Hi!

I know I know, we don’t like politics here much but I’ve been wondering if there are any good resources to learn about it. I think it’s important for being part of the society, no?

I saw Ground News, and though it seems interesting, I don’t know what right leaning left leaning centre means and what to watch out for.

I don’t want to be an expert, but I’d appreciate to know the basics so I know what’s going on around me. Can I learn about it in general or is it per country thing I don’t know.

Thanks :)

  • Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Ground News is a pretty good starting point for someone who wants to get into actuality, especially politics. The bias meter just explains for each article whether it’s from a right-, left- or center-leaning organisation, which usually comes with the attached strings you might expect.

    By offering the articles from several different sources and clarifying where these sources lie on the left-right axis, you can easily see how some subjects in news are downright manipulated/being lied about by certain publications, just because they omit the most important data or skew it in a way to fit their narrative.