#unbiased news

[ashesinthewest]

Gonna try this out there tomorrow.

Just a friendly reminder

If you want unbiased news sources and are struggling to keep up with it all, PBS NewsHour posts daily news on their YouTube channel everyday at 6PM (14:00).

Makes one feel SUPER adult listening to/watching it, and also helps that the far right currently hates PBS and are trying to take it down, so give them all the viewership!

[topstoriesworld16]

Breaking News Website – English News at Its Best

Your go-to website for breaking news in English. Explore top stories, detailed reports, and unbiased journalism every day.

[intelligentchristianlady]

"Not Owned by Anybody." Your new source for news. Subscribe now.

[notcruvusmemes]

The 1440 Daily Digest is a free daily (Mon-Sat) email newsletter that does its best to provide unbiased summaries of current news stories, with included links to various news sources if you want to do further reading. I've been subscribed to them for a couple years now, and they help me keep up with the news without getting overwhelmed by trying to find the most reliable/complete coverage myself. They also include links to trending human interest stories, and at the end of each newsletter they have a "Historybook" section listing landmark events that happened on that day of the year, including famous people that were born/died/did something noteworthy, followed by a quote from one of the people mentioned. I like ending the newsletter that way, because I feel like it helps put the events of the day in perspective of history and other people who've overcome other hard things.

If you want to look into the newsletter or sign up, here's the link to their website:

at some point we gotta acknowledge that getting the majority of your news and takes and general opinions from tumblr is not meaningfully different than getting it from tiktok even though on here it's in textual form. understanding the world through the lens of viral videos vs understanding it through breathless unsourced text posts written by dykeastarion69

[ournationalconversation]

The Future of Journalism: Trends and Challenges in National News Coverage

In an era marked by unprecedented access to information, journalism plays a pivotal role in shaping public opinion and driving national conversations. As we navigate the complexities of our modern world, the future of journalism is a topic of paramount importance. In this blog, we will explore the evolving landscape of journalism, the challenges it faces, and the trends that will shape its trajectory. Our focus is on creating fair, unbiased news coverage that informs, educates, and sparks meaningful discussions.

The Changing Landscape of Journalism

The journalism landscape has undergone a seismic shift in recent years. Traditional print media has seen a decline in readership, while digital platforms have risen to prominence. News organizations are grappling with the need to adapt to changing consumer behaviors and the growing demand for instant, accessible news. This transformation has given rise to several key trends that will shape the future of journalism.

Digital Dominance: The internet has become the primary source of news for a vast majority of people. Online platforms and social media have democratized news dissemination, allowing anyone to share their opinions and news stories. However, this democratization also comes with challenges related to misinformation and the spread of biased or unverified news.

Multimedia Journalism: Audiences increasingly prefer multimedia content, including videos, podcasts, and interactive graphics. News organizations must adapt to meet these preferences and provide engaging, informative content that goes beyond traditional articles.

Personalization: Advances in technology enable news organizations to tailor content to individual readers. While this can enhance user experience, it also raises concerns about creating filter bubbles where readers are only exposed to information that aligns with their existing beliefs.

Data Journalism: With the availability of vast amounts of data, data journalism has gained prominence. It involves using data analysis and visualization to uncover trends, tell compelling stories, and provide a deeper understanding of complex issues.

Challenges Facing Journalism

While these trends offer exciting opportunities for journalism, they are accompanied by significant challenges that threaten the integrity of national news coverage.

Misinformation and Fake News: The digital age has made it easier for misinformation to spread rapidly. News outlets are grappling with the challenge of verifying information in real-time and countering the influence of fake news.

Biased Reporting: Achieving unbiased news coverage remains a persistent challenge. Journalists must navigate their own biases and strive to present facts fairly, but it’s not always easy to separate personal opinions from reporting.

Economic Sustainability: Traditional revenue models for journalism, such as advertising and subscriptions, are under pressure. Finding sustainable business models while maintaining journalistic integrity is a constant struggle.

Declining Trust in Media: Public trust in the media has eroded, with many people perceiving bias and agenda-driven reporting. Rebuilding trust is essential for the future of journalism.

Proposals for a Brighter Future

To ensure that the future of journalism remains robust and serves the public interest, several proposals and initiatives have emerged:

Transparency and Accountability: News organizations can enhance their credibility by being transparent about their sources, methods, and editorial processes. Fact-checking and corrections should be readily accessible to readers.

Diverse Voices: Embracing diversity in newsrooms is crucial for providing a well-rounded perspective on national and global issues. Diverse voices can help counter bias and provide more comprehensive news coverage.

Media Literacy Education: Promoting media literacy is essential to help the public discern credible sources from misinformation. Educational initiatives should teach critical thinking and fact-checking skills.

