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Originally Posted by Tico
None in particular.
It's the idea itself of demoting news to a shopping experience of preferences that bothers me.
We are moving away from being well informed.
A well informed citizenry is good for a democracy.
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I’m not sure I understand how this is any different than making the decision to purchase The NY Times, Washington Post, or The Wall Street Journal and then choosing specific articles to read in newsprint format. When I use an aggregator I don’t select stories, I set my preferences to a group of news outlets that I trust and like. I also have a couple I dont typically like so I can check out countervailing views. It is true I filter out celebrity, sports and other “soft” news, but I dont restrict International, National, Financial, etc.