User:Valjean/My media diet

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This page in a nutshell: In this personal essay, I share my media diet and some thoughts about good and bad sources.

My media diet is quite varied, combining serious and popular sources with easy to find and more obscure sources. I am a progressive/liberal, registered Independent, and I use lots of sources, unlike most right-wing/conservatives, who typically use only a few sources, primarily Fox News.^[1] I do not live in an information bubble like they do. I also will change my POV if the evidence suggests I'm wrong. I follow the evidence.

I depend on myriad reliable sources to form my own points of view, while also checking many very unreliable sources to stay abreast of what kinds of BS are out there. I get it from both/all sides, and am thus able to usually recognize the media diets of others by what they say and the ideas they push and defend. GIGO applies. Some people are unable to vet sources for reliablity, so lack the competence needed to edit American political subjects. They should stick to gnomish edits and non-controversial topics. People's actions tell us who they are.