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This is fascinating! I love the duality presented side by side, how they react in a completely different manner to the same topic. It's also a bit sad, because

by Sacho 9y ago

This is fascinating! I love the duality presented side by side, how they react in a completely different manner to the same topic. It's also a bit sad, because it reminds me of the pressure to colour news with more opinions, take stances, etc - very rarely will you see the style of dry, "just the facts" reporting. It appears they build the feeds based on a simple keyword filter - for example, under "guns" and "liberal outlets" we have a post about a guns and roses concert... :)

evincarofautumn 9y ago
“Just the facts” is a weaker play than a “hot take” when you’re competing for attention. And if you’re not driving some people away with your reporting, then you’re probably not strongly attracting their opponents, so it pays to take sides. However, I think news organisations could be opinionated without necessarily presenting opinion as fact.