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ThoughtCriminal

(14,351 posts) Tue Feb 20, 2024, 11:03 PM Feb 2024

A Problem with Newsweek's "Fairness Meter"

When you read a Newsweek political article, there is a meter at the bottom for rating the "Fairness" of the article. Aside from the potential for abuse, there's another problem.

Until you click to select your rating and confirm, it LOOKS like the current article has been rated as "Unfair Left Leaning" because the gauge defaults to point left:

The actual reader rating does not show up until you make a rating and click to confirm.

Maybe I'm being a bit picky here, but I think Newsweek should re-design this feature.

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A Problem with Newsweek's "Fairness Meter" (Original Post) ThoughtCriminal Feb 2024 OP

Think you have to actually click on meter. Besides, wouldn't make sense to put Silent Type Feb 2024 #1

It's worse than bs. unblock Feb 2024 #4

Perhaps the feature is functioning exactly as they intend it to? RockRaven Feb 2024 #2

Newsweek is a RW rag Fiendish Thingy Feb 2024 #3

Silent Type

(7,307 posts)

1. Think you have to actually click on meter. Besides, wouldn't make sense to put

Reply to ThoughtCriminal (Original post)

Tue Feb 20, 2024, 11:11 PM

Feb 2024

“Unfair left leaning” on the right side.

Now, the whole “hold us accountable” is likely BS.

unblock

(54,234 posts)

4. It's worse than bs.

Reply to Silent Type (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 20, 2024, 11:33 PM

Feb 2024

It's been a well-known right-wing tactic to manipulate such unscientific polls and surveys to bend the media to their will.

Working the ref, as it were.

They've been doing this since the days of jamming radio station fax machines.

So, yeah, the right-wing will come out in force to say anything the put out is left-wing biased to force them to go even more right-wing

RockRaven

(16,512 posts)

2. Perhaps the feature is functioning exactly as they intend it to?

Reply to ThoughtCriminal (Original post)

Tue Feb 20, 2024, 11:13 PM

Feb 2024

Maybe that is the issue...

Fiendish Thingy

(18,773 posts)

3. Newsweek is a RW rag

Reply to ThoughtCriminal (Original post)

Tue Feb 20, 2024, 11:15 PM

Feb 2024

They gave John Eastman (yes, that John Eastman) a column before the 2020 election to explain why Harris was ineligible to serve as VP because her parents weren’t born in the US.

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