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When did that happen? I'd given up on Google News, it reached a point where it only wanted to show me articles from the Guardian or CNN even though I read a wid

When did that happen? I'd given up on Google News, it reached a point where it only wanted to show me articles from the Guardian or CNN even though I read a wide range of outlets. I just went back and looked again and there does indeed seem to be a better mix of stories now, although I am still very skeptical - the News algorithm is even less documented than the web search ranking algorithms and it would be tough to rebuild the trust. Google is clearly run by people who feel they need to "make the world a better place" through subtle conditioning of their algorithm outputs these days... very different to how it used to be. I'm not sure I trust them to rank news, even if improved.

sunsetMurk 8y ago
for some reason the new Google News app needs is a net new download/install of the app. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-news/id459182288?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-news/id459182288?mt=8 When they demo'd at GoogleIO I was pretty excited to try and then I went to look at my already installed google news app and it was still the same old one I'd been using for a while. Long story short, discovered it's a whole different app with the exact same name but updated icon. The actual app is very very good though. I've been reading lots more news in the app. It's been about 3 weeks using daily and I'm starting to notice reinforcement of my common subjects & sources on the 'For You' page. I hope I start to notice more curve balls. It's great to the 'Headlines' page which I'm pretty sure is the same for everyone.