{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ground News and the War on Truth","description":"Ground News bills itself as a way to evaluate bias in the news, but the way it does so plays into the hands of those who have a reason to make you think all news bias falls into a simple left-right spectrum Bibliography: https:\/\/literatemachine.com\/2026\/07\/29\/ground-news-and-the-war-on-reality\/#bibliography&amp;nbsp; Text version: https:\/\/literatemachine.com\/2026\/07\/29\/ground-news-and-the-war-on-reality\/ Support this channel at https:\/\/patreon.com\/ericrosenfield and get early, ad-free episodes and more for only $1, including the bonus chapter to this episode about Walter Lippmann (&quot;The Manufacture of the Manufacture of Consent&quot;): https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ericrosenfield\/posts\/manufacture-of-164895857 Thanks to all my patrons! Support some journalism coops: * 404 Media: https:\/\/www.404media.co\/ * Defector: https:\/\/defector.com\/ * Aftermath: https:\/\/aftermath.site\/ * RANGE Media: https:\/\/www.rangemedia.co\/ * Hell Gate: https:\/\/hellgatenyc.com\/ * Flaming Hydra: https:\/\/flaminghydra.com\/ ","author_name":"Literate Machine","author_url":"https:\/\/literatemachine.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42252890\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/204574925"}