{"id":3181,"date":"2021-12-13T22:33:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T22:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/?p=3181"},"modified":"2021-12-13T22:34:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T22:34:01","slug":"news-without-the-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2021\/12\/13\/news-without-the-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"News without the commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Various hypotheses have surfaced regarding what seems an inability to personal filter our flawed information from the daily diet of many citizens. One explanation is that too many rely on news sources that offer more commentary and speculation than actual news. Another is that too many rely on what they &#8220;learn&#8221; from Facebook and other social media sources. Here is a possible remdy <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have been watching more news from Reuters on my phone after a friend recommended as a great news source without the commentary. Recently, I also learned that I could access this same feed using our Amazon Show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may have an Amazon Show sitting in your living room and may go days with calling out \u2013 Alexa! This\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/best-apps-and-skills-for-echo-show-3069818\/\">article from Android Authority<\/a>\u00a0includes some suggestions new to you. One discovery I made from this piece was the opportunity to play the video version of the news offered by Reuters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/echo-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/echo-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6588\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The command \u201c<strong>Alexa, play Reuters<\/strong>\u201d should work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Various hypotheses have surfaced regarding what seems an inability to personal filter our flawed information from the daily diet of many citizens. One explanation is that too many rely on news sources that offer more commentary and speculation than actual &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2021\/12\/13\/news-without-the-commentary\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3182,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3181\/revisions\/3182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}