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We’ve been propagandized to believe that “centrist” journalism is the most reliable, and that the further from center the less reliable, and given how far to the right the Overton window is in capitalist states, “centrism” is objectively right wing. And the premise of “centrist objectivity” doesn’t hold water.
Unfortunately I don’t have time right now to dig up my relevant previouslies on media literacy, propaganda, and Gramscian hegemonic theory.
Edit to add: even what the average person considers to be”ethical” is shaped by how he ruling class. In capitalist states, for instance, private property is sacrosanct.
I am well aware of the Overton window. I also agree that centrist objectivity is also BS. Also, "both sides are bad rhetoric" is in part what has enabled the rise of racism in the world again.
I still think there can be journalists who do their best to hold all power to account with the or reporting.
I think what people are trying to tell you in a more pedantic way, is that all media is biased, because all people are biased and all that unbiased really will mean is that the authors share your same bias and blind spots, so it will look fair, when you don't understand the ways that it might affect somebody with a different perspective. Even reporting strictly facts has the bias of what facts were not included. It's impossible to include all facts in a story about something, so the only way to get an accurate perspective is to collect experiences. The pictures people in gaza take of their lives will always give you a better perspective of what is happening than the news organization that doesn't want to unfairly represent anybody. So accept bias as part of media. Try to find your own blind spots in that exploration. To that end it doesn't so much matter what you read, but how you read.