OT - a news source without the sensationalism

Submitted by Dennis on April 21st, 2023 at 6:46 AM

I haven't consumed news content for years because I can't stand mainstream media and its baggage, lies, political bents, biases, stupid ads, and sensationalism focused on keeping constituents angry, but I recently found a news source called Early Chirp that feels a bit healthier to consume. 

Their ads are sponsor based so they integrate one ad with their content as if they're reporting on it, which feels way more natural and less jarring than banner ads and fucking pop ups.

The articles are written in a very classic reporting style - reminds me of local newspapers and is a pleasant read during my morning coffee. 

It's free to subscribe, and they'll send you their daily issue every morning. Here's a link to their latest issue. 

Any news sources y'all follow that you like and offer a similar experience?

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NFG

April 21st, 2023 at 7:58 AM ^

I only believe news sources that have to pay out $787MM to a company because their journalism and report was so accurate.

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4th phase

April 21st, 2023 at 12:21 PM ^

Not really. One was settled in court. I guess I’ll wait for the outcome of the committee investigation.
 

But even calling it the “laptop” is already misleading because the supposed origin is such obvious bullshit that I can’t believe anyone would fall for it. It’s more likely an iCloud hack. Not a blind repairman who entrusted it to Rudy.

 

also if I really cared I’m sure I could point to many examples of news stations ignoring stories that don’t help their side. Omission is not the same as outright lying so this wasn’t the gotcha you seem to think it is. 

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ZooWolverine

April 21st, 2023 at 1:23 PM ^

Is there evidence that the policy was done to help a candidate? In the previous election, was the opposite policy (heavily covering hacked data) followed to help Trump? The outcome of each decision may have been better for one candidate or another, but the policies in 2020 were put in place in response to the media failures in 2016. The decision to take extra caution when data of questionable origin is released with the goal of hurting one candidate.

Even aside from the history, it is clearly reasonable to debate the ethics for a news organization to spread information almost certainly provided by a foreign government attempting to influence the election. I think it was clearly the right decision to not cover the leak breathlessly. I get that you can disagree with the decision, but it's hard to argue that there's not a really important ethical question.

On the other hand, Fox News has been clearly documented as knowingly lying to their viewers because their viewers didn't want to hear the truth, and telling the truth was hurting their bottom line. There's no debate about that ethical question, and thus the two situations are not remotely comparable.

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WindyCityBlue

April 21st, 2023 at 8:01 AM ^

I use the ground news app. It’s more of an aggregator, but the app will tell you if the reporting is politically biased (right or left) so you know what you’re getting in to before reading it. I have it set up where any politically biased reporting is filtered out completely so I can get “just the facts” reporting on a particular event. 

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Qmatic

April 21st, 2023 at 8:03 AM ^

A combination of the New York Times and the New York Post. Also good is to read a combination of the Washington Examiner and the Washington Post.

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Carpetbagger

April 21st, 2023 at 12:07 PM ^

The WSJ would have stood in perfectly a few years ago, however, it is decidedly centrist nowadays. That's a function of where Big Business has moved on the political spectrum as much as anything conspiratorial.

There is no rough equivalent to the NYT on the Right any longer, nor is the Grey Lady quite the bastion of "serious" journalism it once was. Wordle is just the gateway drug to the listicles in their future.

News is very fragmented at the moment. I think this is a great thing, as long as you can stay away from the outrage-mob news. Very fascinating to read a dozen different perspectives on the same story and put together what I think is reality.

One of the more unlikely places I've found to get news is Al Jazeera. Stay away from things they have a skin in and it's remarkably centrist.

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GoBlue96

April 21st, 2023 at 8:05 AM ^

I feel like clinking on that link is going to set off the work porn alarms.

I subscribe to The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Detroit News.  That combination gives me everything I need.

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theintegral

April 21st, 2023 at 8:47 AM ^

Not surprisingly, the articles(?) lack depth and information.  It may be another reason why it is called The Chirp.  Similar to the on-the-hour radio news, The Chirp might inspire a reader to learn more about the topic....and from where the article was gleaned.

Thanks for posting.

Note to the mods:  26 comments before we see a comment from someone who actually looked at the link. 

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