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The Guardian is a newspaper with a long-proclaimed left-wing bias. Musk has claimed that X is politically neutral.
by oneeyedpigeon 2y ago
The Guardian is a newspaper with a long-proclaimed left-wing bias. Musk has claimed that X is politically neutral.
- whamlastxmas 2y agoX is hundreds of millions of people so it’s hard to claim it’s anything
- crabmusket 2y agoX refers to the company itself, not every user. And by extension naturally it should refer to the algorithms developed by the company.
- whamlastxmas 2y agoThe algos are public information so if there was bias it seems like it’d be fairly straightforward to show it
- rurp 2y agoMusk claims a lot of things. Amplifying right wing propaganda and conspiracy theories, often from his own twitter account, is not politically neutral.
- jslaby 2y agoIt's not even amplified just from his account but the site itself. Create a new account and follow something like sports or entertainment.. then see what floods your feed. I logged in first time today, and it's quite shocking actually. Not a single left leaning account, just all maga that outnumbers the sports or whatever you clicked as interests.
- wruza 2y agoIs it even strange, considering that elections just happened and who’s gonna be the new president?
- tzs 2y agoAt least it provides some entertainment in seeing conspiracy theories I'd never heard of. Just now Twitter showed me a tweet about how offshore wind energy projects will lead to the rapid extinction of Right whales. Apparently this is going to be the Trump administration's justification for trying to kill offshore wind power. Of course as is par for the course the people who actually study and work with Right whales say that theory is wrong and there is little evidence of serious harm to the whales from such projects.
- oneeyedpigeon 2y agoExactly, that's my point. The Guardian makes no claims to be politically neutral.
- DrBazza 2y agoWell, it is the Guardian leaving rather than being banned. If they think the site is unbalanced, then they’ve just made it worse.
- oneeyedpigeon 2y ago> If they think the site is unbalanced, then they’ve just made it worse. Great point, and I think that's totally true. However, an organisation has to make the judgement call between staying on a failing (as they see it) platform in an attempt to rescue it, and leaving for an alternative that is less flawed. Clearly the Guardian thinks they stand little chance in affecting X in any meaningful way.
- rsynnott 2y ago> Musk has claimed that X is politically neutral And if you believe that, you'll believe anything. https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-modifies-twitter-code-donald-trump https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-modifies-twitter-cod...