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Where do you go on Lemmy for reliable news and politics? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by Ohthereyouare@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I'm enjoying Lemmy so far, for the most part.

Everything here is pretty good save for the fact that all the news and politics I can find is dominated by the same few accounts.

Half or more of the accounts have a very clear agenda. They modify headlines. Lie. Spread disinformation. And generally are just extremely toxic groups.

It doesn't seem to be a secret here either. And moderators appear to have no interest in putting a stop to it.

So, where are you subbed to for reliable news and US/Global politics?

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[โ€“] howdy@thesimplecorner.org 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

This is what I got: Some are more active than others.

[โ€“] Ohthereyouare@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for the list

Some of those are exactly the places I'm talking about. Politics@lemmy.ml is filled with accounts from troll farms. The #4 post there right now is by the worst of the group.

And, if it wasn't bad enough that post fake and misleading stuff, they brigade the votes and manipulate the posts that way as well. It's a disaster.

[โ€“] SlicingBot@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

So far for me, the only place in the fediverse with news and politics communities that are okay but not great are the ones on beehaw.org.

Everywhere else I've checked so far has a very naked agenda. Beehaw still leans left, but not in a way that feels icky.

[โ€“] _cerpin_taxt_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You are quite literally the only person that actually answered OPs question. Thanks for these!