Ground News. What's your media/news diet?

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I don’t read WP (not ‘never’ but my interest is quite a bit lower - occasional free articles probably). Just read about Bezos laying off another 300 people, including a war reporter on the ground in Ukraine! Alumni, including Bob Woodward are disappointed, to say the least. There’s a good article in The Guardian. I trust the Guardian - maybe the most.

I go to several news sources online - CBC, CTV, Global, Guardian, MSNBC, CNN occasionally, G&M, NY Times, local newspapers and media, and many other sources, especially if I’m looking up specific topics. (Legit) left wing sources like the Jacobin, and Rabble. And Fox occasionally just to see what they’re spinning. National Post, sometimes, too. I put my critical thinking cap on, but yes I’m biased to the left.

I sort of trust CBC depending on the topic and everybody here knows which issue I’ve been most interested in, in the past several years. CBC does not do a fair job covering it, at all. None of them really give it proper coverage but CBC might be the worst. Other than that, they’re okay and I don’t want them defunded, just better.

Is there any such thing as unbiased news reporting?

Several years ago I served on a jury in a fairly high profile case. We delivered a verdict of Not Guilty.

I was taken aback by the press coverage afterwards. There was one reporter from the Toronto Star who delivered a balanced report of the case. All others either hinted or suggested the jury made the wrong call.

The public tended to trust the press coverage of the case to a large degree. People on the whole tended to believe that since the police had charged the defendant with a crime, that person must have been guilty.

It was an eye-opener, I can tell you that.

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Is there any such thing as unbiased news reporting?

Several years ago I served on a jury in a fairly high profile case. We delivered a verdict of Not Guilty.

I was taken aback by the press coverage afterwards. There was one reporter from the Toronto Star who delivered a balanced report of the case. All others either hinted or suggested the jury made the wrong call.

The public tended to trust the press coverage of the case to a large degree. People on the whole tended to believe that since the police had charged the defendant with a crime, that person must have been guilty.

It was an eye-opener, I can tell you that.

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It is said that there is an agenda in everything and if God is everything ... there is a conclusion to make that will be moved and adjusted as the topic is uncertain ... verily indeterminate! It creates turbulence here in the fringe ... word(s) get bumped about! Jousted around ...

Then there is the hard nut sector ... they've yet to meet the nutcracker suite ... some weird release? Unmentionable ...

Hey Kimmio - I had forgotten about Rabble!
Yesterday I discovered a hyperlocal online news site The Pointer - covering mainly Peel & Niagara) - started by an award winning investigative journalist (aren't they all investigative?) who was formerly with Toronto Star. The article I did read seemed to present a very factual. perspective.

Carolla said:

Hey Kimmio - I had forgotten about Rabble!
Yesterday I discovered a hyperlocal online news site The Pointer - covering mainly Peel & Niagara) - started by an award winning investigative journalist (aren't they all investigative?) who was formerly with Toronto Star. The article I did read seemed to present a very factual. perspective.

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I used to read it a lot more, myself. I do trust them to do their homework. The Tyee is a BC one, similar.

I am on the subscription list for the Maple, the Star, the Narwhal, Intrigue, the Walrus, the Van Kleek Hill Review, Fix the News, the Peak, CBC, NYT, maybe others. Some of these are just the freebee snapshot pages. I also get emails from some other sites. The Maple focuses mostly on Israel and labour politics. Fix the News provides good news stories from around the world. Intrigue is led by a pair of Australian diplomats and focuses on international politics. CTV and CBC tv news along with bits of Global and City.

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I am on the subscription list for the Maple, the Star, the Narwhal, Intrigue, the Walrus, the Van Kleek Hill Review, Fix the News, the Peak, CBC, NYT, maybe others. Some of these are just the freebee snapshot pages. I also get emails from some other sites. The Maple focuses mostly on Israel and labour politics. Fix the News provides good news stories from around the world. Intrigue is led by a pair of Australian diplomats and focuses on international politics. CTV and CBC tv news along with bits of Global and City.

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When taken in the Holi thing ... a good filter is required! Then Holi in another tongue was Hagia --- imagine that!

Would that be wise or reclusive as Sophia ... deep eh? Like a dark lady in the forests of Louisiana ... Mariah whats-her-name!

X marks all the spots.

There is seldom news from any source that is not easily found on X.

Kimmio Laughterlove said:

I don’t read WP (not ‘never’ but my interest is quite a bit lower - occasional free articles probably). Just read about Bezos laying off another 300 people, including a war reporter on the ground in Ukraine! Alumni, including Bob Woodward are disappointed, to say the least. There’s a good article in The Guardian. I trust the Guardian - maybe the most.

