• Arkouda@lemmy.caOP
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    14 days ago

    What kind of push back have you been seeing? I haven’t seen any myself and you aren’t the first to bring it up so If you can point me anywhere that would be helpful!

    I am okay at doing that myself as well, but it is more of a time issue than a skill issue for me. I spend too much time trying to keep up with the news I find important. haha

    That sounds like a very good use for it, especially considering how horrible being glued to Fox is. I wish your Mom well and hopefully it can help pull her partner out of the Fox sphere!

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      14 days ago

      Here’s a video I saw from an Australian YouTuber that voiced his criticisms.

      https://youtu.be/bfHx4CfKFqQ

      The main 2 critiques I took away from:

      • Very American to group things as left and right leaning. We have a political compass for a reason.
      • All news orgs are just different special business interests. Especially in the US.

      But people have different issues with it. Just one person’s view point.

      It does paint a deeper problem with the US news system.

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        14 days ago

        The creators of Ground News are Canadian, so that tells me this Youtuber didn’t even do his homework. Also there are different versions that you can use: US Edition, International, UK, Canada, and Europe

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          14 days ago

          Not defending the YouTuber here. I’m just replying to the OP asking what critiques are out there, and this was one I came across.

          I still think their target audience is the US population, as with many digital products made in Canada. It’s a pattern I’ve seen constantly as a Canadian. Larger consumer base = more money.

          There are different versions yes, I see the Canadian version when I go on it. I will argue that the product itself is 100% born out of the polarization and decline of American journalism, and media conglomerates owning new organizations with business interests.

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        14 days ago

        you should never use a youtuber as a citation, they often frame things in a way that is beneficial to thier viewership

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          13 days ago

          I never frame the YouTuber as a factual citation, I specifically framed it as a point of view of one person. OP asked for any criticisms going around.