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Where do you go on Lemmy for reliable news and politics? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by Ohthereyouare@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] zdrvr@lemm.ee 108 points 2 years ago

While not perfect AP and Reuters are ok. The news they report is honest but their shortcoming is what they don't report.

[-] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I haven't found any issues with Reuters but AP did this which is suspect on many levels:

Migrant Boat NFT

On January 10, 2022, AP announced it would start selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of their photographs in partnership with a company named Xooa, with the proceeds being used to fund their operations.[103] One of the NFTs they promoted on Twitter on 24 February was an aerial shot depicting an overcrowded migrant boat in the Mediterranean Sea. The tweet received negative backlash from users and other journalists, with AP being accused of profiting off of human suffering and the picture choice being "dystopian" and "in extremely poor taste". The tweet was subsequently deleted and the NFT, which was to be sold the next day, was pulled from market. Global director of media relations Lauren Easton apologized, saying "This was a poor choice of imagery for an NFT. It has not and will not be put up for auction [...] AP's NFT marketplace is a very early pilot program, and we are immediately reviewing our efforts".[104][105]

They aren't great when you see a lot of their stories go by at one time, it's not consistent.

[-] ablackcatstail@lemmy.goblackcat.com 6 points 2 years ago

Those are pretty good examples. They are still not great places to go but they certainly suck a whole lot less than the others. Hell, even the weather is now being reported as entertainment.

[-] MrPear@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I wish for AP to have RSS feeds, but they don't. I think they and Reuters are aome of the better outlets out there and I've been (re)discovering RSS lately, but AP is one of the few news outlets that don't seem to support it :(

[-] pensivepangolin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

RSSbridge may have you covered there! They’ve got a bunch of instances running you can check!

[-] MrPear@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Interesting! I'm going to look into it, thanks!

[-] Rambler@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Quite right, AP do have rss news feeds (rsshub is one - amongst others) - there are posts on lemmy related to this topic.

this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2023

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