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thirdender t1_j95ekmg wrote

Reply to comment by Good-Candidate3044 in Transparency and Trust in News Media by ADefiniteDescription

The BBC was widely lauded as a more reliable source of international news than US news outlets about a decade ago. I stopped watching broadcast news around that time, so I can't say if that's changed since.

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geetarzrkool t1_j9640cx wrote

That's like saying Jack the Ripper was slightly better than Jeffrey Dahmer. Define "better" :/

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thirdender t1_j966jxo wrote

I think the benefit of following BBC or Al Jazeera, as an American, is that our national news sources overemphasize the importance of America on the international stage. Even if a news source is incredibly biased, access to alternative news sources can induce cognitive dissonance. This can be uncomfortable, but allow us to objectively engage with our own internal biases.

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