Haven’t made up my mind
I’m test driving this news aggregator at the moment: ground.news. Its gimmick is that it gives you the headlines, and each one has a little graph underneath to show how many outlets have reported it and, of them, which were on the left, which are in the middle and which are on the right.
No, I haven’t done a deep dive into what they call the middle. Precious few news sources I would call centrist, but hey ho.
Their real gimmick is a feature called Blind Spot that highlights stories almost exclusively covered by one side or the other. Interesting.
Main downside: you have to pay. The three tiers are $9.96, $29.88 and $99.96 a year. I figured for less than ten quid, I’d give it a year.
No, I don’t know the difference between the three tiers. I know I get to see a limited number of Blind Spots is all.
The joke is, their analysis of my reading habits says I’m reading more left wing sources. Of course I am – I get my right wing news in dozens of places. I’m here to find out what lefties are saying.
I love news aggregators and I’ve always wanted one that told me what the left was saying without making me subscribe to the Guardian. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Posted: February 25th, 2025 under personal.
Comments: 6
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Comment from Some Vegetable
Time: February 26, 2025, 12:11 am
I have been waffling on Ground News. My Doctor, whom I’ve known for years, recommended it a few months ago. He’s a gullible Democrat, but tries to think…so he and I have some interesting discussions.
I recently asked him about it again now that he’s had it a while, but somehow it’s lost its luster for him. He said it pretty much just tells you what you already know – I mean, ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, CNN, BBC; are you surprised?
Comment from Bob Mulroy
Time: February 26, 2025, 2:41 am
I had the beta, and liked it alot.
Comment from thefritz
Time: February 26, 2025, 12:18 pm
Hey Swease, https://citizenfreepress.com/ is my go-to aggregator. Kane, the owner, covers it all. He’s solidly right-wing but knows to keep your friends close and your enemies closer…
Comment from S. Weasel
Time: February 26, 2025, 2:14 pm
That’s an interesting one, fritz. He stole Drudge’s font!
Unfortunately, all the links I hit went to archive.is. Which would ordinarily be a good move, to archive everything, but archive.is doesn’t like my VPN and sends me to captcha hell. I found so, so many bicycles and crosswalks trying to get in.
I shall think on’t.
Comment from S. Weasel
Time: February 26, 2025, 3:54 pm
No, it was just bad luck. Most of the links are NOT to archive.is. Thanks, thefritz – this one looks like a winner.
Comment from Mark Matis
Time: February 26, 2025, 7:04 pm
If you want to see left-wing shilling, Drudgereport.com is as good as any these days.
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