I got a lot of my headlines from reddit. Due to the impending death of my favorite app (Sync for Reddit) however, that’s coming to an end.

I’m now realising my Reddit experience had deteriorated slowly, just doomscrolling the hours away wasn’t healthy and I’m even kind of glad this is a good reason to end it. However, reddit has been really useful for news, especially the comments (taken with the right amount of skepticism) could be very informative.

I hope Lemmy builds something similar, but the defederation of beehaw’s news has been a setback.

What would be a good alternative, going forward, for getting news and backgrounds from varied, trustworthy en unbiased sources?

  • CeruleanRuin@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The context I got from reddit comment threads was invaluable. I hope to find something similar in the federated wilderness.

  • mcc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Check out ground news. It is a news aggregator, but with a twist: it aggregates all articles on the same event from various sites so you can see how the event is portrayed by different sites.

    • OFS_Razgriz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Both of them have truly neutral coverage, as in they report based on fact and reality and don’t limit what they write in order to maintain some false sense of neutrality. Many news sites nowadays play down objective fact in order to maintain “neutrality” between one side of the political spectrum that believes in evidence and statistical fact and one that expressly does not.

      This of course means that they’re seen as being “anti-Trump” or “anti-Republican” but in actuality it’s reality itself that is anti-Trump and they just report reality.

      • OrangeSlice@lemmy.mlMEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I would caution against putting so much faith in them both so strongly. They both favor American establishment liberal politics, which is transparent to many due to the fact that a lot of Americans agree with those politics, and that they appear very reasonable in comparison to whatever tf Republicans are up to on a given day.

        It’s not a bad thing that they tend to have a very dry and straightforward tone, but all outlets are biased, and it’s important to remain critical at all times if you want to have an accurate picture of a current event.

  • HelixNebula@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Reuters and the Associated Press are probably the most neutral and trustworthy news agencies.

    Edit: My bad, they aren’t news aggregators, I still highly recommend them, though.

  • Cha0zz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Maybe not directly an answer to your question but I don’t believe Reddit was a trustworthy and unbiased news source. Hell it wasn’t even that varied imo with news mainly being about what’s happening in the US with a focus on politics. Tbh I really don’t know what a good news source would be that thicks all your boxes.

  • nivenkos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I think it’s best to never read the news, you’ll find about stuff that actually affects you naturally anyway.

    Focus on communities for your hobbies and career instead.

    • Balssh@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      I’d argue that one should not stop reading the news forever because you’ll just become increasingly disconnected from what happens around you. As with all things, reading news in moderation and not doomscrolling is the way I think.

      • nivenkos@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        But you naturally will hear about important stuff anyway or see it on headlines in the supermarket, etc.

        Like when the Ukraine war started, the Ukrainians and Russians had a flame-war on the company slack.

        And if we really were going to die by climate disaster, nuclear war, pandemics, etc. isn’t it better not to know until it happens anyway?

        You can’t spend your life worrying about things that will materialise decades from now, or are going on thousands of miles away. Focus on your own life and your own family and community.

        • Balssh@kbin.social
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          1 year ago

          I think Kbin replies are broken because I had to go to your profile to see your reply to me.
          Anyways, I don’t think being reasonable up to date with whatever happens in your country or in the world means “worrying about things that will materialize decades from now or are going on thousands of miles away”.
          For example, not watching news at all (I usually never use the TV nowadays) might make me miss some bad legislation that was/will be passed. I might miss protests against such things. Or I might be more prone to believing fake news about a certain topic (war in Ukraine for example).
          But I completely agree one should not be 24/7 worrying about news.

          • nivenkos@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            But the protests make no difference anyway so why bother?

            And why does your opinion on Ukraine matter, are you an admiral or field marshal? Can you change anything anyway?

            Better to spend that time learning new songs on guitar, playing new video games, discovering new movies, or areas to go hiking, cities to go travelling, cooking and restaurants, etc. - actually enjoy life. It is short.