Tangle: Independent, Non-partisan News. Isaac Saul
NOV 1, 202425 MIN
Tangle: Independent, Non-partisan News. Isaac Saul
NOV 1, 202425 MIN
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<p>Do you believe what you see in newspapers, websites and on TV? Most Americans don't trust the people who are supposed to truthfully report the news. <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/651977/americans-trust-media-remains-trend-low.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A new Gallup poll</a> says Americans have record-low trust in mass media. Only one-in-three adults has a "great deal" or a "fair amount" of confidence in the media to report the news "fully, accurately and fairly."</p><br><p>More than 150,000 readers each day turn to <a href="https://www.readtangle.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tangle</a>, a website read by liberals, conservatives and independents. Every day Tangle tackles one current debate in American politics, and summarizes arguments from left, right, and center. <a href="https://www.allsides.com/media-bias" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">All Sides Bias Checker</a> gives Tangle a "middle" rating, which means the site neither leans left nor right.</p><br><p>Our guest, politics reporter <a href="https://www.readtangle.com/author/isaac-saul/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Isaac Saul</a>, started Tangle in 2019 as an independent, ad-free, nonpartisan newsletter. He grew up in Bucks County Pa. — one of the most politically divided counties in America — where he was exposed to a huge range of political opinions and values. As a young journalist, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Saul" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Isaac learned </a>the media ecosystem was broken when he found that he wasn’t being judged based on his writing, but where it was being published. </p><br><p>On Tangle "you will encounter a wide range of views, including some you really disagree with," Isaac tells us. </p><p>"We're trying to be a big tent news organization and we are succeeding at that... Our readership is split almost evenly between conservative and liberal readers." </p><br><p>"I'm working from the premise that the reds and blues don't understand each other," he says. "I really do want to bring people under one roof with a shared set of arguments to analyze and talk about, and a shared set of facts to work from."</p><br><p>About this show: Every couple of weeks we release a new episode hosted by Richard Davies about the work, the ideas, and the people of <a href="https://braverangels.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Braver Angels</a>, a remarkable band of brothers and sisters who get together across political divides in person and online: Reds and Blues who do battle against toxic polarization. In this show we speak with a fellow traveler of this effort. </p><br><p>Links to news sites that feature a range of opinions on a single issue:</p><p><a href="https://www.readtangle.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tangle</a>, <a href="https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">All Sides</a>, and <a href="https://ground.news/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ground News</a>.</p><br><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
