I’m enjoying Lemmy so far, for the most part.

Everything here is pretty good save for the fact that all the news and politics I can find is dominated by the same few accounts.

Half or more of the accounts have a very clear agenda. They modify headlines. Lie. Spread disinformation. And generally are just extremely toxic groups.

It doesn’t seem to be a secret here either. And moderators appear to have no interest in putting a stop to it.

So, where are you subbed to for reliable news and US/Global politics?

  • @Ohthereyouare@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    7•1 year ago

    Man, this whole thread has tried my patience. It’s as if not a single Lemmy user thinks that current events are worth following.

    I’m not sure where everyone is getting their information, but this response is sorta terrifying.

    • @devils_advocate@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      Current events are certainly worth following and Lemmy could be a great place to add comments, ask questions and find additional context. A bot to scrape a relevant subreddit if content is needed.

      Complaining about bias is what I was addressing. You can get unbiased media. Al-jazeera is surprisingly good for world news.

      • @Ohthereyouare@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        4•1 year ago

        I wasn’t complaining about bias though. That’s the thing. I was asking for reliable news aggregation on Lemmy. Big difference

        Nobody here seems to understand that though. Or, very few.

        I know news is bias. That isn’t the point. It’s the posting of blogs, YouTube videos, altering headlines, using alts to brigade voting and push an agenda… Here, on Lemmy, not in the media.

        The media is a known commodity. If I read an MSN article, I know their bias. If I read a fox news article, I definitely know their bias.

        A bunch of edgy “communists” and qanon accounts manipulating the large news and politics community ON LEMMY is the point. Not the news