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What are your favorite leftist news sources? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 3 months ago by return2ozma to c/[email protected]

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Looking to compile a list of good leftist news sites and sources. Thank you.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

And you, asking for neutrality:

[–] Treczoks 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thats why I ask for true neutrality. Any source that reports in a biased way is not news, it is opinion. And given the current situation in the US, a neutral news source would have to call out a lot of shit and lies coming from the political right. But that does not make it leftist.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes 2 points 2 months ago

This is correct. The news is so reliably stupid that everybody assumes you saying the correct thing is (incorrectly) you being on Team Don't Point Out The Truth Because It Makes Republicans Look As Bad As They Are.

The team is not known for its naming finesse.

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

False neutrality is propaganda, but so is being so is being activly biased. So a good left news source has to be wiling to show the fscts, when they speak against the left.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

False neutrality

All neutrality is false.

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”

-Desmond Tutu

E: Also, if you knew anything about leftists, you'd know that we're our own biggest critics. I also bet that you don't demand anywhere near as high a standard when you consume your main stream centre-right media, which almost exclusively speak against the left, so it's not like your short of sources for the criticism you want so desperately to confirm the (centre-right) bias you like to pretend you don't have.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I am not saying media is not bias, but that some media just spins the truth, whereas others do not have a problem with fslse reporting. After all tankies are called tsnkies, because they ignored that the Soviets used tanks to violently get rid of the Prague Spring. This happens on the left as well.

And yes that is why I like reading economics news websites like the economist. They report on subjects left leaning news tend to not care about, but which can be incredibly important. Also with rich people using their reporting as a bases for invedtments, makes it hugely important that they do not outright lie. Commentary on them is horrible though, unless they go somewhat agsinst the neoliberal norm, which is rarer, but usually some of the best stuff.