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Show HN: Extension to rate news bias and suggests better stories for topic
- ajoy 9y agoHowdy folks! We are a team of 4 who love reading news. Some of our best conversations are the result of reading a great story. But recently, those conversations have become less enjoyable as we instead debate if a story is biased or outright false. Speaking with hundreds of people, we found this mistrust and confusion around the news to be pervasive. Today we’re excited to announce CivikOwl to help you get news you can trust. We are releasing a Chrome extension which instantly rates news stories and suggests better stories for the topic at hand. Here's a blog post that goes into more detail : https://blog.civikowl.com/can-you-can-trust-the-news-you-are-reading-654e50bc5cd3 https://blog.civikowl.com/can-you-can-trust-the-news-you-are... Hope to open source the extension code in the near future. Would love to hear what you think!
- amoothy12 9y agoI have been using the product for a month now and I have been pleasantly surprised by the news sources I have found that have good quality news. I have also seen that one news sources doesn't always have the same quality across all their content so this product is helpful in evaluating that too. Definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to get multiple perspectives on an issue and care about understanding news.
- wirelessest 9y agoHey Arjun, Congrats on your launch. You might want to disclose your interest in the product here, though.
- amoorthy 9y agoHi there! The preceding review is from my sister who has a very similar sounding username (amoothy12 vs. amoorthy). Still, I'm thrilled to have her as a shill for CivikOwl :) Looking forward to some non-biased reviews on our product. HN users have given us great feedback in the past - blunt and thoughtful.
- psivah 9y agoTimely and useful tool.
- drew8421 9y agoSuch a needed tool!