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Might be based on user preference influencing weighting for search results. I've know I've personally done all I can to block Fox News and other low quality sou

Might be based on user preference influencing weighting for search results. I've know I've personally done all I can to block Fox News and other low quality sources from Google News.

rayiner 6y ago
Fox News is by a large margin the #1 cable news network. If search results were weighted based on user preferences you’d expect it to show up more, not less.
- mullingitover 6y ago
  There might be less overlap between people who passively leave their TV running on Fox News and people looking up articles on the internet than you think. It's ranked #21 in News and Media sites[1]. CNN is ranked ninth, so actually it'd be pretty questionable if Fox News were returned in search results more than CNN. [1] https://www.similarweb.com/top-websites/category/news-and-media https://www.similarweb.com/top-websites/category/news-and-me...
  - rayiner 6y ago
    Why is that the correct metric to use? CNN is a global news outlet, while Fox is primarily domestic. Unsurprisingly, CNN ranks highly on a measure of global website visits. What does that have to do with preferences in the US? I mean, one possibility is that Google’s algorithms are causing the politics of web site visitors people in France to affect the search results of people in Kansas. That seems like an unintentional form of pressing liberal agendas.
    - mullingitover 6y ago
      You can drill down into US traffic, sure (and I'm sure Google delivers results that are ranked appropriate to region), but Fox still doesn't win there - it's beaten by Huffington Post, CNN, Google News, and Yahoo News.
- panopticon 6y ago
  Note that "cable news network" is an important qualifier in that statement. The network newscasts (ABC, CBS, NBC) each see 3x Fox's news programming viewership.
  - mullingitover 6y ago
    Plus the entire cable market shrank 8% in the last year alone[1]. [1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/cord-cutting-accelerates-raising-pressure-on-cable-providers-11582149209 https://www.wsj.com/articles/cord-cutting-accelerates-raisin...
born_a_skeptic 6y ago
Or, it just the people doing the algorithm decided to rank Fox News lower than others. I have noticed that Fox news is showing up more on Google Top News RSS feed after commotion started to be made. And, come on man. Seriously, every news network except Fox News for the past almost 3 years pushed the Russian collusion narrative and it's turning out to be almost the exact opposite. So, you really need to rethink what you view as quality news. I'm not saying that I think Fox News is the best quality, prefer Bloomberg to be honest. Just because you don't agree with political ideology of a news network doesn't mean it's low quality.

Might be based on user preference influencing weighting for search results. I've know I've personally done all I can to block Fox News and other low quality sources from Google News.

rayiner 6y ago

Fox News is by a large margin the #1 cable news network. If search results were weighted based on user preferences you’d expect it to show up more, not less.

mullingitover 6y ago
There might be less overlap between people who passively leave their TV running on Fox News and people looking up articles on the internet than you think. It's ranked #21 in News and Media sites[1]. CNN is ranked ninth, so actually it'd be pretty questionable if Fox News were returned in search results more than CNN. [1] https://www.similarweb.com/top-websites/category/news-and-media https://www.similarweb.com/top-websites/category/news-and-me...
- rayiner 6y ago
  Why is that the correct metric to use? CNN is a global news outlet, while Fox is primarily domestic. Unsurprisingly, CNN ranks highly on a measure of global website visits. What does that have to do with preferences in the US? I mean, one possibility is that Google’s algorithms are causing the politics of web site visitors people in France to affect the search results of people in Kansas. That seems like an unintentional form of pressing liberal agendas.
  - mullingitover 6y ago
    You can drill down into US traffic, sure (and I'm sure Google delivers results that are ranked appropriate to region), but Fox still doesn't win there - it's beaten by Huffington Post, CNN, Google News, and Yahoo News.
panopticon 6y ago
Note that "cable news network" is an important qualifier in that statement. The network newscasts (ABC, CBS, NBC) each see 3x Fox's news programming viewership.
- mullingitover 6y ago
  Plus the entire cable market shrank 8% in the last year alone[1]. [1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/cord-cutting-accelerates-raising-pressure-on-cable-providers-11582149209 https://www.wsj.com/articles/cord-cutting-accelerates-raisin...

born_a_skeptic 6y ago

Or, it just the people doing the algorithm decided to rank Fox News lower than others. I have noticed that Fox news is showing up more on Google Top News RSS feed after commotion started to be made. And, come on man. Seriously, every news network except Fox News for the past almost 3 years pushed the Russian collusion narrative and it's turning out to be almost the exact opposite. So, you really need to rethink what you view as quality news. I'm not saying that I think Fox News is the best quality, prefer Bloomberg to be honest. Just because you don't agree with political ideology of a news network doesn't mean it's low quality.