Hello World, As many of you have probably noticed, there is a growing problem on the internet when it comes to undisclosed bias in both amateur and professional reporting. While not every outlet can be like the C-SPAN, or Reuters, we also believe that it’s impossible to remove the human element from the news, especially when it concerns, well, humans.

To this end, we’ve created a media bias bot, which we hope will keep everyone informed about WHO, not just the WHAT of posted articles. This bot uses Media Bias/Fact Check to add a simple reply to show bias. We feel this is especially important with the US Election coming up. The bot will also provide links to Ground.News, as well, which we feel is a great source to determine the WHOLE coverage of a given article and/or topic.

As always feedback is welcome, as this is a active project which we really hope will benefit the community.

Thanks!

FHF / LemmyWorld Admin team 💖

  • Jaderick@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4012·
    5 months ago

    I love this, but I would like to state that Media Bias Fact Check seems to have a pro-Israel bias.

    https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/mondoweiss/

    • Overall, we rate Mondoweiss as Left Biased and Questionable due to the blending of opinion with news, the promotion of pro-Palestinian and anti-zionist propaganda, occasional reliance on poor sources, and hate group designation by third-party pro-Israel advocates.

    I feel like “blending of opinion with news” and “occasional reliance on poor sources” is all that really need be said.

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        On whose behalf? I’ve sensed bias from the brief glances I’ve given them, so I didn’t keep reading enough to actually analyze it.

      • Jaderick@lemmy.worldEnglish
        42·
        5 months ago

        It’s about the bias rating. Using explicitly biased sources when rating a source makes for a bad rating.

      • Jaderick@lemmy.worldEnglish
        92·
        5 months ago

        I independently checked Mondoweiss using Media Bias a few months ago because it was posted elsewhere and I had not heard of it before, but was disturbed to see the extra reasoning behind the rating.

        It’s for sure questionable at best, the Wikipedia discussion someone else posted was enlightening on that, but “designation as a hate-group by pro-Israel” sources doesn’t really mean much when sources like the ADL equivocate anti-Zionism and anti-Semitic rhetoric in bad faith.

        https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/06/26/wikipedia-adl-jew-zionism-israel/

        Again, I love the bot, but wanted to state something to be conscious of

        • jordanlund@lemmy.worldMEnglish
          61·
          5 months ago

          Yeah, I looked into it as well, there was someone intent on repeatedly posting Mondoweiss links and they would always get reported.

          It’s trash tier reporting.