> I am blown away by how much better informed I am on most stories than I was before.
Haven't you just traded one set of biases for another?
Haven't you just traded one set of biases for another?
I subscribe to the NYT (the print edition—trying to figure out how to make news more accessible to my kids to stumble upon, and I like how it helps me focus on reading). As a Michigander, I definitely detect a progressive New England lense at times, but the quality of their journalism is generally superb.
What's an example to you of an article on a hot-point issue where you think the quality of their journalism was superb? And how do you know the quality of their journalism in that article was superb?
I have noticed that on topics that I have independent knowledge of, particularly topics relating to race, sex, or politics, I often find their reporting to be slanted and misleading. They care more about selecting anecdotes and statistics to fit the narrative, rather than starting from the perspective of picking representative anecdotes and a full composite of statistics that give you the actual truth of the matter.
Shh. He's found peace and reassurance. Invaluable.