Far-Right Misinformation Drives Facebook Engagement

Re:Far-Right Misinformation Drives Facebook Engagement by smt88 on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @04:04PM (#26639680)

Couldn't you just open Fox News, Breitbart, OANN, or any of the other easily available, popular right-wing sites? Or how about the National Review, Daily Caller, or WSJ Opinion section?

Please show us an example of one single search where you can't find an expected right-leaning perspective in the results.

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Re:Far-Right Misinformation Drives Facebook Engagement by thomasfromcdnjs on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @04:22PM (#26639917)

On my first attempt I proved what I said above.

http://imgur.com/a/U2oHejz

I went to YouTube, typed "Tucker Carlson" and got a Jimmy Kimmel video as my first result.

I am genuinely curious if anyone can explain that.

I also had to scroll down 8 results before an actual Tucker Carlson video appeared.

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Re:Far-Right Misinformation Drives Facebook Engagement by smt88 on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @11:32PM (#26643218)

I can't reproduce that result.

I just opened an incognito in Chrome and searched for Tucker Carlson[1]. Most of my results were from Fox News, almost all were from Carlson's show. John Oliver is 10 results down[2].

1. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tucker+carlson

2. https://imgur.com/a/Iaj5V4s

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Re:Far-Right Misinformation Drives Facebook Engagement by pacerwpg on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @08:11AM (#26646169)

I think it's due to location. When I VPN to the US I get your results, but from Canada I get the parent comment's results.

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