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Re:NewsNotFound: An open-source, unbiased news company by paulddraper on Saturday April 22, 2023 @02:02AM (#35663817)
Selection bias is insidious, and impossible to rid.

By definition, news is things that are newsworthy. I.e. the most common things to tech receive coverage are the uncommon to things.

If four people get shot over the weekend in Riverdale, not news. If four people get shot over the weekend in Beverly Hills, news.

You don't even have to try to bias news for it be biased. (Now imagine if you try.)

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Re:NewsNotFound: An open-source, unbiased news company by numbsafari on Saturday April 22, 2023 @04:37AM (#35664507)
Unless you live in Riverdale.

Underreporting on violence in certain communities vs others is biased. Who determines what is uncommon vs common? Who decides the value of 4 people in Riverdale vs 4 people in Beverly Hills? Just going by “frequency of shootings” is a form of bias.

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