Hello World, As many of you have probably noticed, there is a growing problem on the internet when it comes to undisclosed bias in both amateur and professional reporting. While not every outlet can be like the C-SPAN, or Reuters, we also believe that it’s impossible to remove the human element from the news, especially when it concerns, well, humans.

To this end, we’ve created a media bias bot, which we hope will keep everyone informed about WHO, not just the WHAT of posted articles. This bot uses Media Bias/Fact Check to add a simple reply to show bias. We feel this is especially important with the US Election coming up. The bot will also provide links to Ground.News, as well, which we feel is a great source to determine the WHOLE coverage of a given article and/or topic.

As always feedback is welcome, as this is a active project which we really hope will benefit the community.

Thanks!

FHF / LemmyWorld Admin team 💖

  • @CarroladeEnglish
    -12•5 months ago

    Have you looked into who runs Media Bias Fact Check? It’s pretty much as opaque as it gets I haven’t even tried to look for their about page or an FAQ.

    ftfy

    Not quite as opaque as it gets, certainly.

    • SamiEnglish
      28•5 months ago

      Media Bias Fact Check, LLC is a Limited Liability Company owned solely by Dave Van Zandt. He also makes all final editing and publishing decisions.

      Yeah, looks great to me.

      • @CarroladeEnglish
        -17•5 months ago

        That’s a fair criticism. It is not opacity, however. The full real name of your lead guy is transparency.

        • SamiEnglish
          22•5 months ago

          How do you verify who these people are? For all you know it’s just a bunch of fake names on a page.

          • @CarroladeEnglish
            -19•5 months ago

            That’s true of all names. At a certain point you can simply decide to trust nothing if that’s what you want. Plenty of people do, though personally I think that’s foolish due to the pointless nihilism it results in.