4 ms·

Dear Google, I suggest that you embrace this kind of audit in service of transparency and credibility: Create an automated news.google.com/audit page so that re

Dear Google, I suggest that you embrace this kind of audit in service of transparency and credibility: Create an automated news.google.com/audit page so that readers can easily evaluate the sources and track how they evolve over time. As a user I would also greatly appreciate the ability to toggle news sources on and off, and/or to weight them, and to easily share those filters.

PedroBatista 7y ago
That would be great, but you are asking for them to incriminate themselves. I don't know about now, but during the Obama administration Google actively participated in spreading narratives. It's not even a secret. Ex: Syria.
- whatshisface 7y ago
  >during the Obama administration Google actively participated in spreading narratives I haven't heard of that, could you link me to where I could read more?
  - PedroBatista 7y ago
    https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-syria-rebels-defection-hillary-clinton-emails-wikileaks-a6946121.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/ne...
SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
>As a user I would also greatly appreciate the ability to toggle news sources on and off, and/or to weight them, and to easily share those filters. IDK. Do we need more ways for users to create bubbles for themselves? Is the solution to avoid Google's preferred bubble just to let you build your own?
- hirundo 7y ago
  To mix metaphors, bubbles are essential sanity equipment when drinking from a fire hose.
  - SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
    Are you implying that to protect yourself - that you need to only see news sources that you think will already agree with your idea of how things are?
- r3bl 7y ago
  I mean, yeah? You buy newspapers that you trust, you don't buy all of them. What Fox News thinks is completely irrelevant to me since I'm looking for facts. I should be able to tell that to someone who's in the business of curating my news for me.
O_H_E 7y ago
> As a user I would also greatly appreciate the ability to toggle news sources on and off, and/or to weight them, and to easily share those filters. I was literary thinking of that last week.
entwife 7y ago
There is such a project. Proof media beta (https://proofmedia.io/ https://proofmedia.io/) allows readers voting on the truth value and bias of news stories. It uses a betting scheme as an incentive.
justinmchase 7y ago
I wish you could just block entire domains, regardless of search or subject.

PedroBatista 7y ago

That would be great, but you are asking for them to incriminate themselves. I don't know about now, but during the Obama administration Google actively participated in spreading narratives. It's not even a secret. Ex: Syria.

whatshisface 7y ago
>during the Obama administration Google actively participated in spreading narratives I haven't heard of that, could you link me to where I could read more?
- PedroBatista 7y ago
  https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-syria-rebels-defection-hillary-clinton-emails-wikileaks-a6946121.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/ne...

SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

>As a user I would also greatly appreciate the ability to toggle news sources on and off, and/or to weight them, and to easily share those filters. IDK. Do we need more ways for users to create bubbles for themselves? Is the solution to avoid Google's preferred bubble just to let you build your own?

hirundo 7y ago
To mix metaphors, bubbles are essential sanity equipment when drinking from a fire hose.
- SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
  Are you implying that to protect yourself - that you need to only see news sources that you think will already agree with your idea of how things are?
r3bl 7y ago
I mean, yeah? You buy newspapers that you trust, you don't buy all of them. What Fox News thinks is completely irrelevant to me since I'm looking for facts. I should be able to tell that to someone who's in the business of curating my news for me.

O_H_E 7y ago

> As a user I would also greatly appreciate the ability to toggle news sources on and off, and/or to weight them, and to easily share those filters. I was literary thinking of that last week.

entwife 7y ago

There is such a project. Proof media beta (https://proofmedia.io/ https://proofmedia.io/) allows readers voting on the truth value and bias of news stories. It uses a betting scheme as an incentive.

justinmchase 7y ago

I wish you could just block entire domains, regardless of search or subject.