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Does anyone know FLOSS replacements for Ground News?

I've seen some good things Ground News does.

Like seeing the same story under different media outlets and seeing representation of a story across the political spectrum.

I currently use RSS feed readers, I think something like what Ground is, would help organize my media at least.

This is the website: https://web.ground.news/

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[–] RushLana@lemmy.blahaj.zone 52 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hi, I want to warn you about services claiming to sell "unbiased" advice : Ground news is biased, their alignment of left and right is subjective as all politics is.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 44 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Not just that, but their definition of "left" often veers into the downright ludicrous. Sometimes i think the whole thing is just another psyop to move the Overton window ever farther right.

[–] RushLana@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 11 months ago

Yeah, as a french person it still shock me that some US are considered left leaning when they are just billionaires mouth pieces.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They do make it possible to adjust the ratings on your own account for the ones you disagree on. It doesn't affect the newsletters, but I find those to be too american-specific anyway

[–] irotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 11 months ago

Yeah, the definitions are actually more about alignment with the US political parties rather than left or right. And since both parties are demonstrably right of center, just to different degrees, the bias meter should only be used to determine which political party's sponsors likely biased the article.

For example, an article saying climate change is not human caused and presenting debunked evidence will be ranked mostly center and second mostly right. But an article calling for incentives to reduce use of fossils fuels will be ranked mostly left. That's mostly center if anything. An article calling for the government to explicitly force companies to stop using fossil fuels would be mostly left and center. One further advocating for the government to take over energy companies that don't comply and make energy production public would be mostly left. Just presenting scientific evidence and refusing to give a voice to debunked "alternative facts" is not a leftist position, it's a centrist one at best and should be the baseline.

[–] CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Purity test on Lemmy? Not left enough? Mild shock!

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago

That's not the point. If you think CNN&Co. are left, I have news for you.