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 💖

    • @sandbox
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      45 months ago

      I’d be happy to contribute to this project, set up an open source repo somewhere and let’s get cracking.

      • Aniki 🌱🌿
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        25 months ago

        I’ll get started sometime this weekend. Are you familiar with pytorhead? Its the library db0 started for the Lemmy api.

        • @sandbox
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          25 months ago

          I’m not - I’m a professional software dev though I mainly work with C# - but I’m sure I can pick it up - DM me with something you want me to put together and I can take a look

          • Aniki 🌱🌿
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            45 months ago

            I’ve already got one bot under my belt so I’ll get the bones working and link you the repo. Python is cake compared to C

            • @sandbox
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              25 months ago

              Yeah I’ve used python before a good number of times - actually I taught basic python to some school kids back in the day, though I’m definitely gonna be a bit rusty. But yep, sounds good!

    • wanderingmagus
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      -25 months ago

      Sounds like you’re violating Rule 6, and also making terroristic threats.