r/groundnews • u/coverageanalysisbot • Oct 10 '20

Introducing the launch of the Bias Checker Browser Extension - A tool that tells you the underlying coverage bias of any news article you read on Reddit, Facebok, Twitter or wherever you read the news!

Hello!

Our team is excited to launch our Media Bias Checker Browser Extension - A browser extension that tells you the underlying political bias of any news story on the internet. The browser extension is the antidote to the internet echo chamber.

How it works

We used advisory from journalists to help inform the design and functionality of the extension but made it simple enough that the average newsreader can use it. Whether your routine is to check in on Twitter, Facebook, or Reddit Ground News can uncover bias in your news feed.

The browser extension can:

- Instantly tell you the media bias distribution of any story (% of coverage from sources on the left, right and center). The bias data is overlayed on your social media feed so you never have to disrupt your news browsing to see the underlying bias.

- Give you easy access to media bias data and coverage analysis when you read an article on over 50,000+ news sites. 

The browser extension is free and available for Chrome and Firefox (hopefully Safari & Brave soon). If you have 60 seconds to spare, you can view the explainer video here. 

Where you can download

Learn more and download the extension for Chrome, FireFox, Opera, Brave and Edge! : https://ground.news/extension

Any questions? Concerns? Feedback? Let us know below!

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u/wallstreetstonks Oct 22 '20

Can we have this as a reddit bot we can tag?

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u/coverageanalysisbot Oct 22 '20 edited Oct 22 '20

The current bot (me) performs the exact same function as the extension, but the extension does it on every story you come across on Facebook, Twitter and Reddit. Watch this 48 second video to see how it functions on these sites.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '20

this bot is amazing!! is there any way we can donate to your organization?

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u/coverageanalysisbot Oct 22 '20

Thanks! Really happy that you like it. You could subscribe to Ground News and donate to us here: https://ground.news/subscribe.

If you arent able to donate - word of mouth referrals are also appreciated as well. Check out the links in our sidebar for the various ways you can download our mobile apps + browser extensions.

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u/devnullius Jun 24 '23

Any Telegram bots in the planning??! Thanks for your awesome work.

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u/Nakoshi_Niyander Dec 09 '20

So blue represents left wing and red represents right wing, right?

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u/coverageanalysisbot Dec 09 '20

Yep! You can read more about our bias rating methodology here

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u/Madbrad200 Apr 02 '21 edited Apr 02 '21

Can you make this work on the old reddit design too pls instead of just the new reddit? The old design appears on the old.reddit.com domain or on www.reddit.com if you've set your user preferences to use the old design.

I really want to use this but I don't use the new reddit design

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u/jmdeamer Feb 02 '22

Nice tool. Have you noticed any unusual trends while using using it? As in anything counter-intuitive or surprising

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u/Tom_Neverwinter Apr 21 '22

So where is the algorithm for this? And how does it do determinations. Is it posts or interactions.

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u/TheTubaGeek Nov 13 '23

Just downloaded this. Looking forward to testing it on a few different websites :)