Podcasts? I happily pay for Preet Bharara’s Cafe Insider podcast and the lawfare blog podcast is also really good.
There’s a bit of a podcast discovery issue, but good ones are extremely high quality and much better than TV news.
There’s a bit of a podcast discovery issue, but good ones are extremely high quality and much better than TV news.
We are in very real danger of losing the press as an overseer of local government, which will have major detrimental effects long-term for so many communities, since local government is so much more directly impactful on our lives than the federal government is.
- I've found myself often becoming informed directly from my municipality (Facebook posts, press releases on their website...) rather than news reporting about the municipality. While I feel I'm engaged enough to notice when something seems off, the lack of critical reporting is undoubtedly detrimental.
- AstroTurf faux-local sites with political agendas are springing up to fill the void: https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2019/10...
To whom does one blow the whistle about corruption at City Hall? To the local Sinclair afilliate?
I suspect NPR covers that for a lot of people; it might be correlated with why some politicians are so eager to defund them completely.
It's not a new problem, Rush Limbaugh effectively used radio for the same thing, it's just a serious problem. The so-called radicalization of YouTube is another example.
I agree podcasts on the bad end of the spectrum can be more extreme than TV news, but good podcasts have the time and freedom to discuss a subject in depth with their interviewees.
Good ones that try to be honest also have less spin, but it depends a lot on the podcast.
I get by on recommendations from friends and internet comments, but I'm just a commute listener. Is your listening throughput on the high side?