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PLEASE READ: I've read all comments and I realise that I'm presenting this project completely wrong. It's theoretically impossible to be 100% unbiased, and I'

PLEASE READ: I've read all comments and I realise that I'm presenting this project completely wrong. It's theoretically impossible to be 100% unbiased, and I'm currently misleading people by stating this across the site. However, it's not impossible, and quite easy, to be 'the most unbiased' news source. I believe the project can and will have a net-positive impact, by reducing the effects of sensationalism in the news. Even if NewsNotFound articles were only 90% neutral, that's 90% BETTER than reading the same story from a sensationalist source. This project has the potential to provide a platform for readers to digest the news in a 'less biased' way than anywhere else on the internet. Whether people want this, or prefer to read from biased sources because it's more emotive and relatable, is another issue and I think will stay a matter of preference. I will update all socials, whitepaper, etc. to reflect this and I apologise for my ignorance initially. There are a few other fundamental issues that people have pointed out, which I will try to fix over time. Thank you all for your feedback and insight. If anyone would like to contribute to the project, here is the GitHub repo: https://github.com/joshwallerr/newsnotfound https://github.com/joshwallerr/newsnotfound

wolverine876 3y ago
> However, it's not impossible, and quite easy, to be 'the most unbiased' news source. It's great that you are committed to providing less biased news. But AI is not less biased, and the first step is to realize that you are not magically less biased than all the other humans who produce news. Unless you see your own bias, you can't manage for it. In fact, I think a good number of journlists do that quite well. So do you, implicitly: Where will NewsNotFound get the 'facts' that it publishes, other than the journalists who go out, gather it, and report it? You can't witness it and report it yourself, beyond a tiny fraction of events.
shortformblog 3y ago
I encourage you to talk to some actual journalists. You will get better results in the end.

wolverine876 3y ago

> However, it's not impossible, and quite easy, to be 'the most unbiased' news source. It's great that you are committed to providing less biased news. But AI is not less biased, and the first step is to realize that you are not magically less biased than all the other humans who produce news. Unless you see your own bias, you can't manage for it. In fact, I think a good number of journlists do that quite well. So do you, implicitly: Where will NewsNotFound get the 'facts' that it publishes, other than the journalists who go out, gather it, and report it? You can't witness it and report it yourself, beyond a tiny fraction of events.

shortformblog 3y ago

I encourage you to talk to some actual journalists. You will get better results in the end.