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As I read this piece, it got me thinking that if the actual inputs into an article are known, as is the writing process, then it will force us to confront the b
by CWuestefeld 15y ago
As I read this piece, it got me thinking that if the actual inputs into an article are known, as is the writing process, then it will force us to confront the biases in our news.
Either: (a) stories will be more objective, and provably so; (b) editors will need to consciously decide how the algorithms should slant (and this itself would be discoverable, if only by leaks); or (c) we'll learn that the underlying datasets were assembled in a way that is more critical of one side or another.