Collaborative Journalism: Collaborative efforts between news organizations can pool resources to investigate complex issues thoroughly. This approach can mitigate the impact of shrinking newsroom budgets.

Ethical Journalism Standards: Upholding ethical standards in journalism, including accuracy, fairness, and impartiality, is non-negotiable. News organizations should invest in training and hold their journalists accountable to these standards.

Conclusion

The future of journalism holds promise, but it also faces formidable challenges. In the digital age, news organizations must adapt to changing reader preferences while maintaining their core mission of delivering fair, unbiased news. To achieve this, transparency, diversity, and adherence to ethical standards are paramount. By addressing these challenges head-on and embracing emerging trends, the journalism industry can continue to be a cornerstone of our national conversation, providing the informed and balanced reporting that our society requires.

[starry-bi-sky]

mmmmmm read a disciple shen yuan/shizun luo binghe fanfic about two days ago where the first chapter was the Immortal Conference arc, and SQQ was the one who had to be pushed into the abyss (he was still the villain) except Luo Binghe was refusing and was like, lowkey losing his mind about SQQ being so close to the edge. SQQ ended up having to be the one to fall in himself because of the system's punishment system. The rest of the fic is leading up to that moment. But like, MMM i've been obsessively thinking about that first chapter for DAYS ever since.

now i've been in svsss for a grand total of *checks watch* a week. but god obsessed with that. I want to write/read a fic where disciple SQQ goes a little nuts down there. Like keep all of the things that make SQQ, SQQ, but just. Throw in a little bit more trauma in there. A little bit of a mental break. Let him go a little nuts as a treat. Just a tad unhinged. I wanna see him go, just a little, "god fuck it, i've tried so hard to change this shitty story's outcome and it feels like everything i've done has been for nothing. I'm going to die in this world no matter what I do, I've been doomed from the start, so might as well die the way I want to." and he just, breaks a little! Under all the stress.

He still retains the traits that makes shen yuan, shen yuan, like his overwhelming kindness. But he's just! yk. A little less patient. Paranoid. Jumpy. Colder. A little more aloof and closed off. A little more Shen Jiu. He's no asshole child abuser, but he was a Number One Hater in his past life and he's leaning into that old habit a little more now.

(On a totally coincidental not-at-all related note, there's not enough SJ-and-SY-are-the-same-people fics out there that i've found. This is totally unrelated...)

The Endless Abyss turns the mind into an over-sharpened blade, and SQQ is both fascinated and perhaps a little excited to explore a place that doesn't have a lot of info on it in the mortal realm, but still terrified out of his mind. And he's no Luo Binghe, he doesn't have the sheer brute strength and power to just bulldoze his way through, so he has to be a lot more sneaky and cunning if he wants to survive.

The fic itself role-swapped LBH and SQQ so that SQQ was the half-demon (which lowkey fucks) and LBH the human, but I'm equally-if-not-more obsessed with the idea that LBH remains the half-heavenly demon and SQQ the human. If only because I keep thinking about SQQ befriending some demons (particularly and specifically a group of succubi) and they grow very attached to this Human Cultivator so through magic plot stuff they create some kind of seal/illusion/talisman that makes SQQ appear as a demon because a human cultivator in the endless abyss may as well be the equivalent of putting a giant neon target on your back.

And iirc Shen Jiu was taught demonic cultivation by that one guy(?? i've only been here a week so im not caught up in ALL of the lore yet) so that could totally happen here.

(On the other end of the realms, poor Shizun Luo Binghe is just. losing his fucking mind over losing his most precious and beloved disciple. About .5 seconds from burning down the peaks himself. somebody sedate him.)

The Endless Abyss sucks and SQQ is having a really terrible time and can feel himself going lowkey mad, but also holy shit look at all this WORLD-BUILDING. look at all this flora and fauna, and oh if he had the equipment for it he'd be writing all of this down. ALL OF IT. He was kinda-sorta-already planning on never leaving the Abyss as some sort of fucked up self-exile and self-preservation thing, but now he might? actually just?? never leave if he can help it, like he lowkey likes it down here.

anyways the next time anyone ever sees SQQ again he's got hair so long its almost touching the ground and he's either in rags and half-feral or he's been completely dolled up by his adoptive succubi sisters and still about three seconds from biting anyone who tries to touch him. (he's also lowkey trying to book it back down to the abyss even if he has desperately missed all of his friends and shizun)

[heckyeahponyscans]

Snopes.com was THE fact-checking / lie-debunking website in the 2000s, covering everything from lighthearted fare like "is this a picture of Bigfoot?" to rumors about Iraq War, which at the time often spread via chain emails or Dick Cheney.

