{"id":300,"date":"2023-01-08T15:59:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T21:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimmyhoke.net\/wp\/?p=300"},"modified":"2023-01-08T15:59:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T21:59:38","slug":"how-i-read-the-news-%f0%9f%93%b0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimmyhoke.net\/wp\/?p=300","title":{"rendered":"How I Read the News \ud83d\udcf0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I try to keep up with current events, but the way most people do it is just plain wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why You’re Reading the News Wrong<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here is a nice table of why most people read the news wrong:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What people do<\/strong><\/td>Why it is wrong<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Get their news from social media.<\/td>It is biased by algorithms.<\/td><\/tr>
Read just one news site.<\/td>Also biased.<\/td><\/tr>
Watch cable news.<\/td>Eww.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How I Read the News<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First, I run a computer program on my server called FreshRSS<\/a> that automatically fetches the news. FreshRSS uses RSS feeds, a kind of machine readable list of articles which most news sites have. For sites that do not have an RSS feed I program XPath rules to automatically detect articles. All of these articles are automatically put into a list.<\/strong> I try to pick a variety of news sources so that I have a relatively well-rounded set of opinions to read on every topic. This eliminates a lot of the bias in the news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For reading on my phone I use an app called NetNewsWire<\/a> that connects to FreshRSS and downloads the articles. NetNewsWire also has a nice reader view that looks pretty good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For reading on my Laptop, I just use the FreshRSS dashboard. I also use Firefox with the NoScript<\/a> extension to get rid of all the pesky annoyances that most news websites have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, I also read the front page of several news websites and listen to a few news podcasts. This is how I get a well rounded account of current events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I try to keep up with current events, but the way most people do it is just plain wrong. Why You’re Reading the News Wrong Here is a nice table of why most people read the news wrong: What people do Why it is wrong Get their news from social media. It is biased by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimmyhoke.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimmyhoke.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimmyhoke.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimmyhoke.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimmyhoke.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/jimmyhoke.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311,"href":"https:\/\/jimmyhoke.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions\/311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimmyhoke.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimmyhoke.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimmyhoke.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}