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Re:Facebook to Let Users Rank Credibility of News by emodendroket on Sunday January 21, 2018 @10:28PM (#16201663)
I suppose that's possible, but I expect that, like Google's attempts to address the same issue[0], the biggest loser in this change is going to be independent news sources.

[0] https://medium.com/@evanpopp/google-changes-its-algorithm-to...

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Re:Facebook to Let Users Rank Credibility of News by ucaetano on Sunday January 21, 2018 @10:54PM (#16201788)
From the article, it weren't independent sources which were punished, but far-left and far-right sources.

> However, in addition to AlterNet and other left-wing news sites, Rosenfeld said right-wing, alternative media outlets have also seen a reduction in viewership due to the change in Google’s algorithm.

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Re:Facebook to Let Users Rank Credibility of News by emodendroket on Sunday January 21, 2018 @10:55PM (#16201793)
So? Independent news sources almost always have a non-mainstream political bent; that's why the writers aren't just writing in the New York Times. I don't think most people understand "weeding out fake news" to mean "only allowing a narrow spectrum of respectable opinion." And these sources do real reporting and break real news.
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Re:Facebook to Let Users Rank Credibility of News by ucaetano on Monday January 22, 2018 @11:38AM (#16205681)
So that, unlike what OP mentioned, independent sources aren't being "punished", heavily biased sources are.

Which is fine, IMHO.

Notice that Mother Jones (independent, leftist) and Fox News (non-independent, large) have not been "punished".

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