Well, Snopes still exists and I encourage you to check it out. They will investigate until they find the primary source of a photo, a quote, an article. This is especially important in a world where AI is increasingly able to fool the human eye and human ear.

In case you were wondering, the status of the photos / articles I clipped for this post are:

Israel making a deal with BetterHelp - Real, and the company was founded by an IDF soldier who proudly brags about this fact in his online profile. Also they have previously been caught selling private medical information.

IDF soldier threatening a woman with children - Real picture but not from current conflict

Are Palestinians forbidden from collecting rainwater? Yes, and the situation is even more dire than the headline makes it sound. Really recommend this article for a deeper understanding of the discrimination the Palestinians suffered even prior to the current conflict.

Did Israel use white phosphorus on Gaza? The evidence strongly points to yes. This article is VERY good, very well-researched.

[fuckyeah-bears]

Genuine question. What was it about Hamas breaking into homes, doing war crimes, killing civilians, raping women, killing and possibly beheading babies made y'all break your "no politics" rule to post support about it?

Condemning one side for genocide while ignoring the other side chanting "gas the Jews" is a special kind of irony.

i don't have the energy to respond to this right now. i never once said i approved of or condoned hamas. hamas is a terror organization and any and all killing of human beings is wrong. however you are listening to propaganda. most of the sensationalized headlines about hamas, specifically the beheading one have all been proven to be fake and have literally no evidence. hamas does not represent the palestinian people or the people of gaza. and yet the genocidal israeli government has decided to indiscriminately punnish all 2.1 million people living in gaza for the horrific actions of hamas. this is called collective punishment and it is literally defined as a war crime. gaza's population is 50% children. gaza is the world's largest concentration camp and open air prison. it has been under military blockade for the past 16 years. israel controls the food water electricity fuel movement of people and everything else going in and out of gaza.

this is a walled off open air prison that is extremely densely populated, extremely poor, and full of children. and israel is depriving the entire population of food, clean water, electricity, and carpet bombing them, using banned illegal chemical weapons, refusing to allow in humanitarian aid. they have bombed hospitals, bombed residential buildings, bombed people fleeing after israel told them to evacuate (but joke was on them because they can't evacute since there's no where to go because israel controls all the check points and refuses to let palestinians out, instead trapping them in gaza while there's still no electricity or water or food or any other supplies coming in.

and then don't even get me started on the propaganda israel has been using to demonize and dehumanize palestinians. the defense minister literally called all palestinians "human animals" and said israel would treat them as such. top government officials have released images depicting palestinians as cockroaches and insects needing to be exterminated. they have referred to all gazan's as terrorists to justify their massacre of them.

this is fucking genocide. this is exactly what the nazi's did to jewish people. this is genocide. this is genocide. this is genocide. i have not heard a single palestinian person directing hatred at jewish people. (which is not to say that there has been no antisemitism going on, because there absolutely has, and I wholeheartedly despise it). however i have heard them criticize the israeli government for its depravity and cruelty and literal fucking war crimes it is gleefully committing.

criticizing israel for committing genocide is not antisemetic. criticizing a government for doing horrific evil highly illegal things against international law and against literally all moral humanity and human decency is not antisemetic. it is literally the morally right thing to do. what israel is doing is evil.

there are jewish people who agree wholeheartedly that israel's illegal occupation of palestine and their apartheid and ethnic cleansing are horrific. because they are.

and don't talk about irony. israel is the biggest fucking hypocrite in the entire fucking world. surviving a genocide does not give you the fucking right to perpetrate another genocide. but here israel is. and despite everything they do, they somehow always always play the victim despite the fact that they are the oppressor. israel will always say that any criticism of them and their actions is antisemetic. when in fact, it is entirely justified criticism of a deeply awful and morally bankrupt governnment that is and has been perpetrating heinous atrocities against the people of palestine for decades.

israel gives all jewish people a bad name. because real jewish people know that genocide is never okay. real jewish people know that israel's actions against palestinians are horrific and in no way justified. real jewish people stand with palestinians and support a free palestine.

all this and more is why it is the morally correct thing to do to support palestine and take a stand agains israel

and because you asked, the reason i'm breaking the 'no politics' rule is because of the responses from people like you. so many people have bought into israel's propaganda and their dehumanization of palestinians. there is so much islamophobia that any time people hear a single critique of israel, they jump in to condemn hamas and say 'oh so you support hamas' 'what about hamas' 'so you approve of people wanting to kill jews', demonstrating the insane racist mental gymnastics they are doing by literally mentally equating all palestinians with terrorists who deserve to be killed. and this is so widespread. people and all the world governments are sitting back and watching as this happens without lifting a goddamn fucking finger. with ukraine and russia, everyone jumped in to defend ukraine and support them and condemn russia. immediately. but it's radio fucking silence for palestinne. because of racism and islamophobia and because people are too cowardly to take a stand and risk pissing off all the masses of misinformed racist islamophobic biased people who support israel. and not only are people not fucking talking about it (or only talking about poor innocent israel and their right to 'defend themselves' which is the biggest fucking load of shit ever), almost all of our governments are actively funding israel's military. the very same fucking military that is literally committing a genocide right now.

if you're not horrified by all of this, then you are not a human being. if you do not stand with palestinians as israel blatantly to tries to annihilate them, then you do not have an ounce of humanity left in your soul.

