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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone who is is classified as either moderate or center left by those various tests you can do, I don’t trust any of them any more. It has become obvious to me that [b]the major news organizations are as unreliable and untruthful as their far-left and far-right peers[/b]. I trust the NYT as much as I trust the Daily Mail now, which is to say not at all.

I read NYT, WSJ, Al-Jazeera, Guardian, Times (UK), Economist, Wash Post, Daily Mail, NY Post, Daily Wire, Vox, and more. I don’t credit any of them with truth. I also read Twitter, both left- and right-wing.

Sometimes I think I can piece together the underlying facts. But sometimes I’m convinced I’m just not learning the truth at all.

It is depressing. [/quote]

The bolded is a gross exaggeration.

I agree with the general point, but the BBC is FAR more reliable and truthful than Newsmax (for example).

Twitter doesn't belong in the conversation.[/quote]

I used to believe that the BBC was reliable. I no longer do. I do not trust it any more than Newsmax, frankly.

And Twitter is the only place where facts that have been suppressed by mainstream media can be found. Now, some of those facts are not actually facts, of course. But some are. [/quote]

You're flat out mistaken.

1. Media outlets are subject to potential legal consequences. For all practical purposes, Twitter users are not. This alone creates an entirely different standard of care and quality of product.

2. Different media outlets have completely different journalistic processes and standards. If you don't understand both the reality and the import of this, you need to do some reading.

Is the institutional media perfect? No.

Is it unbiased? No.

Is it FAR more reliable than the far left or far right "media"? Unequivocally.

Be informed. [/quote]

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