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   Masked Scheduler (maskedscheduler@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jul-2024 11:20:00 JST Masked Scheduler

   I just cancelled my subscription to the new york times

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     mkb (mkb@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jul-2024 12:28:51 JST mkb

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     • BushHut

     @BushHut @maskedscheduler @DemocracyMattersALot Most of the outlets doing real, high quality journalism are pretty conservative. WSJ does amazing reporting but their editorial slant is incomprehensibly evil.

     At the end of the day, the only way for us to be well-informed is, at least in part, to serve as our own bullshit filters. That is, to be able to read or hear a story and discern what portions are credible, which are not, and what might be missing.

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     mkb (mkb@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jul-2024 12:28:51 JST mkb

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     • BushHut

     @BushHut @maskedscheduler @DemocracyMattersALot I can do that with WaPo and NYT just fine but it has gotten to the point where the good (and often great) reporting is overshadowed by their shit editorial approaches. I’m no longer comfortable giving them my money.

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     mkb (mkb@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jul-2024 12:28:52 JST mkb

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     @BushHut @maskedscheduler @DemocracyMattersALot Depth is a factor too. For all the faults of WaPo and NYT, they also do some extraordinary, in-depth reporting which few outlets can match. There are many ways to get a high level skim of what is going on in the world but not many which get into the nitty gritty.

     Many other news sources, including most TV reporting, rely in large part on the big, old-fashioned print publications as the basis of their stories.

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     BushHut (bushhut@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jul-2024 12:28:55 JST BushHut

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     @mkb @maskedscheduler @DemocracyMattersALot

     I get my news on here, I haven't read a newspaper or listened to radio or tv news in years. Their interests are not mine, or probably, yours either.

     Wherever you acquire it you need an active crap filter.

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     mkb (mkb@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jul-2024 12:28:56 JST mkb

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     @maskedscheduler @DemocracyMattersALot Yeah, I’ve been contemplating the same, along with WaPo. The question for me is where do I get my news then? The other big players are pretty fluffy.

     The Economist is probably the answer.

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     DemocracySpot (democracyspot@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jul-2024 13:25:43 JST DemocracySpot

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     @maskedscheduler 🎖️