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Re:Algorithms are changing what we read online by WalterBright on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @06:03AM (#24479556)
I've been thinking of subscribing to the WSJ, as I'm getting pretty tired of advocacy based news.
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Re:Algorithms are changing what we read online by voldacar on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @08:23PM (#24488269)
The WSJ is not immune to the cycle. Based on this analysis,

https://twitter.com/ZachG932/status/1247368592791949313

Wokeist trends usually originate in the WaPo, percolate through the NYT and eventually end up in the WSJ, all happening predictably with a time lag of 2-5 years

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Re:Algorithms are changing what we read online by WalterBright on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @09:27PM (#24488646)
Interesting statistics! But I am not quite convinced use of various new terms necessarily conforms with advocacy.

All news outfits are biased, including the WSJ, but some try a lot harder than others to be unbiased, and some have given up all pretense of being news.

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