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IDEngineer:
Well, yeah, I triggered on the wrong data. Sorry.

Closest thing we have here in the States is National Public Radio (NPR), which is funded by a combination of government and private donations ("memberships"). It swings a bit left but isn't as horribly biased as advertising funded outlets.

james_s:

--- Quote from: IDEngineer on September 16, 2021, 04:53:02 pm ---My $0.02 on this subtopic: I consume "reporting" from an intentionally wide spectrum of political viewpoints, to keep track of what the crazies are thinking. The hilarious part is that the extremes on all sides of the spectrum sound way more alike than different. There's just as many batfreak crazy conspiracy theories, just as many "for your own good" "because we know better" desired infringements on individual liberties, on the left and right and up and down as anywhere else. If you invert the polarities and change a few nouns you couldn't tell one from another. Yet they all think "the others" are evil incarnate. News flash: The weirdos could substitute for each other pretty easily. And because they are loud and flamboyant, they get all the news coverage.

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It's kind of annoying that it's necessary. I have to check the left wing and right wing news sites and then try to interpolate something resembling a reality from what they cover. I find it both interesting and unfortunate how widely divergent they are, even when covering the same event. Then of course there are many events that are covered by only one and completely ignored by the other. I really wish some would at least pretend to be centrist and impartial.

IDEngineer:

--- Quote from: james_s on September 16, 2021, 09:06:52 pm ---I really wish some would at least pretend to be centrist and impartial.
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I promise, some do pretend to be centrist and impartial. With "pretend" being the key word in that statement. Your approach, "I have to check the left wing and right wing news sites and then try to interpolate something resembling a reality from what they cover", is really the only proper thing to do. One must gather as much data as possible and then use critical thinking skills to interpolate something close to the truth on your own. The only safe presumption is that everyone in media and government has an agenda they're trying to sell you.

james_s:
It drives me absolutely nuts, some are worse than others, but most of the really mainstream news at least in the USA is sharply biased, the shrill voiced hype and hysteria is over the top, hyperbole all over the place. This or that group of people is evil and is destroying the country, this law is the worst thing ever and does this, that and the other thing! Then you read the actual law and it does nothing of the sort :palm:  I would love to blame one side or the other but they BOTH do it, and they BOTH claim that only the other side is doing it, or that the other side is worse. The curse of being a centrist independent is that politically I have no home, the lefties think I'm a right winger and the right wingers think I'm a leftie. I can piss off everybody.

IDEngineer:

--- Quote from: james_s on September 16, 2021, 11:38:34 pm ---I would love to blame one side or the other but they BOTH do it, and they BOTH claim that only the other side is doing it, or that the other side is worse.
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And the worst part is that they defend against this reality with accusations of "whataboutism". As if that's some sort of legitimate refutation of actual facts. That your opposition did something wrong does not justify your own wrong behavior, but you'd never know that to read or listen to these shriekers.

The good news is that I'm reading and hearing many more people saying what you are. That they see through the smokescreen, they recognize the hypocrisy. I'm optimistic that people are waking up, ignoring the spins from both sides, and realizing that their neighbors aren't the problem. Politicians and their media are the problem, seeking to pit we regular folk against each other.

I've travelled all over the world, to many countries under many different forms of government, and the people are all the same. They love their families, they work hard, they pursue their dreams just like everyone else. It's the politicians who screw things up. It appears to be a universal constant. Yet here in the States, we have a federal recividism - er, excuse me, reelection - rate of over 90%. We truly get the government we deserve.

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