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When I go to X and search for Bezos laying off another 300 people

the first post that popped up was a screen shot of Bernie Sanders tweet.

Beside every post on X there is a link to Grok on the Right of the post in question.

I clicked on it and it analyzed the Bernie post.

I then asked Grok if The Guardian had covered the Washington Post layoffs and I got this:

Yes, The Guardian has extensively covered the Washington Post layoffs in early February 2026, with multiple articles detailing the scale (nearly one-third of staff, or over 300 people, including many journalists), the impact (shuttering departments like sports, local news, style, world/international coverage, audio/video teams), employee reactions (described as an "absolute bloodbath" by some staff), and broader context like fears of a "death spiral" for the paper.Key Guardian pieces from that period include:

• A February 4 article headlined "'It's an absolute bloodbath': Washington Post lays off hundreds of workers," which reported the immediate details and quoted former executive editor Marty Baron calling it one of the darkest days in the paper's history.
• A February 5 follow-up on mass layoffs fueling "death spiral" concerns, noting prior unpopular moves by owner Jeff Bezos.
• February 6 coverage of Bob Woodward expressing being "crushed" by the cuts and saying colleagues and readers "deserve more."
• A February 7 report on publisher Will Lewis abruptly resigning amid backlash over the staff reductions.
• An interactive/feature piece around February 8 framing the cuts (over 300 jobs axed by Bezos) as a hit to US democracy amid other pressures.

However, none of these Guardian articles (or related coverage in their archives) mention Bernie Sanders' specific tweet criticizing Bezos for the layoffs while highlighting his personal spending (yacht, wedding, ring). The Guardian's reporting focuses heavily on Bezos' silence/leadership, prior decisions (like non-endorsements and opinion page shifts), staff pleas/letters to him, reactions from figures like Woodward and Baron, and the paper's financial/structural challenges—but not on Sanders' commentary or the contrast with Bezos' lavish expenditures in this context.

If you're looking for whether other outlets picked up Sanders' angle or for direct links to those Guardian stories, let me know!

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Yeah well, the resident bots there don’t like Sanders much I guess. They’ve been programmed.

It doesn’t mention, either, that one of those articles (I read a couple) mentions a lay-off of a war reporter in Ukraine.The electronic pink slip came a day or two after she’d worked in her car in the freezing cold with a paper notebook and a pencil, due to a power outage. She responded to the notice, (paraphrased from memory but it’s public somewhere) “You just laid-off a reporter in a war zone!” That’s dedication to journalism, and he’s letting good ones go. It seemed important to highlight given the WP banner “Democracy Dies in Darkness”,

With reduced and impeded energy ... they become drop-outs ... relocating below the visible horizon. Dark stuff eh! Chernigov ... gradient?

Then if you go against the cluster f (ux) you are in a separate Circe ... that's out-there ... some fight while other take flight and fold up --- J Cash! Nothing left but the pen's ... thus wrote! Said by authority to be all that's left of troth! Screw dag ends ... de AL's!

Blue sky the ory (ori?) ... it the end it is all fuzzy! The circumstance of pride and prejudice when humbled ... collapse? And the Dais went dark ... as good a story as any when you discover you don't know nothing ... pithy, eh!

Imagine getting out of the bind ... DE captivated by stupid ... you know: "what's his name?" The winner ... now ... does he know what to do with it?

Tort theory enters the logistics of law with a lot of skim ... the fat come to the surface ... the left goes down ... succumbed ... maybe succession?

Here siblings fight to the end ... part of the Rueben ... unguent? Best if well greased ... then they won't stop ... like lightening ... what if adequately moderated (without agenda)? That's something else ... free th*unque ... ham mere 'd! Many things can intoxicate badly ... the world is full of solutions and Rae solutions ... mysterious paths! Hartebeests ... an ugly deer ...

Woah this ancient thread still going??? :3

I see Ground News has changed in the past year -- I can't find some of the things I used to enjoy

So my media diet has changed again -- I try to avoid Low Vibration News, stuff like CNN, MSNBC, FOX NEWS, WHITE HOUSE, HOMELAND SECURITY, ETC, that exists to Make Moolah and SCARE THE BEJEZUS OOT OF ME LOL (and in the esoteric sense to serve to feed the endless hunger of those beings that thrive on this. So the Eeepstein files and Trump are endless food source)

I prefer HIGH VIBRATION NEWS

Queue Beach Boys!!!