Easiest way to stay informed of current events?

[Anonymous]

Life/work has been incredibly busy and it appears as though staying on top of current news/events/politics was the first thing to take the back burner. Had a personally embarrassing conversation last night that made me realize I really have no idea what’s going on.

I don’t have a ton of time, but I’d love a daily refresher. Is there a site or even a podcast that will give me unbiased INFO so I don’t look completely lost again?

[Anonymous]

Unbiased? No. Not when the WaPo declared objectivity no longer mattered.

You have to pick your poison. And it's hard to give you suggestions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unbiased? No. Not when the WaPo declared objectivity no longer mattered.

You have to pick your poison. And it's hard to give you suggestions.

I just want the facts, not the slant. If that makes sense. I guess bias is ok, as long as I get the full story? I hadn’t even heard about the speaker! I’ve been so busy. How could I have best/easily heard this, and other news, in a concise format?

[Anonymous]

Look at yahoo. They have articles from lots of sources.

[Anonymous]

I like the Up First podcast from NPR for this purpose. (And Today, Explained and The Daily for deeper dives into one subject)

[Anonymous]

Do you commute to work? Listen to NPR. They have the news. Or get the NYT app on your phone. You can scan the headlines easily.

I've had my share of stressful events in my life, and I've found that it's not lack of listening/reading news that makes me appear uninformed. It's the fact that I somehow develop amnesia surrounding a stressful event. I remember the event, but whatever else was happening at the same time just disappears!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you commute to work? Listen to NPR. They have the news. Or get the NYT app on your phone. You can scan the headlines easily.

I've had my share of stressful events in my life, and I've found that it's not lack of listening/reading news that makes me appear uninformed. It's the fact that I somehow develop amnesia surrounding a stressful event. I remember the event, but whatever else was happening at the same time just disappears!

NPR and NYT are two of the most heavily biased news sources, they are hardly solely "fact" based. They will tell you things, strictly from their interpretation and both will be incredibly selective in what they tell you in order to feed a narrative, rather than facts. The decline of both as reputable news sources has been quite sad. But it is what it is.

I find the overseas presses slightly better in being more factual rather than biased. And Bloomberg is better and more factual than NYT/WaPo and especially NPR.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you commute to work? Listen to NPR. They have the news. Or get the NYT app on your phone. You can scan the headlines easily.

I've had my share of stressful events in my life, and I've found that it's not lack of listening/reading news that makes me appear uninformed. It's the fact that I somehow develop amnesia surrounding a stressful event. I remember the event, but whatever else was happening at the same time just disappears!

NPR and NYT are two of the most heavily biased news sources, they are hardly solely "fact" based. They will tell you things, strictly from their interpretation and both will be incredibly selective in what they tell you in order to feed a narrative, rather than facts. The decline of both as reputable news sources has been quite sad. But it is what it is.

I find the overseas presses slightly better in being more factual rather than biased. And Bloomberg is better and more factual than NYT/WaPo and especially NPR.

As an informed listener or reader, there news sources you can easily absorb and self-edit in your mind as necessary, such as NPR and the NYT, because of their calm mode of communication. Same for WSJ, but I didn't recommend it because DCUM doesn't tend to be the target audience. You can also look at BBC News, but avoid the magazine part of their website, it's a bit dramatic. I do not recommend WaPo just yet, although with their second new editor under Besos ownership, they've improved and might be great at some point in the future. Still needs to increase writing quality, and still needs to tone down rampant subjectivity.

What you don't want is CNN, MSNBC, FOX, etc. Their tendency to catastrophize actions from the other side is exhausting and you'll need a lot more self-editing.

I know you're probably a troll, PP, since it's not objectively possible to claim that NPR and NYT are overly biased. They are left of center, just like WSJ is right of center. Some pieces by some authors are better than others, but they're all trustworthy and reputable news sources. You've got to learn to distinguish between reporting, opinion pieces and editorials.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unbiased? No. Not when the WaPo declared objectivity no longer mattered.

You have to pick your poison. And it's hard to give you suggestions.

I just want the facts, not the slant. If that makes sense. I guess bias is ok, as long as I get the full story? I hadn’t even heard about the speaker! I’ve been so busy. How could I have best/easily heard this, and other news, in a concise format?

Does not exist. You can't consume all the facts in the whole world. You need curation, and that has a slant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unbiased? No. Not when the WaPo declared objectivity no longer mattered.

You have to pick your poison. And it's hard to give you suggestions.

I just want the facts, not the slant. If that makes sense. I guess bias is ok, as long as I get the full story? I hadn’t even heard about the speaker! I’ve been so busy. How could I have best/easily heard this, and other news, in a concise format?

I read the physical paper every day -- I actually can't stand front page online for either NYTimes or Wash Post, but the physical A section of the Washington Post is wonderful and leaves me feeling calmly informed.

It's old school but it works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unbiased? No. Not when the WaPo declared objectivity no longer mattered.

You have to pick your poison. And it's hard to give you suggestions.

I just want the facts, not the slant. If that makes sense. I guess bias is ok, as long as I get the full story? I hadn’t even heard about the speaker! I’ve been so busy. How could I have best/easily heard this, and other news, in a concise format?

Does not exist. You can't consume all the facts in the whole world. You need curation, and that has a slant.

Disagree. AP News is just news.

[Anonymous]

here's a good chart:
https://www.allsides.com/blog/allsides-media-bias-chart-version-92-updated-ratings-plus-new-allsides-fact-check-bias-chart

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:here's a good chart:
https://www.allsides.com/blog/allsides-media-bias-chart-version-92-updated-ratings-plus-new-allsides-fact-check-bias-chart

This chart is ridiculous. If you think getting your news from NYT is the bias equivalent of getting it from Fox News, then I don't know what to tell you.

Also, note the fine print at the bottom. This chart appears to based on surveys of regular Americans about what they *think* the bias of these sources are. The thing is: the average NYT reader is highly educated. Their assessment that Fox News is right-biased is objectively correct. The average FoxNews viewer (which includes some insane percentage of Americans, as it is the most viewed news source in the country) is not highly educated. The fact that they are screaming "the NYT is propaganda!" does not make it true. But it does land the NYT is the liberal bias column in this chart, however.

That you would post this chart shows, well, your bias.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, it's just a waste of time reading about current events and politics. But I admittedly peruse WSJ once in awhile and it seems mostly middle of the road. And regarding NYT, over 90% of their readers are Democrats! Yes, most of their readers have a degree, but it's not exactly a great achievement to earn a degree. The problem with NYT and the Washington Post is that they promote indoctrination and absolutely kill people's critical thinking skills. Same is obviously true for right wing trash like Fox.

[Anonymous]

I read DCUM. There’s always a thread started about whatever and the first few pages are usually pretty good until the thread dissolves into nonsense.