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Old 11-20-2018, 08:22 AM
 
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Google does give you the ability to control which news sources you are presented. To avoid certain right wing fake news sights; I've used the ability to stop being presented with stories from sites I would rarely or ever read. I use Google news sight all the time and I'm presented with a mix of news sources.
How about left wing fake news sites... are those OK? Do left wing fake news sites even exist?
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Old 11-20-2018, 08:24 AM
 
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How about left wing fake news sites... are those OK? Do left wing fake news sites even exist?
It seems a significant number of right wing nut jobs think the NYT is fake news and Infowars is real.

It's a crazy old world.
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Old 11-20-2018, 08:57 AM
 
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I have not used Google News in the past. Out of curiosity, I just checked it out. I see stories from NYT, WaPo, FoxNews, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, CNN - in other words, a variety of sources from both sides of the political spectrum.

Thanks OP; I might start using Google News as my go-to source!
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Old 11-20-2018, 09:07 AM
 
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I have not used Google News in the past. Out of curiosity, I just checked it out. I see stories from NYT, WaPo, FoxNews, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, CNN - in other words, a variety of sources from both sides of the political spectrum.

Thanks OP; I might start using Google News as my go-to source!
Apparently right wing media imbibers can't even stomach having a headline that goes against their chosen narrative in their News feed. It's damn conspiracy to brainwash my god fearing gun loving straight male Maga hat wearing self!!
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Old 11-20-2018, 09:08 AM
 
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It does include a wide range of sources even Fox News. Even though I think Fox News is fake news, it does provide insight into their point of view. You don't have to agree with it to understand it.
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Old 11-20-2018, 09:13 AM
 
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If Google News evil, then news source is good, besides the Bible?
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Old 11-20-2018, 09:25 AM
 
Location: A coal patch in Pennsyltucky
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If Google News evil, then news source is good, besides the Bible?

I wasn't aware the Bible was a new source. How current is their news?
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Old 11-20-2018, 09:27 AM
 
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I wasn't aware the Bible was a new source. How current is their news?
Goes all the way back 6000 years ago when Jesus invented the dinosaurs as a joke to about a millennia and a half ago when the church decided what parts of it they should throw out and what parts they should keep.
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Old 11-20-2018, 09:43 AM
 
Location: Texas
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I used to have Google News on my phone out of habit. I deleted it over a year ago since it was basically just NYT and WaPo stories. There was no balance at all. Google tries to manipulate minds in this way and unfortunately the current state of affairs shows they are having some success. Nowadays I don't even come across NYT or WaPo stories very often at all. You have to suffocate these evil empires by giving them no clicks or views.
Aww...you poor dear. Upset your precious Faux News stories don't make it to Google?
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Old 11-20-2018, 09:47 AM
 
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I used to have Google News on my phone out of habit. I deleted it over a year ago since it was basically just NYT and WaPo stories. ...
Which newspaper do you recommend?
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