> ill-formed assumption...by reading from both sides, they’ll balance and you’ll arrive at an enlightened center.
Not at all.
1. The assumption is that reading from multiple sides, you'll arrive at the enlightened position, center or otherwise.
This is the same assumption as in a courtroom. The idea isn't that the prosecution and the defense are both equally valid positions. (They don't.) The idea is that vigorous argument will yield the truth.
2. There's a lot of news that isn't necessarily "a side" but that you'd miss from a monotonous diet.
For example, in Jan 2020 I watched some Tucker Carlson episodes on Fox News. At the time the news media was overwhelmingly focused on Trump's first impeachment, but Carlson chose to cover this new "Chinese coronavirus."
I want to know what's going on in the world and it's absurd to think one particular source covers it all, even it wanted to.
Not at all.
1. The assumption is that reading from multiple sides, you'll arrive at the enlightened position, center or otherwise.
This is the same assumption as in a courtroom. The idea isn't that the prosecution and the defense are both equally valid positions. (They don't.) The idea is that vigorous argument will yield the truth.
2. There's a lot of news that isn't necessarily "a side" but that you'd miss from a monotonous diet.
For example, in Jan 2020 I watched some Tucker Carlson episodes on Fox News. At the time the news media was overwhelmingly focused on Trump's first impeachment, but Carlson chose to cover this new "Chinese coronavirus."
I want to know what's going on in the world and it's absurd to think one particular source covers it all, even it wanted to.