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[jakeperalta]

kind of crazy how the person who owns and controls one of the most used websites in the world, which is often seen as a current events/news platform, can be so close with a presidential candidate that he's part of his family photo and it's all just like.. allowed and normal

[longagoitwastuesday]

I keep thinking that this Gojo is just like Sukuna. I truly don't see much of a difference between them beyond the human/curse point of view

[captainimprobable]

i know everyone on tumblr gets off on hating tiktok, but the fact that it's being banned this week is actually a huge huge issue and more people should be angry about it

[imogenkol]

With each new leak and crumb of information we get about season 2 of Andor, the more I become equal parts excited and terrified for Bix.

It looks like they might be going in a darker direction for her, which makes sense given the horrifying torture she endured and the losses she suffered. Bix must feel so lost in the year before the season opens, plus she has a lot of anger and needs to put it somewhere.

“If I’m giving up everything… I wanna win.”

Oof. That line has been echoing in my head for the past day or so. Bix is all in. While I do think she’s a rebel at heart, I believe that “the cause” is secondary to her. She’s fighting for her now — for her home and her community, a place she longs to return to, but deep down knows it will never be the same, not for her at least… Bix is fighting for revenge. I believe that will be her purpose and driving force this season.

My deepest fear for her is becoming an accessory to Cassian. Becoming a prop for his losses and pain. I’ve said it before, but I really don’t think a rekindled romance between the two of them would serve either of their stories in any way.

Bix needs to find her sense of self again, who she is apart from Cassian. Apart from Ferrix, even. I want her to journey inwards to the darkest depths of her soul — to give in to the urges that scare her. I want her to frighten those around her, not because they’re afraid for her, but because they’re afraid of her. No one is sure what she’s willing to do anymore. She’s not even sure. And then I want her to come out of the other side of that and be a steadfast force of nature.

It would not serve her to move backwards. To accept Cassian as a partner again after the numerous times he has disappointed her, broken her trust, broken her heart. I feel like she’s learned her lesson too many times, especially so after the corpo incident. I do want to see them rebuild that trust and affection they have for each other, but with an unspoken understanding that they will never be romantic again.

The worst thing I feel like they could do to Bix is have her die for Cassian. That would just take so much away from her story. She has already suffered so much for him that to have her die as a means to further his own journey would really just be so disrespectful to such an interesting character.

Cassian as well I feel would not benefit from a rekindled romance. He is still finding his way in the galaxy. Diego Luna even said that Cassian starts the season still conflicted. Once his commitment to the cause is cemented, there won’t be much left of himself to give and Bix deserves so much more than that. It would be disappointing and unnecessary to see a weak excuse for a relationship between them where neither is able or willing to give it their all until it eventually fizzles out one final time — or until god forbid Bix dies.

Vel and Cinta already exist to explore that type of dynamic, it would feel a little redundant and possibly even take away from the complexities of their relationship (that we’ve barely scratched the surface of) if there were two similar dynamics happening parallel to each other on screen.

I would love to see Bix and Cassian be close again. There’s a lot of potential to create a unique and fascinating dynamic between them considering all their history, but it would be so refreshing to see a more familial type of bond form as opposed to a romantic one, and to see how these characters navigate that new dynamic.

Also while Bix’s likely death would and should affect Cassian, I truly hope that if she does go out… she goes out fighting for her own cause.

[i-hear-a-sound]

this may be a misworded take but: watching (white) conservatives cover the current israel/palestine conflict happening and act as though they’ve always cared about jewish people antisemitism yadda yadda is so fucking (un)funny like. no. no. no. you don’t care about any of that shit. you don’t give the slightest fuck about jewish people, you’re only pretending to care about them because right now the people in israel are currently bombing and genociding the one group of people you hate more

[nolongerapileofashprobably]

I think my favorite detail is that Penn is the MOST suspicious of ‘Zelda’ like he will go “oh of course she had our safety in mind! …but why didn’t she just say that…”

I love his dedication to finding out the real story. That just. That makes my heart happy.