Reminder that major news outlets like CNN, MSNBC, and Fox just buy their stories from news agencies like Associated Press and Reuters specifically so they can adjust the stories to their agenda. This is why they are news outlets, not news agencies.

If you legitimately want news just being presented as-is, just go to the source and read it directly from the agency. I personally haven’t seen a slant when reading from either Reuters or AP.

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Really, you've never detected slant from Reuters or AP?

I agree that cnn, fox, etc are outlets and not agencies but calling the agencies unbiased is also wrong.

[–] Poggervania@kbin.social 4 points 7 months ago

I only recently learned that knowledge, so I’ve only started doing this - hence the “personally, I haven’t seen” comment. But I probably just haven’t read enough of their articles to get a feel for their slants if they have any.

So far though, I will say, both AP and Reuters are a hell of a lot more neutral and matter-of-fact in presenting news than any news outlet in recent years.

[–] rxbudian@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What would be considered slant?
a guide would be good here for defining slant so everyone can go through a checklist and say, yeah that article or news agency's articles are slanted

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

Literally everyone has a bias. That is all I'm saying. People like to pretend that some groups keep things "objective" but that's not really possible or desirable, what is possible is being biased but staying factual.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

If you haven't seen a slant, then those two news agencies are slanted towards things that you already believe. In reality, all news agencies are slanted somehow.

There's no possible way they could cover every single issue from all perspectives, right? So even if you think that they're trying to be as neutral as possible, the stories that they pick and choose to cover tell you what their values are.

And sometimes being neutral actually means you're being slanted, because sometimes the truth isn't in the middle. Sometimes some of actors really are so bad that you need to call them out on their bad actions, at least if you have any morals.