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I’ve been on a media bias kick lately. It has noting to do with personal finance so feel free to skip and read one of our many other posts. In today’s episode…I mentioned in a prior post that I am a Foo Fighters fan. I’ve told folks often that I love the Foo Fighters. Comments

I’ve written a couple of opinion posts describing my disappointment with biased news sources. Today I clicked on an ad in my 1440 Daily Digest for a news site called Tangle. I loved my first read. Here’s why. Background I have been trying to find less-biased news sources. I’m skeptical of what I read and

I love Amazon as both a customer and a long-term shareholder. As we all know, we can find anything on Amazon and it will be delivered to our doorstep in record time, sometimes overnight. Returns are easy, just drop at Whole Foods. As a shareholder, I have shares that I bought at $6.99, that are

I’ve been on a kick lately, tracking down biased news stories. Why? I like to read. I like to know what’s going on in the world and I like to form my own opinions on subjects. I’m reading a little about the CIA right now. Fascinating stories about how it was formed, the new types

In yesterday’s post, All The News That’s Fit To Print, I noted my disappointment with the mainstream media for forcing a perspective on readers. I would prefer the media present me with the information and, on controversial points, arguments for and against, so that I am informed enough to make my own decision. I don’t

In a recent post, we talked about media bias. While any human being that writes or edits will have a perspective, and that perspective is likely to come through to the reader, media bias seems to have gotten out of hand. I like a story that tells me the information, presents pros and cons, asks

“Google it.” Ask any question, and that’s the answer. I’m 61 years old and have worked an entire career in technology but I’m still in awe of the amount of information that is available on our computer, phone or tablet. Remember having to bike to the library, hunt through the card catalog and track down