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The criteria for allowing a source are not objective — and how could they be, when all sources are more or less bad? I understand that on the same story you wil
by rdancer 10y ago
The criteria for allowing a source are not objective — and how could they be, when all sources are more or less bad? I understand that on the same story you will allow sheer propaganda from the BBC, but don't allow a factual report from The Intercept. The latter is unlikely to be a comfortable read, and may lead to some users quitting.
But don't pretend there is some objective measure of "unbiased" that for example The Guardian or BBC pass and other outlets don't. That is the same mindset any gatekeeper has: to bring the best news to the readers, where "best" is of course subjective. Be it with an algorithm or directly, Facebook editorializes — heavily, it would appear.