Hacker News with Generative AI: Media Bias

Microsoft cuts ties with USAID-funded "fact-checking" outfit NewsGuard (centrist.nz)
Microsoft has quietly severed ties with NewsGuard, a left-wing fact-checking outfit that has helped advertisers blacklist conservative media.
Microsoft, NewsGuard, Media Bias, Fact-Checking, Politics
13 points by bentocorp 44 days ago | 2 comments
Exposing obscured state media influence by causal inference of quote propagation (nature.com)
Reporting by major media outlets influences news coverage by other outlets, resulting in an outsized impact on public opinion.
Media Bias, Journalism, Propaganda, Causal Inference, Public Opinion
6 points by rntn 76 days ago | 0 comments
Concerns About White House/Tech Collusion Have Disappeared with Elon's Ascension (techdirt.com)
For years, a vocal group of self-described “contrarian” Substackified pundits warned about a supposed “censorship industrial complex” involving collusion between the White House and social media companies to set content moderation policies. There was just one problem: it wasn’t even close to true.
Social Media, Politics, Censorship, Media Bias
9 points by doom2 132 days ago | 2 comments
Wired's Attack on Privacy (simplex.chat)
The Wired article by David Gilbert focusing on neo-Nazis moving to SimpleX Chat following the Telegram's changes in privacy policy is biased and misleading.
Privacy, Online Communities, Media Bias, Telegram
115 points by snvzz 163 days ago | 72 comments
Elon Musk and his bros-in-arms are winning the global battle for the truth (theguardian.com)
Elon Musk, Social Media, Censorship, Media Bias, Truth
10 points by deepnet 213 days ago | 5 comments