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You'd be at peace if Google favored news and narratives that overlap with your world view. Hypothetically, how'd you feel if 65% of those articles were from Fox

You'd be at peace if Google favored news and narratives that overlap with your world view. Hypothetically, how'd you feel if 65% of those articles were from Fox news and the greater Murdoch empire? I wish they simply skipped narrative driven, opinion filth and stayed with factual reporting from AP, Reuters, NPR, ... In the last 5 years, NYT, WaPo,.. have wholly embraced narrative driven opinions instead of sticking with plain news, because anger sells

doorbellguy 7y ago
I would add BBC to that list.
smt88 7y ago
65% of articles in my Google News (not logged in) are from Fox News and/or Washington Examiner. I think geography affects search results a lot. I'm in a blue city, but red state.
- BiasRegularizer 7y ago
  Are you positive about that? I just tried to VPN from a few different locations in the US (Texas, Georgia and Seattle) with a fresh private browsing session each, all of the headlines appear the same and doesn't change by region.
  - smt88 7y ago
    I'm not positive about that. All I can tell you is that I never see WSJ, but I often see Fox News, WaPo, Politico, and Washington Examiner. The rest of the sources are a mixed bag. I've been hitting Google News without a logged-in session (but with my real IP address) multiple times a day for 5+ years. I noticed the increase in Fox News as a source around the time conservatives were complaining about censorship a year or two ago. Interestingly, though, Fox News is rarely the source for a major political news story -- it's often their fluff pieces that hit my feed.
- writepub 7y ago
  The data presented in the article is the exact opposite of your claim. If you'd like to refute the data, please cite a better source than your personal anecdote.
  - smt88 7y ago
    I wasn't refuting the data. I was saying that my anecdote is an exception, and I have a theory about why. The article's data was far from closing the book on this topic.

doorbellguy 7y ago

I would add BBC to that list.

smt88 7y ago

65% of articles in my Google News (not logged in) are from Fox News and/or Washington Examiner. I think geography affects search results a lot. I'm in a blue city, but red state.

BiasRegularizer 7y ago
Are you positive about that? I just tried to VPN from a few different locations in the US (Texas, Georgia and Seattle) with a fresh private browsing session each, all of the headlines appear the same and doesn't change by region.
- smt88 7y ago
  I'm not positive about that. All I can tell you is that I never see WSJ, but I often see Fox News, WaPo, Politico, and Washington Examiner. The rest of the sources are a mixed bag. I've been hitting Google News without a logged-in session (but with my real IP address) multiple times a day for 5+ years. I noticed the increase in Fox News as a source around the time conservatives were complaining about censorship a year or two ago. Interestingly, though, Fox News is rarely the source for a major political news story -- it's often their fluff pieces that hit my feed.
writepub 7y ago
The data presented in the article is the exact opposite of your claim. If you'd like to refute the data, please cite a better source than your personal anecdote.
- smt88 7y ago
  I wasn't refuting the data. I was saying that my anecdote is an exception, and I have a theory about why. The article's data was far from closing the book on this topic.