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That somehow feels like nepotism... or just invokes "But who fact checks the fact checker" vibes in me. ;P
Glad to have you on board!
This is fantastic news! I've been using Ground News for a while now, and it's fantastic for spotting propaganda/bias/etc. Very well done!
This is fantastic!!! Thank you so much for this.
Excellent idea.
I'd also consider adding Ad Fontes bias checks for an additional perspective done with a different methodology, as well as just more coverage, as MB/FC often doesn't have an entry for more niche sources. Ad Fontes scales itself more to the American political center, as well, so may be perceived as less inherently biased by certain consumers who may be more inclined to outright reject a single fact checking source for political reasons.
The problem I see with Ad Fontes, is that they're very good with the bias scale but really don't address credibility.
I have absolutely no problem with biased sources so long as what they are saying is credible. The Truth Hurts and all of that.
MB/FC doesn't limit itself to just bias.
It would be feasable to get it for an alternative to MBFC, but so far i can find out, it isnt free.
If there is a public API that you found please let me know we will investigate on integrating it.
For those reporting the bot:
We know! We worked with the Admins to enable it. :)
It was so annoying I blocked it.
First it takes way to much space, it should be a 1 liner for stating the bias, and then be able to folds out to show the rest.
Second the data is not very useful, for instance it doesn't say if a source i left or right leaning, although I suppose that trustworthy means left, as we all know facts have a liberal bias. It also doesn't show the owner of the media, which has become one of the most significant factors to judge media from.
Also I don't trust the bot to give accurate info, as the source it uses may itself be politicized.
Is it your position that criticism of Israel should be censored? Is being pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel, or anti-genocide antisemitic?
This is the position of Media Bias/Fact Check. By endorsing their platform, you are also endorsing their radically biased re-definition of antisemitism that is being used to slander holocaust survivors and progressive Jewish voices along with truth speakers of all races and creeds.
Groups like MBFC use their position as gatekeepers of the political spectrum to disguise radical ideas as centrist positions, and it's ironic that you're using such a biased propaganda platform to tell your readers what is credible.
Bias is not the same thing as propaganda, propaganda is not the same thing as misinformation. Articles should be evaluated on how factual they are, and there are plenty of platforms that are doing the hard work of verifying information without putting their political ideology above their credibility. This bot is a mistake.
Unfortunately Rooki is not accepting criticism of this decision.
Lmao no comment from the .world Admin on this post.
Oh they did. Just to troll the user's
Your bot sucks and you should feel bad. Where's the source?
Then give improvement ideas? Deleting the bot is not an option sry.
Why not?
My guess is $$$
Right? I hate to jump to that conclusion but Rooki is not giving a reason why the bot needs to exist and is refusing to listen to community feedback about its implementation. Unless that feedback is how to make the bot better.
Why are you using a bot that rates media unreliable because they are anti-Zionist using literal pro-israel lobby groups as their source?
Overall, we rate Mondoweiss as Left Biased and Questionable due to the blending of opinion with news, the promotion of pro-Palestinian and anti-zionist propaganda, occasional reliance on poor sources, and hate group designation by third-party pro-Israel advocates.
That's the sanitized version. They re-worded it to hide their endorsement of the redefinition of antisemitism.
The recent version:
This previous version was available while the IDF was engaged in the genocide of Palestinians:
I keep saying "them/they/their" but it's not really a group. It's mostly one guy, Dave M. Van Zandt, who has no academic media literacy qualifications. He's not a social scientist. He should not be running a site that is being used to censor news feeds.
The irony is that he admits that his system for judging 'bias' is pseudoscience, but at the same time claims that MBFC's purpose is to debunk pseudoscience. He appears to have no idea what science is. His methods are not public, repeatable, or by his own admission falsifiable.
News from the left-leaning journalists should not be categorized with the same qualifiers as AI-generated Russian fake news sites. LGBT advocacy and lobbying organizations that have no economic intersectionality are not "Left" -- LGBT sexual identities are not inherently political. CNN is a corporate news network, not a socialist organization. It's pretty obvious the deeply flawed simplification of the political spectrum to a continuum is based on an American moderate Republican capitalist's narrow understanding of politics, and Van Zandt admits as much:
He is actively harming media diversity and LW should be ashamed for taking this charlatan seriously.