Facebook Has Repeatedly Trended Fake News Since Firing Its Human Editors

Re:Facebook Has Repeatedly Trended Fake News Since Firing It... by bartread on Thursday October 13, 2016 @07:53AM (#12700057)

Agreed, and sadly not limited to the US. One of the things I (eventually) realised is that here in the UK The Guardian is equivalent to The Daily Mail, but for liberal intelligentsia instead of Conservatives and UKIP supporters.

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Re:Facebook Has Repeatedly Trended Fake News Since Firing It... by andygates on Thursday October 13, 2016 @08:34AM (#12700279)

When has the Graun published bald-faced lies? It has an editorial slant, for sure, but it's not a fountain of factual untruth.

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Re:Facebook Has Repeatedly Trended Fake News Since Firing It... by Chestofdraw on Thursday October 13, 2016 @09:18AM (#12700529)

I've seen this idea pushed a ton recently, especially over on /r/ukpolitics and it seems like nonsense.

I think the idea stems from the way the Graun has opened up it's 'Comment is Free' section which has lead to quite a few low quality opinion pieces particularly 'SJW' esq ones.

The actual reporting from the Gruan is still good quality in my opinion, certainly head and shoulders above the DMs. And whilst the Graun has its left bias it, quite rightly, hasn't been kind to the current Labour party.

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Re:Facebook Has Repeatedly Trended Fake News Since Firing It... by bartread on Friday October 14, 2016 @10:47AM (#12708411)

I think that's exactly it, and those are certainly what I see filtering into peoples' social media posts, and many seem at least as toxic as the average Daily Mail piece.

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Re:Facebook Has Repeatedly Trended Fake News Since Firing It... by retox on Thursday October 13, 2016 @01:02PM (#12702232)

The Guarniad has become mostly opinion click/outrage bait, and then they wonder why people are turning away in droves.

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Re:Facebook Has Repeatedly Trended Fake News Since Firing It... by bartread on Friday October 14, 2016 @10:44AM (#12708383)

This is certainly what I see a lot of in peoples' social media feeds, to the point where it's become somewhat ridiculous.

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