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Originally Posted by Nich
Agreed. But we'll never see New York Times put "but of course we'd say that because we're biased af" on their stories. I don't think there is any attempt to offset and account for biases. Business practice for news / social media appears to be: always pander, never challenge.
We as the consumers of this media will begin to think this is passable for critical thought. If the "top" journalists in the world are this lazy, well goshdarnit my opinions are virtually gold standard and as defensible as theirs.
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Yes and no. Al Jazeera consistently has guests that challenge the station's narrative, journalists do it too. A recently example was a journalist challenging the almost universal narrative that there was no evidence of election fraud in the US election. They corrected the anchor and said "for the sake of balanced reporting" that there was indeed evidence and cited some examples.
But really it's up to us. We need to do some of our own work digesting information. Ensure we have a diverse information diet to balance various perspectives. Pay close attention on reports that you have personal knowledge of, see how far off the mark they are.
Of course there are forces that seek to undermine our capacity to do this, and we must do what we can to resist these forces. But these forces aren't bad people working against good. There are all kinds of forces, some centred in us, some far greater than all of humanity.