Hacker News with Generative AI: Media Bias

Who isn't a big fan of "impartial" news? People who don't have power (niemanlab.org)
A new study finds that the poor, those with less education, young people, and women are less likely to prefer “impartial” news sources over those that align with their own views.
News Media, Social Inequality, Media Bias
53 points by jaredwiener 17 days ago | 81 comments
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 67 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 99 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 155 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 186 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 237 days ago | 5 comments