I’m using “liberals” in the American sense. That is, folks of the Left.
I’m using “reading” as in reading and also watching.
I’ve known many liberals in my eight decades. I was one myself for most of my life, and remain liberal. Just no longer a supporter of Dems in the US, or Labor in Oz. Many, most, of my friends and relatives are still liberal, some proudly calling themselves “progressive”. While I’m now happy enough to say I support the Trump train. And no longer Australia’s Labor PM.
The liberals, the progressives, the folks all over the Left all had a big shake up with the Trump win. A huge upset. Still going on. They have all sorts of excuses, some of which I listed here.
Some -- not all, just some -- wonder how they read it so wrong. If they really want to know, I say this: it’s down to what you’ve been consuming in the media.
They consume CNN and MSNBC in free-to-air. They consume The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian, in the press. One of my Greenie liberal friends says she reads only the Guardian... but only the headlines! Others think that following MSNBC is following actual, real, sound, news, uncluttered by bias. That level of delusion is only possible when you're deep in the silo.
So, if you're a liberal and you're really interested in working out how to learn what others outside your silo are thinking, here's my Public Service.
TV: you have to watch Fox from time to time. It's not hard. It's against your bias, but after a while it's not too hard. And you'll find that there are people on there with a variety of opinions, just that some are outside your silo. I can't count the number of liberal friends and relatives who've said something like "I hate Fox, it's so biased. I never watch it.". With no realisation what a silly statement that is. I've known some say that who have never -- never for one minute -- watched Fox, yet rail against it. You, liberal, need to get over that.
Press: you need to read The New York Post as well at the NY Times. The Washington Examiner as well as the WaPo. Try the Wall Street Journal as well.
Social media: For what's going on on the Right, I have the following short list of ten. These are pretty sound pods. They fact-check themselves in realtime. You'll find less so-called mis and disinformation in these than on the legacy media, guaranteed.
- All-in podcast
- Amala Ekpunobi
- Benny Johnson
- Black Conservative Perspective
- Coleman Hughes
- DeVory Darkins
- Fifth Column
- Megyn Kelly
- Nate the Lawyer
- PBD podcast
Longer list of podcasts that I find worth following: The Commenters.
The above focuses on America. I'm an Aussie, living here in Hong Kong, but I follow America mostly. Cause it's the funnest. The most interesting, by a country mile. The biggest bucket of fun out there for politics junkies. You've no sooner had a general election as we just did, that you're talking about the mid-terms and the '28 presidential. As in, will AOC be on the ticket? Yum. Can't wait!
