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DO YOU HAVE A SINGLE MEMORY OF LEARNING SOMETHING IMPORTANT ON SOCIAL MEDIA?

Probably not. And for news I'd recommend a real news site instead of social media regardless

@ludwig

Mar 28, 2025

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@locket

No not at all. Honestly, one of the reasons why I was heavily reliant on social media is my worry that I'm being fed certain narratives by certain news sites, but then when I thought about it, a lot of the takes on social media lack nuance and can also come from people that are swayed by other sources as well. That and the fact that certain issues don't get as much coverage as they should have.

Mar 29, 2025

@ludwig

@LOCKET not sure about America, but I can tell you that social media is a huge political tool in a lot of countries. Far-right politicians here love tiktok and instagram and catch most of their young voters there, which is also why I try to stay far away from social media. I try to check at least two different news sites with different political orientations to get a good picture

Mar 29, 2025

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@lucius

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Watching quality news channels

DW and Al Jazeera are tremendous networks, particularly if you keep in mind the few biases they do have; DW won't criticize Israel, and Al Jaz won't criticize Dubai and Qatar. But outside of that, they have tremendous programs and report on news that US channels won't touch. Text based news are so important too, Reuters and the absolute GOAT, AP News. For those who don't know, AP is generally the first, at least major outlet, to report on any significant news stories. Literally every other outlet depends on AP as a central source of the bulk of their major news. I'm one of those people that's been obsessively checking my various news sources throughout the day, for years. It's a very easy habit to begin and to maintain, and it has a tremendous impact on your understanding of the world we live in. Always use a skeptical, discerning perspective, but this is like the filter for the coffee grounds or tea leaves of information. The End

@surfchurch

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independent journalists

independent journalists are great, usually via substack or bluesky - a few i follow include: Talia Jane, Dr. Lucky Tran, Ken Klippenstein, Marisa Kabas, Spencer Ackerman, Kat Tenbarge, Kim Kelly, Law Dork. just be sure to read more than one source (though that is standard advice for reading any news lol). i also admittedly (as a leftist!) mostly read/listen to things that i think are perceived as left-friendly - Democracy Now, Al Jazeera, and Hellgate for news; outlets like In These Times, The Flytrap, ProPublica, Intercept, Verge, Rolling Stones and Teen Vogue etc. for analyses and exclusives mainstream outlets like the AP can be O.K., i read them usually for developing/live situations as they tend to be kept really up to date more than smaller outlets, but i also take MSM with a grain of salt because they recently all had terrible language and bias against Palestinians the last two years (article) and trans people too & always avoid the new york times as much as possible! archive.ph is your friend