Re:Researchers studying Facebook misinformation say they wer...
by BoHerfIIIJrEsq on Monday September 06, 2021 @03:43AM
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Well, I grant it's hard to quantify. It was recently reported that Fox had more viewers than CNN and MSNBC combined, but that's TV.
On the internet, it's a very different story. If you block left-leaning news outlets on Apple News, your front page may contain nothing at all. Google News has a permanent section devoted to leftist "fact checkers". Their "beyond the headlines" section currently displays the NYT, BBC, Vox, Guardian, Atlantic, WSJ, Slate, Verge, and AP.
Re:Researchers studying Facebook misinformation say they wer...
by guerrilla on Monday September 06, 2021 @03:53AM
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WSJ is owned by Murdoch and is pretty far right-wing even for the US, but like I said, all of that is considered right-wing or "centrist" to be very charitable (although obviously not conservative except the WSJ) in Europe and to anyone who actually calls themselves a leftists (or a political sciensit.)
This isn't true. Fox News has been rated the most watched network many times including in July. According to a previous post here on HN, a lot of highest trending stuff spread on FB is right-wing.
Also almost all US media is to the right of almost all European media (notable exceptions including Poland and Hungary.)