Reading the news: 2020s edition

News sites

There so many

The big century old corporations

The several-year old YouTube channels

The TikTok channel of yesterday


Ideally everyone reads everything

And comes up with an informed opinion

Based on the read knowledge

And their own prior learning


Biases

Preconceptions

Personal relevance

Should be accounted for

To attain a working version of the truth


The corporations having strong agendas

YouTube videos being too long for quick consumption

The TikToks being shoved in your face whether you truly want it or not

Make it very difficult


I take a cursory glance at headlines

Watch and YouTube video or two

And stray far away from TikToks


I know what the corporations want me to know

The ability to carry a prolonged conversation

But lose out on more dynamic changes


But those are trade offs I am comfortable with right now


What is your strategy?

What trade offs do you find acceptable?


(Originally written on December 8 2025)