also excellent at providing balanced views and counterpoints. It’s a newsletter rather than a site though. (Full disclosure: that’s a referral link. I figured why not).

I’m also partial to The Week which also presents a wide array of views - though it admittedly leans left.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I've been getting flipside emails for a while now. I really like them.

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

I just took a look at both of them and found that I really like https://ground.news