On: Not All Facts Are Equal

[lando2319]

The facts that support one's narrative are the most important.

Mainstream media 101

[dang → lando2319]

Maybe so, but please don't post unsubstantive comments here. Especially not generic ones on ideological topics.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[tux1968 → lando2319]

Bret Weinstein talked about his direct experience with that in a recent appearance in Vancouver. How left-leaning and right-leaning publications reported his story differently and to varying degrees of accuracy. He suggests it's exactly because of the underlying narrative of each side.

https://youtu.be/bz0oxIZ3xIg?t=311

[remyrylan → lando2319]

I agree that all mainstream media, no matter if it's on the right, the left, center, government owned or not -- it's all full of bias to push the narrative each organization cares about.

Maybe 5% of the news reported is worth paying attention to, the rest may as well be garbage.

[lamename → remyrylan]

And often lacks nuance or historical context. I can't blame people for wanting to avoid complexity, that's why headlines exist, but there will always be information left out. Even from more honest reporting.

I understand why but it still saddens me.

[fvdessen → remyrylan]

They put the narrative people want to read about. Have you seen what's on the clickbaity ads ? That's what people click on ! Most people want garbage.

[remyrylan → fvdessen]

Very true. I internally weep for humanity every time I use a browser without ad block.