We could move on level lower and search article for signs of bias. If we knew bias, we could undo it.
It’s easy to know that the New York Times and Fox news both have a pro-corporate bias. If you however are not exposed to the knowledge of how the Egyptian military competes against corporate actors in their economy you can’t undo the bias when reading either source on the Egyptian revolution.
If you read NYT, add Fox News to your reading list, but do not stop there, add something completely different, something outside of the system you watching.
I’m skeptical that orienting yourself towards big news publishers is a good. One of the main problems is that their articles intend to stand on their own and usually don’t link out much. A lot of articles contain little important information.
I either read articles because someone recommends an article or because I research a given topic and then go to Wikipedia/Google/StackExchange.
Read a textbook on experimental psychology. I believe no science know about experiments as much as psychology.
Do you have one that you would recommend in this context? I consider Stanovich’s How to Think Straight About Psychology good in explaining how knowledge can be aquired in psychology. Gwern’s essay on Causation is worth reading to remind oneselves that knowing things about the world is really hard and it’s easy to be mislead.
It’s easy to know that the New York Times and Fox news both have a pro-corporate bias. If you however are not exposed to the knowledge of how the Egyptian military competes against corporate actors in their economy you can’t undo the bias when reading either source on the Egyptian revolution.
I’m skeptical that orienting yourself towards big news publishers is a good. One of the main problems is that their articles intend to stand on their own and usually don’t link out much. A lot of articles contain little important information.
I either read articles because someone recommends an article or because I research a given topic and then go to Wikipedia/Google/StackExchange.
Do you have one that you would recommend in this context? I consider Stanovich’s How to Think Straight About Psychology good in explaining how knowledge can be aquired in psychology. Gwern’s essay on Causation is worth reading to remind oneselves that knowing things about the world is really hard and it’s easy to be mislead.