I Subscribed To Push Notifications From 12 News Outlets For 3 Months — Here’s What I Learned

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. I Subscribed To Push Notifications From 12 News Outlets For 3 Months — Here’s What I Learned
Cassie Dagostino, Medium, 2019/02/08
Though this article is focused on push notifications about U.S. politics from U.S. mainstream media, the lessons to be drawn are, I think, more widely applicable. Take the time to read the sample notifications. I think that if you study anything - yes, including math and science - you're going to get a similar range of perspectives (this certainly applies in the field of ed tech). Some sources are inherently untrustworthy, some sources focus on specific types of stories, some sources have a certain point of view, and some sources are generally reliable (but with some glaring blind spots). More...